A Chocolatey Script or Docker Image for automatically updating packages on Chocolately.
This can be used directly as a script or as a docker image to automatically update packages on chocolatey.org. Examples are for all the packages I maintain on community repository on chocolatey.org.
If the package has a problem or successfully updates, a push notification is sent out via Pushover. This is provided for backup purposes and to document how to use Powershell to automate this task.
Uses Powershell and a Mono build of Chocolatey run the script. Just set the environment variables and you'll be good to go.
Warning: You may have issues pushing packages over 30 megabytes to the community repository using this image. This is an issue with Mono Chocolatey, the community repo endpoint and linux. You may have to run this on a windows system if you intend on including installer in your packages instead of download links (shims).
You can also use these scripts directly instead of in a docker container (ie on Windows). You will need to ensure the following:
- Powershell Core 7+ is installed
Install-Module -Name PowerShellPushOverto install Pushover support.- Set the
DATAPATHenvironment variable to a valid windows folder path (it is set to/datawhich is only valid in linux).
Set the environment variables and execute the main.ps1 script to perform the package building.
You can use the Non-Sucking Service Manager to run this script as a service and to pass environment variables like DELAY to automatically run this script every x minutes.
Used to configure the Container and protect secrets from being included in the github repository.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DELAY | Integer | The delay in minutes to run this script. Don't set to execute this script only once. |
| CKEY | String | The Chocolatey API Key to Push to the Public Repository. |
| AKEY | String | The Pushover Application Key. optional |
| UKEY | String | The Pushover User Key. optional |
| MAX_PUSH_ATTEMPTS | Integer | Amount of attempts to push to chocolatey.org default 1 |
| DATAPATH | Sring | The path to save version data. default /data/ |
| PACKAGES | String | A command separated list of package names to execute. optional |
| DEBUG | Boolean | Enables debug mode if "true". Debug mode contains detailed output, recommended when creating new templates. optional |
If the
AKEYorUKEYare not provided then script will not send out a Pushover.net notification.
Use the _.ps1 as a base to start from. All helper functions are in the common.ps1 script and are commented. You can also look at the other scripts:-
burnawareandpdfshapershows you how to scrape a webpage to get the version number, the eula, the changelog and include the download installers in the package.roccatswarmshows you how to process data from a json api and include a link to the installer (shim).proxalliumshows you how to get data via github releases and include the installer into the package.
main is the main script that links in the common script and the others above.
Make sure you set the environment vars
DEBUG="true"andPACKAGES="yournewpackagename"in your test environment so that you get more verbose output and only test your package instead of the others included.