Ivanti HEAT

Install Ivanti HEAT using a nuget package for Windows.

Requirements

Microsoft Windows 2008+

Variable Defaults

heat_serveraddress: "heat.example.com"
heat_modulelist: "VulnerabilityManagement"

Role Variables

chocolatey_source: https://nexus.example.com/repository/nuget-hosted/

Dependencies

deekayen.chocolatey

Example Playbook

- hosts: platform_windows

  roles:
     - { role: deekayen.ivanti_heat }

Ivanti HEAT Agent Chocolatey Package Creation

This package wraps the Ivanti HEAT Agent exe in a nuget package so that the win_chocolately Ansible module can install it.

Pre-Tasks

1. Install chocolatey within your local PowerShell installation
2. Add your Nuget API key into your chocolatey configuration choco apikey -k MYKEY-COPIED-FROM-NEXUS-PROFILE https://nexus.example.com/repository/nuget-hosted/
3. Download the agent installer msi and store it in the tools subfolder as the name dotNetAgentSteup.Msi
4. Update the ivanti-heat-agent.nuspec element with the specific version of the agent downloads

Create the package

1. Open PowerShell and navigate to the same folder where the .nuspec file exists
2. Run chocolatey pack command: choco pack
3. You can test this package on a server by either running the the chocolatey commands manually or by using the win_chocolatey Ansible module manually, or through Ansible Tower/AWX adhoc commands.
4. Push the package to the nexus repo choco push .\Ivanti.HEAT.8.5.0.41.nupkg -source https://nexus.example.com/repository/nuget-hosted/

Package Arguments

The package takes to arguments which can be passed via Ansible params element on the the win_chocolatey module

• /HeatServerAddress: - determines what server to point to for configuration - defaults to "heat.smartcorp.net"
• /HeatModuleList: - What modules to install - defaults to "VulnerabilityManagement"