I see the hub.exe has help, but I cannot seem to be able to list out the --args to see what options I have:

Usage: hub.exe install <product>[:version] [--arg=value]...

what possible values can I use here? Thanks!

@atripp After spending hours trying to create a folder, I gave up, uninstalled, and installed 2.2.12 and my PSEnsure seems to be working fine. I can't get anything to work in 3.0.2, anything powershell agentless. I have had problems getting an Ensure Server $servername to work on localhost, so not sure what to do there.

@atripp said in Otter 3.0.2. PSEnsure operations broken:

A couple customers will have a lot of OtterScript Configurations to migrate, but it's just a search/replace of PSEnsure to PSEnsureScripts for them...

Oh my! Shots fired!!!

@atripp said in Otter 3.0.2. PSEnsure operations broken:

Otter 3.0.3 scheduled for Friday, so please check it out then :)

I have a demo to a customer that I need stuff to just work right now, but I will try to understand what you guys are trying to do. It has taken a lot of my time already, and I haven't gotten anywhere, so I will have to table this for now. It was hard enough to get people on my previous team to use the old PSEnsure, and the new version does not seem very user friendly and is not straightforward at all. My target customers are not developers, and these new concepts will definitely help kill my sales. I may have to stay in 2.2 for the foreseeable future.

@atripp Is 3.0.3 out? It wasn't as of yesterday? Is it a beta? You know I am always happy to try a new version.

I didn't know you guys were unhappy with PSEnsure; I was pleased with it. If I was still at my previous position, I would not have been happy that my 80 some odd configurations broke because someone didn't like the way it worked. This someone was happy enough, but I will give the new way a go. Since PSEnsureScripts has a new name, why not just leave the PSEnsure there and operational? You could of also added a warning and said "Hey, we see you are using the old PSEnsure, why not check out the new shiny PSEnsureScripts? See? OOOooohhhh, shiny!! :) Just a thought.

Thanks @JonathanEngstrom!

Could not resolve variable $ErrorActionPreference.

There could be a regression with Variable resolution? Can you let us know how/where this is configured, so we can try a repro?

PSEnsure that I test with and has always worked

This was a big change. We really liked the name PSEnsure but hated how it worked, and we don't want people to use it anymore. So we decided to rename it to PSEnsureScripts and redefine the behavior.

Quick Fix - Rename the Operation

PSEnsureScripts
(
    Key: Simple Test,
    Value: True,
    Collect: >>
if (Test-Path C:\Temp2){$true}else {$false}
        
    >>,
    Configure: >>
    New-Item -Path C:\ -Name Temp2 -ItemType Directory -Verbose
    Write-Output "Make C:\Temp directory"
    >>
);

Recommended Fix - Rewrite your Verify / Ensure Scripts

<# 
.DESCRIPTION
Verifies that the specified HotFix is installed

.AHCONFIGKEY
Simple Test

.AHEXECMODE
$ExecMode

#>

if $ExecMode -eq "Configure" {
    New-Item -Path C:\ -Name Temp2 -ItemType Directory -Verbose
    Write-Output "Make C:\Temp directory"
} else { 
if (Test-Path C:\Temp2) { return $true} else { return $false }
}

PS Love the new look of Otter 3 :D

Thanks! And it's too bad you didn't try out Otter 3.0.3 (shipping this week, Friday); we now have cute character/artwork in the onboarding steps

For reference, here are the descriptions of the Additional Help values

.AHDESIREDVALUE
This is what you wish the configuration value to be. When not specified, $true is used

.AHCURRENTVALUE
This is the actual value of the configuration. When not specified, the script's return (output) is used.

.AHCONFIGKEY
This is the "configuration key" used by the script, which is a string that uniquely identifies configuration on a server. It's like a file on disk (a file is uniquely identified by its name), or the name of an IIS Application pool (an application pool is unqiuely identified by its name). Optional. When not specified, the name of the script is used.

.AHVALUEDRIFTED
This is an indicator as to whether the value is considered drifted. When not specified, it's a basic comparison of the desired and current values.

.AHEXECMODE
This is either "Collect" or "Configure", and is only used on PSEnsure operations; it will be ignored (or set to Collect, depending on what's easier to code) on PSVerify. Using a PSEnsure without a .AHEXECMODE will cause an error.

The Additional Help items can be specified as a value or a variable; variables will simply start with a $.

I have installed Otter on several brand new Windows 10 and Server 2019 with nothing else installed. I am testing a deployment framework. I cannot get anything PowerShell related to work at all. I have even gone back several versions, and it is still broken. I used some known good working ones that I have developed over time that are in use today, but cannot get them to work:

DEBUG: 2021-03-02 21:10:57Z - Building OtterScript configuration for server "LOCALHOST" to target 2 roles...
DEBUG: 2021-03-02 21:10:57Z - Beginning collection run...
ERROR: 2021-03-02 21:10:57Z - Could not resolve variable $ErrorActionPreference.
ERROR: 2021-03-02 21:10:57Z - No Collect or Ensure operations were executed during the collection phase.
DEBUG: 2021-03-02 21:10:57Z - Cleaning up temporary files on Local Server...

Don't even get me started with trying with PowerShell Agentless. Help! :)

PS Love the new look of Otter 3 :D

That's fine, try that. I just logged on and saw I don't have my posts :)

@atripp So it appears to have created a new profile and removed all of my post history. Good times! :)