Edit Chocolatey sources upon install

Question

I am using Chocolatey with an Azure ARM template to build a VM and then install the required software. I know there is a way to configure the sources location of where Chocolatey pulls the install files from after you've installed Chocolatey, but does anyone know if there is a way to pre-configure the sources location before (or during) Chocolatey installation?

I am wanting to do a complete unattended installation from start to finish, so having to edit the Chocolatey config file after it installs, and before the apps are installed, negates the whole unattended idea.

I have looked at the Chocolatey PS1 install script here: https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1

Sadly I cannot find anything in there that I could edit to modify the source location of the Choco packages.

Here is the Custom Script Extension that is part of the ARM template to install the VM via Azure

{
  "name": "[concat(parameters('virtualMachineName'),'/chocolatey')]",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions",
  "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
  "apiVersion": "2015-06-15",
  "dependsOn": [
    "[concat('Microsoft.DevTestLab/schedules/', 'shutdown-computevm-', parameters('virtualMachineName'))]"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "publisher": "Microsoft.Compute",
    "type": "CustomScriptExtension",
    "typeHandlerVersion": "1.9",
    "autoUpgradeMinorVersion": true,
    "settings": {
      "fileUris": [
        "[concat(parameters('setupChocolatelyScriptLocation'),parameters('setupChocolateyScriptFileName'))]"
      ],
      "commandToExecute": "[concat('powershell -ExecutionPolicy bypass -File ', parameters('setupChocolateyScriptFileName'), ' -chocoPackages ',parameters('chocoPackages'))]"
    }
  }
},

huysmania huysmania · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-09T12:00:49

Depending on the exact use case, one approach would be to create the VM in the context of a DevTest Lab. There's an off-the-shelf Artifact which allows you to set a custom Chocolatey package feed to pull from during VM creation. You can still use ARM and PowerShell and so on.

Edit Chocolatey sources upon install

2 Answers