@noelmcloughlin what about the tests?

I thought about that but chocloatey only works on Windows platform. Is there any example where we have formula running on travis/windows?

Does travis provide Windows/chocolatey testing support? Otherwise, we should try to skip those tests

I found this: https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/reference/windows

Take note that our Windows environment is in early stages and a minimal subset of what’s available on Linux or macOS is currently supported.

@kartnico would you be interested in investigating Travis/Windows support for this community? This is something we are missing I think.

Chocolatey, the package manager for Windows, is installed and can be used to install Windows packages.

Hello,

If you want to use Travis with Kitchen and Inspec on Windows, I have not found how to do it with Travis.

On the other hand, other communities seem to use AppVeyor for this : https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey-cookbook

https://www.hurryupandwait.io/blog/run-kitchen-tests-in-travis-and-appveyor-using-the-kitchen-machine-driver

What do you think about using AppVeyor ?

Regards,

Nicolas

@myii fyi

@noelmcloughlin maybe cirrus ci?

This PR and specific comment is of relevance:

• Windows testing using kitchen-vagrant openvpn-formula#112 (comment)

Cirrus-CI has Windows containers available but I'm not sure how useful they will be:

• https://cirrus-ci.org/guide/windows/

from saltstack-formulas/openvpn-formula#112 (comment)

files cannot be uploaded to the container while it's running

Hi @myii could you explain the issue further particularly regarding this sentence? thanks.

@noelmcloughlin That would be @dafyddj we'd need to get a specific response from re: saltstack-formulas/openvpn-formula#112 (comment).

@kartnico asked a specific question too-

What do you think about using AppVeyor ?

We probably need a dedicated issue for windows CI since it bigger scope that this PR.

What do you think about using AppVeyor ?

The issue here is the time it will require to do all of the research and testing. Then it would need to be discussed with the core team, to see if it can be included. If anyone wants to take that on, that would be great.

In the meantime, we could at least get local testing working, based upon kitchen-vagrant. Again, hopefully someone can find the time to invest into this.

For the time being, in order for this PR to be considered for merging, the tests need to be skipped, as mentioned by @javierbertoli. @kartnico Are you able to do that?

Essentially, just wrap packages/chocolatey.sls with a Jinja if block to only run on Windows systems.

from saltstack-formulas/openvpn-formula#112 (comment)

files cannot be uploaded to the container while it's running

Hi @myii could you explain the issue further particularly regarding this sentence? thanks.

The only real reference I can find on this is on Stack Overflow.
It seems to have something to do with running on Windows 10 (which I was doing).
But kitchen-salt and/or kitchen-docker depend on copying state and pillar files to the guest/test container while it's running, ruling out Windows containers running on Windows 10 at least, until some other file transfer method can be implemented.

wrap packages/chocolatey.sls with a Jinja if block to only run on Windows systems.

@kartnico can you do that.

@noelmcloughlin done !

Thanks @kartnico I've approved the PR but can you fix the conflicts, please?

@kartnico Don't worry, I've fixed the conflicts and rebased this PR, including adjusting the commit messages in accordance with semantic-release. I'll merge this as soon as the tests pass.

CC: @noelmcloughlin.

Merged, thanks for the patience @kartnico!

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Hello,

If you want to use Travis with Kitchen and Inspec on Windows, I have not found how to do it with Travis.

On the other hand, other communities seem to use AppVeyor for this : https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey-cookbook

https://www.hurryupandwait.io/blog/run-kitchen-tests-in-travis-and-appveyor-using-the-kitchen-machine-driver

What do you think about using AppVeyor ?

Regards,

Nicolas

@kartnico The good news is that we've got Windows testing taking place in GitHub Actions for this formula now. For versions 8.1, 2016 and 2019.