sql_server Cookbook

Installs and configures Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server and client. By default the Express edition is installed, but the sql_server::server recipe supports installation of other editions (see Usage below).

Requirements

Platforms

• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2012 (R1, R2)

Chef

• Chef 12.1+

Cookbooks

• windows

Attributes

default

The following attributes are used by both client and server recipes.

• node['sql_server']['accept_eula'] - indicate that you accept the terms of the end user license, default is 'false'
• node['sql_server']['product_key'] - Specifies the product key for the edition of SQL Server, default is nil (not needed for SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installs)

client

This file also contains download url, checksum and package name for all client installation packages. See the Usage section below for more details.

server

• node['sql_server']['install_dir'] - main directory for installation, default is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
• node['sql_server']['port'] - static TCP port server should listen on for client connections, default is 1433
• node['sql_server']['instance_name'] - name of the default instance, default is SQLEXPRESS
• node['sql_server']['instance_dir'] - root directory of the default instance, default is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
• node['sql_server']['shared_wow_dir'] - root directory of the shared WOW directory, default is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server
• node['sql_server']['agent_account'] - Agent account name, default is NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
• node['sql_server']['agent_startup'] - Agent service startup mode, default is Disabled
• node['sql_server']['rs_mode'] - Reporting Services install mode, default is FilesOnlyMode
• node['sql_server']['rs_account'] - Reporting Services account name, default is NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
• node['sql_server']['rs_startup'] - Reporting Services startup mode, default is Automatic
• node['sql_server']['browser_startup'] - Browser Service startup mode, default is Disabled
• node['sql_server']['sysadmins'] - Windows accounts that are SQL administrators, default is Administrator
• node['sql_server']['sql_account'] - SQL service account name, default is NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE

This file also contains download url, checksum and package name for the server installation package.

Usage

default

Includes the sql_server::client recipe.

client

Installs required the SQL Server Native Client and all required dependancies. These include:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Command Line Utilities (ie sqlcmd)
• Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Objects
• Windows PowerShell Extensions for SQL Server 2008 R2

The SQL Server Native Client contains the SQL Server ODBC driver and the SQL Server OLE DB provider in one native dynamic link library (DLL) supporting applications using native-code APIs (ODBC, OLE DB and ADO) to Microsoft SQL Server. In simple terms these packages should allow any other node to act as a client of a SQL Server instance.

server

Installs SQL Server 2008 R2 Express or SQL Server 2012 Express.

By default, the cookbook installs SQL Server 2008 R2 Express. There are two options to install a different version.

NOTE: For this recipe to run you must set the node['sql_server']['server_sa_password'] in an environment, role, or wrapper cookbook.

NOTE: This recipe will request a reboot at the end of the Chef Client run if SQL Server was installed.. If you do not want to reboot after the installation, use the reboot resource to cancel the pending reboot.

Option 1: From a role, environment, or wrapper cookbook, set node['sql_server']['version'] to '2008R2' to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, '2012' to install SQL Server 2012 Express or '2014' to install SQL Server 2014 Express.

Option 2: From a role, environment, or wrapper cookbook, set these node attributes to specify the URL, checksum, and name of the package (as it appears in the Windows Registry).

node['sql_server']['server']['url']
node['sql_server']['server']['checksum']
node['sql_server']['server']['package_name']

The installation is done using the windows_package resource and ConfigurationFile generated from a template resource. The installation is slightly opinionated and does the following:

• Enables Mixed Mode (Windows Authentication and SQL Server Authentication) authentication
• Auto-generates and sets a strong password for the 'sa' account
• sets a static TCP port which is configurable via an attribute.

Installing any of the SQL Server server or client packages in an unattended/automated way requires you to explicitly indicate that you accept the terms of the end user license. The hooks have been added to all recipes to do this via an attribute. Create a role to set the node['sql_server']['accept_eula'] attribute to 'true'. For example:

name "sql_server"
description "SQL Server database master"
run_list(
  "recipe[sql_server::server]"
)
default_attributes(
  "sql_server" => {
    "accept_eula" => true
  }
)

Out of the box this recipe installs the Express edition of SQL Server 2008 R2. If you would like to install the Standard edition create a role as follows:

name "sql_server_standard"
description "SQL Server Stadard edition database master"
run_list(
  "recipe[sql_server::server]"
)
default_attributes(
  "sql_server" => {
    "instance_name" => "MSSQLSERVER",
    "product_key" => "YOUR_PRODUCT_KEY_HERE",
    "accept_eula" => true,
    "server" => {
      "url" => "DOWNLOAD_LOCATION_OF_INSTALLATION_PACKAGE",
      "checksum" => "SHA256_OF_INSTALLATION_PACKAGE"
    }
  }
)

Depending on your base Windows installation you may also need to open the configured static port in the Windows Firewall. In the name of security we do not do this by default but the follow code should get the job done:

# unlock port in firewall
# this should leverage firewall_rule resource
# once COOK-689 is completed
firewall_rule_name = "#{node['sql_server']['instance_name']} Static Port"

execute "open-static-port" do
  command "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=\"#{firewall_rule_name}\" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=#{node['sql_server']['port']}"
  returns [0,1,42] # *sigh* cmd.exe return codes are wonky
  not_if { SqlServer::Helper.firewall_rule_enabled?(firewall_rule_name) }
end

Installing SQL Server remotely

SQL Server does not support remote installation over WinRM. For example, the installation fails when you run knife bootstrap windows winrm or knife winrm 'chef-client' with a run-list that includes server.rb. However, you can use a scheduled task or run chef-client as a service. Learn more in this Learn Chef tutorial.

License & Authors

Author: Cookbook Engineering Team (cookbooks@chef.io)

Copyright: 2011-2016, Chef Software, Inc.

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