kms-server Cookbook

Install and configure the Microsoft KMS server role.

Requirements

This cookbook supports and requires Chef 12.6+.

Platforms

• Windows Server 2012R2
• Windows Server 2016

Cookbooks

The following cookbook is required as noted:

• windows (> 1.36.1) to leverage the windows_feature resource

Usage

Configure your kms host key and tweak other attributes. Then just add kms-server::default to your runlist.

Attributes

Below attributes are available in kms_server root namespace. Most of them are adapted from https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn502532

Attribute	Description	Default value
host_key	The key used to enable KMS Host service.	MANDATORY
disable_dns_publishing	Determine whether DNS publishing is disable.	false
dns_publishing_domains	List of domain used for DNS publishing.	[]
reduce_kms_priority	Determine whether KMS priority should be lowered.	false
listening_port	KMS Tcp listening port.	1688
activation_interval	Activation interval in minutes.	120
renewal_interval	Renewal interval in minutes.	10080

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

• Authors Baptiste Courtois (b.courtois@criteo.com)

Copyright 2017 Baptiste Courtois

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