winget provisioner

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Description

I would like for there to exist a winget provisioner for Packer.

Use Case(s)

Instead of using PowerShell provisioner or ansible provisioner to configure the software installed on a Windows VM.

• Using the PowerShell provisioner requires writing (and testing) one
• Using the Ansible provisioner requires configuring winrm in questionable ways

Potential configuration

Instead of this:

    "provisioners": [
        {   "type": "powershell",
            "inline": ["Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force"]
        },
        {
            "type": "powershell",
            "script": "ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1"
        },
        {
            "type": "ansible",
            "playbook_file": "playbook.yml",
            "use_proxy": false,
            "user": "packer",
            "extra_arguments": ["-vvvv",
                "-e", "ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore"]    
        },
        {
          "type": "powershell",
          "inline": [
              "Set-Service RdAgent -StartupType Disabled",
              "Set-Service WindowsAzureGuestAgent -StartupType Disabled",
              "Remove-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\SysPrepExternal\\Generalize' -Name '*'"
            ]
        },
        {
          "type": "windows-restart",
          "restart_check_command": "powershell -command \"& {Write-Output 'restarted.'}\""
        },
        {
          "type": "powershell",
          "inline": [
            "& $env:SystemRoot\\System32\\Sysprep\\Sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /quiet /quit",
            "while($true) { $imageState = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\State | Select ImageState; if($imageState.ImageState -ne 'IMAGE_STATE_GENERALIZE_RESEAL_TO_OOBE') { Write-Output $imageState.ImageState; Start-Sleep -s 10  } else { break } }"
          ]
        }
    ]

Please may I have this?

    "provisioners": [
        {   "type": "powershell",
            "inline": ["Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force"]
        },
        {
            "type": "winget",
            "import_file": "manifest.json",
            "extra_arguments": ["--accept-source-agreements", "--accept-package-agreements"]    
        },
        {
          "type": "powershell",
          "inline": [
              "Set-Service RdAgent -StartupType Disabled",
              "Set-Service WindowsAzureGuestAgent -StartupType Disabled",
              "Remove-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\SysPrepExternal\\Generalize' -Name '*'"
            ]
        },
        {
          "type": "windows-restart",
          "restart_check_command": "powershell -command \"& {Write-Output 'restarted.'}\""
        },
        {
          "type": "powershell",
          "inline": [
            "& $env:SystemRoot\\System32\\Sysprep\\Sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /quiet /quit",
            "while($true) { $imageState = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\State | Select ImageState; if($imageState.ImageState -ne 'IMAGE_STATE_GENERALIZE_RESEAL_TO_OOBE') { Write-Output $imageState.ImageState; Start-Sleep -s 10  } else { break } }"
          ]
        }
    ]

Potential References

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/configure
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/import
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/validate
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/source