ChocolateySoftware

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
Ensure	Key	Ensure	Indicate whether the Chocolatey Software should be installed or not on the system.	Absent, Present
ChocolateyPackageUrl	Write	System.String	Exact URL of the chocolatey package. This can be an HTTP server, a network or local path. This must be the .nupkg package as downloadable from here: https://chocolatey.org/packages/chocolatey
ChocoTempDir	Write	System.String	The temporary folder to extract the Chocolatey Binaries during install. This does not set the Chocolatey Cache dir.
IgnoreProxy	Write	System.Boolean	Ensure the proxy is bypassed when downloading the Chocolatey Package from the URL.
InstallationDirectory	Write	System.String
PackageFeedUrl	Write	System.String	Url of the NuGet Feed API to use for looking up the latest version of Chocolatey (available on that feed). This is also used when searching for a specific version, doing a lookup via an Odata filter.
ProxyCredential	Write	System.Management.Automation.PSCredential	Credential to authenticate to the proxy, if not specified but the ProxyLocation is set, an attempt to use the Cached credential will be made.
ProxyLocation	Write	System.String	Proxy url to use when downloading the Chocolatey Package for installation.
Version	Write	System.String	Version to install if you want to be specific, this is the way to Install a pre-release version, as when not specified, the latest non-prerelease version is looked up from the feed defined in PackageFeedUrl.
Reasons	Read	ChocolateyReason[]

Description

Install Chocolatey Software either from a fixed URL where the chocolatey nupkg is stored, or from the url of a NuGet feed containing the Chocolatey Package. A version can be specified to lookup the Package feed for a specific version, and install it. A proxy URL and credential can be specified to fetch the Chocolatey package, or the proxy configuration can be ignored.

Examples

Example 1

This is an unofficial module with DSC resource to Install and configure Chocolatey.

configuration Example
{
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Chocolatey

    Node localhost {
        ChocolateySoftware ChococacheLocation {
            Ensure = 'Present'
            InstallationDirectory  = 'C:\Temp\Choco'
        }
    }
}