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

Wed May 25 07:37:18 PDT 2016

Ok, upon quick search.  The C:\Windows\Installer folder is completely
empty.  Is this expected in a windows install?

On Wed, 25 May 2016 at 10:35 Stephen Tunney <stephen.tunney at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>> 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-----
>> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
>> > Behalf Of Stephen Tunney
>> > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 2:47 PM
>> > To:
>> > wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org<mailto:wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>> > 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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