cookbooks-generic

Yet Another Collection of Chef cookbooks

• Mainly uses by Generic-Environmets
• Could run as standalone chef cookbook
• Could run as one click solution

Windows

Applies below tweaks:

• kms cookbook
  • Windows/Office kms
  • Install MS Office
• windows cookbook
  • Power
  • Registry
  • Packages
  • Windows features: cortana, onenote, docker
• Packer cookbook will be DEPRECATED

Install and apply via script

. { iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theprotos/cookbooks-generic/master/scripts/win.ps1 } | iex; apply-runlist
. { iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theprotos/cookbooks-generic/master/scripts/win.ps1 } | iex; apply-runlist win-packages.json
. { iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theprotos/cookbooks-generic/master/scripts/win.ps1 } | iex; apply-runlist -runlist win-packages.json,win-kms.json

Install and apply manually

# clone this repo
# install chef-client
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex; install
cd cookbooks-generic
# run run-list
chef-client -z -c config.rb -j win-wm-minimal.json

Linux

Install and apply via script

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theprotos/cookbooks-generic/master/scripts/linux.sh | sudo bash -s apply linux-packages.json,linux-docker.json master

Antivirus alerts

Common antivuruses complains on:

• win-laptop-full-kms.json
• win-kms.json
• win-laptop-full-kms.json

these recipes include local KMS server used to activate MS products for demonstration purpose only. See potentially unsafe files below

• kms.bin
• msoffice.bin

Notes

• choco-cleaner do not use because it cleans uninstallers - not able to update app in the future

TODO

• Reuse https://github.com/W4RH4WK/Debloat-Windows-10
• OS condition for registry modifications