Has there been any progress here beyond "don't use chef"? It's been a few months and I've gone down a very similar path to Chris's original post. Azure and 10.6.1. Running chef-client I get the same popup.
There are many attributes defining setup paths and Randal copied a few from the documentation. I'd like a better description than what's given on github, or some direction on how to set these so I don't get prompted would be ideal. The plan is to be installing multiple servers in parallel remotely and user interaction is not an option.
node['arcgis']['repository']['setups'] -- I feel this is the extraction folder. I have this value set but I still get prompted
node['arcgis']['repository']['archives'] -- What is the purpose of this? When is it used?
node['arcgis']['repository']['patches'] -- I assume the install finds patches here once the installation is done.
Also
node['arcgis']['server']['setup'] -- The location of the ArcGIS Server setup executable.
I point this last one to my EXE and Chef is calling this. I don't see chef trying to define these other folders when it calls this exe:
Z:\ArcGIS_Server_Windows_1061_163968.exe" /qb INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Server" INSTALLDIR1="C:\Python27" USER_NAME="arcgis" PASSWORD="xxxxxxxx"
I'd love to hear if anyone has figured this out. Thanks!