auto-install-putty

Date	Modified by	Remarks
2021-02-13	Sukri	Created
2021-02-13	Sukri	Made some cosmetic changes on README.md

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Description:

• This is the PowerShell script to install silently the Putty binary by getting the latest version from its official site.
• All done by automated way!.

Windows Version	OS Architecture	PowerShell Version	Result
Windows 10	64-bit and 32-bit	5.1.x	Tested. OK

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Below are steps on what script does:

No.	Steps
1	Get the configuration value from Install-Putty.cfg.ini i.e. the Putty source installer URL
2	Pre-validate to check for the PuTTY availability in the target system
3	Display on console if the PuTTY application available in the target system
4	Download the latest version of PuTTY application from its official site
5	Install silently the PuTTY application
6	Post-validate to check if the PuTTY application installed successfully

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How to run this script.

1. After cloning the repository, navigate into the base directory e.g. ..\auto-install-putty\
2. Double-click on Install-Putty.cmd file optionally with an administration right

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There are some functions involved as follows:

No.	Function Name	Description
1	Get-IniConfiguration	This function is used to get the contents of the .ini configuration file
2	Get-ConfigurationValue	This function is used to get the configuration value(s) from Get-IniConfiguration function
3	Get-Putty	This function is used to the existence of Putty application in the target system
4	Get-OSArchitecture	This function is used to check the OS architecture (64 or 32-bit) in the target system
5	Get-PuttyBinary	This function is used to download the latest PuTTY installer from its official site
6	Install-Putty	This function is used to install silently the PuTTY application by downloading the latest version its official site
4	Install-Putty.cfg.ini	This is the configuration file to customize a few configuration values

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Example for the configuration file i.e. Install-Putty.cfg.ini

[Install-Putty.ps1]
PUTTY_SOURCE_INSTALLER_PATH = https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/