Winget Auto Update

Purpose

The solution aims to keep winget-supported applications updated and report their current status to Automate. The automation portion of the solution uses Romanitho's Winget-AutoUpdate.

Associated Content

Auditing

Content	Type	Function
Winget App Audit	Script	Fetches information about the installed winget-supported applications from the endpoint.
pvl_winget_audit	Custom Table	Stores the data fetched by the Winget App Audit script.
Winget App Audit	Dataview	Displays the data fetched by the Winget App Audit script.
Execute Script - Winget App Audit	Internal Monitor	Detects Windows computers where the Winget App Audit script has not been executed in the past 7 days.
△ Custom - Execute Script - Winget App Audit	Alert Template	Executes the Winget App Audit script against the computers detected by the Execute Script - Winget App Audit internal monitor.

Automation

Content	Type	Function
Configure Winget Auto Update	Script	Configures the Winget-AutoUpdate solution on the endpoint.
pvl_wau_config	Custom Table	Stores the current configuration set for the computer from the client-level EDFs
Winget Auto Update Errors	Remote Monitor	Checks the error log file generated by the Winget Auto Update solution.
Execute Script - Configure Winget Auto Update	Internal Monitor	Detects Windows computers where the Configure Winget Auto Update script needs to be executed.
△ Custom - Execute Script - Configure Winget Auto Update	Alert Template	Executes the Configure Winget Auto Update script against the computers detected by the Execute Script - Configure Winget Auto Update internal monitor.

Client-Level EDFs:

The Exclude From Winget Auto Update checkbox is available in the location and computer-level EDF section Exclusions to exclude the location and computer, respectively.

Note: Refer to the Client-Level EDF section in the script's document for comprehensive details on EDFs.

Implementation

1. Import the following auditing content using the ProSync Plugin:

   • Script - Winget App Audit
   • Dataview - Winget App Audit
   • Internal Monitor - Execute Script - Winget App Audit
   • Alert Template - △ Custom - Execute Script - Winget App Audit

2. Import the following automation content (if approved) using the ProSync Plugin:

   • Script - Configure Winget Auto Update
   • Internal Monitor - Execute Script - Configure Winget Auto Update
   • Alert Template - △ Custom - Execute Script - Configure Winget Auto Update

3. Reload the system cache:
   

4. Run the Winget App Audit script with the Set_Environment parameter set to 1 for the first run to create the pvl_winget_audit table used by the solution.
   

5. Run the Configure Winget Auto Update script (if imported) with the Set_Environment parameter set to 1 for the first run to create the pvl_wau_config table and the EDFs used by the solution.
   

6. Reload the system cache again:
   

7. Configure the auditing solution as outlined below:

   • Navigate to Automation → Monitors within the CWA Control Center and set up the following:
     • Internal Monitor - Execute Script - Winget App Audit
       • Alert Template - △ Custom - Execute Script - Winget App Audit
       • Right-click and Run Now to start the monitor

8. Configure the automation solution (if approved) as outlined below:

   • Navigate to Automation → Monitors within the CWA Control Center and set up the following:
     • Internal Monitor - Execute Script - Configure Winget Auto Update
       • Alert Template - △ Custom - Execute Script - Configure Winget Auto Update
       • Right-click and Run Now to start the monitor