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Downloads:
749
Downloads of v 1.1.0:
749
Last Update:
08 Feb 2016
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- DarwinJS
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Schedule Nightly or Weekend Shutdown of Windows (Usually for VMs)
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Downloads:
749
Downloads of v 1.1.0:
749
Software Author(s):
- DarwinJS
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To install Schedule Nightly or Weekend Shutdown of Windows (Usually for VMs), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Schedule Nightly or Weekend Shutdown of Windows (Usually for VMs), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Schedule Nightly or Weekend Shutdown of Windows (Usually for VMs), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download scheduled-shutdown --internalize --source=https://chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade scheduled-shutdown -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade scheduled-shutdown -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure scheduled-shutdown installed
win_chocolatey:
name: scheduled-shutdown
state: present
version: 1.1.0
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
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chocolatey_package 'scheduled-shutdown' do
action :install
version '1.1.0'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: scheduled-shutdown,
Version: 1.1.0,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller scheduled-shutdown
{
Name = 'scheduled-shutdown'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '1.1.0'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'scheduled-shutdown':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '1.1.0',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install scheduled-shutdown version="1.1.0" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved by moderator ferventcoder on 08 Feb 2016.
Schedule Nightly or Weekend Shutdown of Windows (Usually for Test VMs)
$packageid = "Scheduled-Shutdown"
$ShutdownTime = '23:50' #Hour in 24hr / min format
$Frequency = 'Daily' #Daily or Weekly
$Weekday = 'FRI'
$Modifier = $null
$arguments = @{};
$packageParameters = $env:chocolateyPackageParameters;
# Now parse the packageParameters using good old regular expression
if ($packageParameters) {
$match_pattern = "\/(?<option>([a-zA-Z]+)):(?<value>([`"'])?([a-zA-Z0-9- _\\:\.]+)([`"'])?)|\/(?<option>([a-zA-Z]+))"
#"
$option_name = 'option'
$value_name = 'value'
if ($packageParameters -match $match_pattern ){
$results = $packageParameters | Select-String $match_pattern -AllMatches
$results.matches | % {
$arguments.Add(
$_.Groups[$option_name].Value.Trim(),
$_.Groups[$value_name].Value.Trim())
}
}
else
{
throw "Package Parameters were found but were invalid (REGEX Failure)"
}
if ($arguments.ContainsKey("ShutdownTime")) {
Write-Output "ShutdownTime argument used, changing from default $Shutdown time to $($arguments.Get_Item("ShutdownTime"))"
$ShutdownTime = $arguments.Get_Item("ShutdownTime")
}
if ($arguments.ContainsKey("Frequency")) {
Write-Output "Frequency argument used, changing from default $Frequency time to $($arguments.Get_Item("Frequency"))"
$Frequency = $arguments["Frequency"]
}
if ($arguments.ContainsKey("Weekday")) {
If ($Frequency -ieq 'Daily')
{
Write-Ouput "Ignoring Weekday argument set to $Weekday because Frequency is set to $Frequency (you must set Frequency to Weekly for Weekday to be relevant)"
}
else
{
Write-Output "Weekday argument used, changing from default $Weekday time to $($arguments.Get_Item("Weekday"))"
$Weekday = $arguments["Weekday"]
}
}
} else {
Write-Debug "No Package Parameters Passed in, using defaults.";
}
If ($Frequency -ieq "Weekly")
{
$modifier = " /MO 1 /D $Weekday "
}
If (Test-Path "$env:windir\System32\Tasks\$packageid")
{
schtasks /delete /tn "$packageid" /F
}
$argumentstring = "/create /sc `"$Frequency`" /tn `"$packageid`" /ru `"NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`" /tr `"c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe /s /t 120 /c $packageid /f`" /st `"$ShutdownTime`" $modifier"
Write-output "Scheduling with command: "
Write-Output "$argumentstring"
Start-process "schtasks.exe" -ArgumentList "$argumentstring" -nonewwindow -wait
$StatusMessage = "Shutdown is scheduled for $ShutdownTime on a $Frequency Basis"
If ($Frequency -ieq 'Weekly')
{
$StatusMessage += " every $Weekday."
}
Write-warning "**********************************************************************"
Write-warning "$StatusMessage"
Write-warning "**********************************************************************"
Write-Output "`r`nRerun this package ($packageid) with parameter `"-Force`", to remove shutdown schedule, uninstall this package."
$packageid = "Scheduled-Shutdown"
If (Test-Path "$env:windir\System32\Tasks\$packageid")
{
schtasks /delete /tn "$packageid" /F
}
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Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Schedule Nightly or Weekend Shutdown of Windows (Usually for VMs) 1.1.0 | 749 | Monday, February 8, 2016 | Approved |
Remove this package to remove the scheduled shutdown.
Rerun this package with -Force to change the schedule.
This package can take the following command line parameters:
-params '"/Frequency:Daily"' (Default: Daily, Options: 'Daily','Weekly')
-params '"/ShutdownTime:23:50"' (Default: 23:50, Options: 24Hr Format)
-params '"/Weekday:FRI"' (Default: FRI, Options: MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI,SAT,SUN)
THIS OPTION IS IGNORED when Frequency=Daily
Examples:
-params '"/Frequency:Weekly"'
Shutdown weekly on Friday at 23:50 (defaults used for Weekday and ShutdownTime)
-params '"/ShutdownTime:22:00"'
Shutdown Daily at 22:00 (defaults used for Frequency)
-params '"/Frequency:Weekly /ShutdownTime:22:30 /Weekday:TUE"'
Shutown weekly on Tuesday at 22:30
This package has no dependencies.
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