Deploying Oracle JAVA

As of JAVA 8 Update 73, this is the easiest way I’ve found to deploy JAVA on a corporate environment.

1. Download JAVA from here
   1. You’re going to select the Windows Offline download option
2. Take a look at the many installation options now available for the JAVA EXEcutable file, those options can be found here
3. From an elevated command line, you’re going to run the JRE executable file with the options you select from step 2
   1. Here’s just a sample command line (all in one line):
   2. jre-8u73-windows-i586.exe EULA=Disable INSTALL_SILENT=Enable AUTO_UPDATE=Disable REBOOT=Disable REMOVEOUTOFDATEJRES=1
   3. You should be able to find the meaning of each installation option by reading the document in step 2. In essence, I’m installing JAVA and accepting the EULA, a silent install with JAVA auto update disabled as well as removing any outdated installations of JAVA and finally rebooting is disabled.

Note: Here’s a great JAVA 8 deployment blog in case you need other means of installing it

 

For those using System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM 20120), one of the ways to create an application deployment would be to use ‘manual’ deployment type and use a script to install JAVA. In the script I used, I was able to use START /WAIT command to execute the JRE file.

SCCM 2012 – Software Center Options

The original information came from this source, I’m just adding a few more screenshots for my benefit.

The following script will allow you to change a particular setting found in SCCM 2012’s Software Center.

In Software Center, under the Options tab, and under the Computer maintenance heading, there is a setting – Automatically install or uninstall required software and restart the computer only outside of the specified business hours – that can be set to True (checked) or False (unchecked) by using this script.

Use the following code to obtain the current status of the option. This code you’ll use as the Discovery script.

$getStatus = Invoke-WmiMethod -Namespace "Root\ccm\ClientSDK" -Class CCM_ClientUXSettings -Name GetAutoInstallRequiredSoftwaretoNonBusinessHours -ComputerName $env:ComputerName -ErrorAction STOP

If ($getStatus.AutomaticallyInstallSoftware -eq "True")
{
Write-Host "Compliant"
}
Else
{
Write-Host "Non-Compliant"
}

Here’s how you’ll add this code to a Configuration Items object.

 

Next, we’ll need to add the code to make the change or Remediation script

Invoke-WmiMethod -Namespace “Root\ccm\ClientSDK” -Class CCM_ClientUXSettings -Name SetAutoInstallRequiredSoftwaretoNonBusinessHours -ArgumentList @($TRUE) -ComputerName $env:ComputerName -ErrorAction STOP

Here’s how you’ll add this code to a Configuration Items object.

Next, we need to configure a Compliance Rule for the Configuration Item.

Now, as the final portion, we need to create a Configuration Baseline based on the Configuration Item created here and then deploy the Configuration Baseline.