Chef-solo on Windows, Win32APIError when running windows_package

Question

On a Windows Server 2008 R2 - Datacentre core (downloaded from vagrantbox.es)) VM provisioned by Vagrant, I run chef-solo to test my cookbook. I cannot run a windows_package without getting an Win32APIError.

Running the following recipe step:

windows_package ".NET 4.0" do
  package_name "Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended"
  source "http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/6/1/361DAE4E-E5B9-4824-B47F-6421A6C59227/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64_SC.exe"
  options "/q"
  installer_type :inno
  action :install
end

Yields the following error:

Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError: windows_package[.NET 4.0] (<my recipe> line 10) had an error: 
 Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError: remote_file[C:/vagrant/cache/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64_SC.exe] (dynamically defined) had an error: 
 Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError: Incorrect function.
get_named_security_info(C:/vagrant/cache/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64_SC.exe, SE_FILE_OBJECT, 7)
 ---- Begin Win32 API output ----
System Error Code: 1
System Error Message: Incorrect function.
---- End Win32 API output ----

The setup file is downloaded correctly and I can run it manually from the VM console after the chef error, so I'm guessing it's some Ruby/Chef permission error...

Trying to install the Opscode SQL Server recipe produces the same get_named_security_info error.

Any idea what is wrong??

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Using Chef version 11.4.4-2

Answer 1

Got it. Turns out the error is caused by the fact that the cache folder (where the installer is downloaded) was in the Vagrant "network shared folder" (c:\vagrant\cache\). Changing it to c:\temp\cache for example solves the get_named_security_info() error.

So in my chef-solo config file:

file_cache_path "C:/temp/cache"