[wix-users] Running installer inside 2016 TP5 docker container - Help Please :)

Stephen Tunney stephen.tunney at gmail.com
Wed May 25 07:35:55 PDT 2016


An, I see.

Our installer doesn't utilize the MsiEmbeddedChanierTable.
http://pasteboard.co/1bIdhXHM.png

I'm going to look for that ipi file.  Most suspicious.

On Wed, 25 May 2016 at 10:21 Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
wrote:

> I was assuming that there was the potential for a similarity between 2k8
> R2 and core.  From the link I provided: Windows Server 2008 R2 with the
> Remote Desktop Services role enabled:  Not supported. A multiple package
> installation using the MsiEmbeddedChainer table fails if the Remote Desktop
> Services role is enabled.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Stephen Tunney
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 8:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Running installer inside 2016 TP5 docker
> container - Help Please :)
>
> Ok, so I did have /i /quiet /qn arguments when I ran the installer.  So
> that's one thing answered.
>
> For the error code, I take it that the following file is what it is
> barfing on?
> C:\Windows\Installer\inprogressinstallinfo.ipi
>
> I do not believe RDP is enabled for the container.  For silent install
> should this really be a requirement?  I would think that just having remote
> powershell/WMI enabled would be sufficient to install a product silently.
>
> On Tue, 24 May 2016 at 20:16 Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Two observations:
> > Running installation inside multi-package transaction -
> >
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb736322(v=vs.85).aspx
> .
> > Not sure if this applies, but is Remote Desktop enabled on the container?
> > And
> >
> > http://errco.de/win32/winerror-h/stg_e_filenotfound/-2147287038/
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 24, 2016, at 2:53 PM, John Cooper <JoCooper at jackhenry.com<mailto:
> > JoCooper at jackhenry.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Can you do a quiet, property drive install of this MSI?  It's acting
> > like it "took a hike" when it discovered the UI sequence wasn't going to
> run.
> >
> > --
> > John Merryweather Cooper
> > Senior Software Engineer | Integration Development Group | Enterprise
> > Notification Service Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS
> > 66214 | Ext:  431050 |
> > JoCooper at jackhenry.com<mailto:JoCooper at jackhenry.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Behalf Of Stephen Tunney
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 2:47 PM
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> > Subject: [wix-users] Running installer inside 2016 TP5 docker
> > container - Help Please :)
> >
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> >
> > Has anyone tried running an installer in a docker container yet based
> > on windowsservercore:latest?
> >
> > I am running as .\ContainerAdministrator
> >
> > I'm getting a weird log file:
> > === Verbose logging started: 5/24/2016  18:25:05  Build type: SHIP
> > UNICODE
> > 5.00.10011.00  Calling process: C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe ===
> > MSI (c)
> > (28:A8) [18:25:05:721]: Resetting cached policy values MSI (c) (28:A8)
> > [18:25:05:721]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0 MSI (c) (28:A8)
> > [18:25:05:721]: ******* RunEngine:
> >           ******* Product: .\Equitrac.Express.x64.msi
> >           ******* Action:
> >           ******* CommandLine: ********** MSI (c) (28:A8) [18:25:05:723]:
> > Client-side and UI is none or basic: Running entire install on the
> server.
> > MSI (c) (28:A8) [18:25:05:723]: Grabbed execution mutex.
> > MSI (c) (28:A8) [18:25:05:903]: Cloaking enabled.
> > MSI (c) (28:A8) [18:25:05:903]: Attempting to enable all disabled
> > privileges before calling Install on Server MSI (c) (28:A8)
> [18:25:05:907]:
> > Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
> > MSI
> > (s) (D0:60) [18:25:05:961]: Running installation inside multi-package
> > transaction C:\.\Equitrac.Express.x64.msi MSI (s) (D0:60) [18:25:05:961]:
> > Grabbed execution mutex.
> > MSI (s) (D0:80) [18:25:05:966]: Resetting cached policy values MSI (s)
> > (D0:80) [18:25:05:966]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0 MSI (s)
> > (D0:80)
> > [18:25:05:966]: ******* RunEngine:
> >           ******* Product: C:\.\Equitrac.Express.x64.msi
> >           ******* Action:
> >           ******* CommandLine: ********** MSI (s) (D0:80) [18:25:05:976]:
> > Machine policy value 'DisableUserInstalls' is 0 MSI (s) (D0:80)
> > [18:25:05:978]: Note: 1: 2203 2:
> > C:\Windows\Installer\inprogressinstallinfo.ipi 3: -2147287038 MSI (s)
> > (D0:80) [18:25:06:010]: SRSetRestorePoint skipped for this transaction.
> > MSI (s) (D0:80) [18:25:06:023]: Note: 1: 1402 2:
> >
> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\E
> > xplorer
> > 3: 2 MSI (s) (D0:80) [18:25:06:023]: Note: 1: 1324 2: . 3: 1 MSI (s)
> > (D0:80) [18:25:06:023]: MainEngineThread is returning 2 MSI (s)
> > (D0:60)
> > [18:25:06:025]: No System Restore sequence number for this installation.
> > MSI (s) (D0:60) [18:25:06:048]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is
> > 0 MSI (s) (D0:60) [18:25:06:048]: Machine policy value
> > 'DisableRollback' is 0 MSI (s) (D0:60) [18:25:06:048]: Incrementing
> counter to disable shutdown.
> > Counter after increment: 0 MSI (s) (D0:60) [18:25:06:064]: Note: 1: 1402
> 2:
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
> > \Rollback\Scripts
> > 3: 2 MSI (s) (D0:60) [18:25:06:073]: Note: 1: 1402 2:
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
> > \Rollback\Scripts
> > 3: 2 MSI (s) (D0:60) [18:25:06:073]: Decrementing counter to disable
> > shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied.  Counter after
> > decrement: -1 MSI (c) (28:A8) [18:25:06:085]: Decrementing counter to
> > disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied.  Counter
> > after
> > decrement: -1 MSI (c) (28:A8) [18:25:06:086]: MainEngineThread is
> > returning
> > 2 === Verbose logging stopped: 5/24/2016  18:25:06 ===
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Stephen
> >
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