windows_smb

Module for puppet that can be used to create and manage windows SMB shares, and set various configuration options for SMB server / client settings on a windows system.

Very unrestricted limits on settings, I tried to find absolute min/max values for the settings for windows_smb::manage_smb_server_config and window_smb::manage_smb_client_config.

Stayed away from settings like forcing digital signing etc. as these tend to be managed via group policy.

That's kind of a thing in puppet on windows, you find yourself moving towards replacing things done with GPO. If people want it, I'll add it. It is good to reduce infrastructure config to state declaration code. However, we need to make that transition smooth for admins and not be invasive.

N.B.: not making resources depend upon a PowerShell version check - this has been tested OK with version 4 and 5. Upgrade your Windows Management Framework to 4.0 or higher if you run into bother on old OS.

tested on: server 2012R2 OK (PS 4), win 10 enterprise OK (PS 5)

Module Usage

Only supports windows OS - windows_smb::manage_smb_share only supports windows feature 'FS-BranchCache' where it exists but does NOT restrict attempted auto-install of 'FS-BranchCache feature' - module resources will fail due to dependency if for some reason the windows feature is unavailable for install or the system does not support ps commandlet 'add-windowsfeature'.

Example Use

node 'my_file_server.corp.blah.moo' {
    include 'my_smb_file_shares'
}

  class my_smb_file_shares {
        
      #module will NOT ensure share target directory on file system exists, make sure it does and require it in windows_smb::manage_smb_share resource instance

      file { 'c:\temp1': ensure => directory, }

      windows_smb::manage_smb_share { 'testshare':
        smb_share_directory               => 'c:\temp1',
        ensure                            => present,
        smb_share_comments                => 'puppet generated smb share test',
        smb_share_concurrent_user_limit   => 0,
        smb_share_cache                   => 'None',
        smb_share_encrypt_data            => false,
        smb_share_folder_enum_mode        => 'AccessBased',
        smb_share_temporary               => true,
        smb_share_access_full             => ['corp.blah.moo\user0', 'local_admin','user1@corp.blah.moo'],
        smb_share_access_change           => ['corp\domain admins'],
        smb_share_access_read             => [],
        smb_share_access_deny             => [],
        smb_share_autoinstall_branchcache => false,
        require                           => File['c:\temp1'],
      }

      #with defaults - note ensure is assumed => 'present'
      windows_smb::manage_smb_share { 'testshare1':
        smb_share_directory               => 'c:\temp1',
        smb_share_access_full             => ['Everyone'],
        require                           => File['c:\temp1'],
      }

      #server smb config settings example - note the 'title' / resource name isn't used in class
      #note that cannot set ensure to 'absent' as many of these settings REQUIRED for os to function properly - set ensrue => 'default' to reset to defaults
      windows_smb::manage_smb_server_config{$::clientcert:
       ensure                                        => present,
       smb_server_asynchronous_credits               => 1024,
       smb_server_smb2_credits_min                   => 1024,
       smb_server_smb2_credits_max                   => 16384,
       smb_server_max_threads_per_queue              => 64,
       smb_server_treat_host_as_stable_storage       => true,
       smb_server_max_channel_per_session            => 32,
       smb_server_additional_critical_worker_threads => 20,
       smb_server_additional_delayed_worker_threads  => 20,
       smb_server_ntfs_8dot3_name_creation           => 'disabled',
       smb_server_ntfs_disable_last_access_update    => true,
       }
       
    # reset server config settings to defaults
    # windows_smb::manage_smb_server_config{$::clientcert: ensure => default,}

    windows_smb::manage_smb_client_config{$::clientcert:
     ensure                                               => 'present',
     smb_client_connection_count_per_interface            => 16,
     smb_client_connection_count_per_rss_interface        => 16,
     smb_client_connection_count_per_rdma_interface       => 16,
     smb_client_connection_count_per_server_max           => 64,
     smb_client_dormant_Directory_timeout_seconds         => 500,
     smb_client_directory_cache_lifetime_seconds          => 15,
     smb_client_dormant_file_limit                        => 4096,
     smb_client_directory_cache_entry_size_max_bytes      => 65580,
     smb_client_file_not_found_cache_lifetime_seconds     => 5,
     smb_client_file_not_found_cache_entries_max          => 2048,
     smb_client_file_info_cache_lifetime_seconds          => 5,
     smb_client_file_info_cache_entries_max               => 1024,
     smb_client_enable_bandwidth_throttling               => false,
     smb_client_enable_large_mtu                          => false,
     smb_client_enable_byte_range_locking_read_only_files => false,
     smb_client_enable_multichannel                       => false,
     smb_client_extended_session_timeout_seconds          => 999,
     smb_client_keep_connection_seconds                   => 555,
     smb_client_max_commands                              => 8192,
     smb_client_oplocks_disabled                          => true,
     smb_client_session_timeout_seconds                   => 45,
     smb_client_use_opportunistic_locking                 => false,
     smb_client_window_size_threshold                     => 16
     }
    
   # reset client config settings to defaults
   # windows_smb::manage_smb_client_config{$::clientcert: ensure => default,}
  }

#windows_smb::manage_smb_share THIS MODULE DOES NOT SUPPORT CLUSTERED SHARES UNDER CAFS

##windows_smb::manage_smb_share parameters

####ensure Set the ensure state of the smb share. string.

• 'present': will ensure the share exists and is set as desired
• 'absent','purge': 'absent' / 'purge' will remove the share by share name on the system applying windows_smb::manage_smb_share

default value: 'present'

####smb_share_directory Set this to the fully qualified path to share as string. Note that this class will NOT ensure that the target file system path for share assurance is present. Doing so would be invasive coding.
Create a File resource for the directory to be shared and make the windows_smb::manage_smb_share instance dependent upon it. this is shown in the example above.

####smb_share_comments Set string to put as comments on the share (description)

default value: 'puppet generated smb share'

####smb_share_concurrent_user_limit Set the Uint32 desired concurrent user limit on the share being managed.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295 --- Setting 0 will result in there not being a share enforced restriction on concurrent user limit.

default value: 0

####smb_share_cache Set to one of the valid string options 'None', 'Manual', 'Programs', 'Documents', 'BrancheCache'.

• None: Prevents users from storing documents and programs offline.
• Manual: Allows users to identify the documents and programs that they want to store offline.
• Programs: Automatically stores documents and programs offline.
• Documents: Automatically stores documents offline.
• BranchCache: Enables BranchCache and manual caching of documents on the shared folder.

default value: 'None'

###smb_share_encrypt_data Set bool to indicate if the share utilizes encrytion.

default value: false

###smb_share_folder_enum_mode Set string to specify which files and folders in the SMB share will be visible to the users.

• 'AccessBased': SMB will not the display the files and folders for a share to a user unless that user has rights to access the files and folders. Via PowerShell, access-based enumeration is disabled by default for new SMB shares. This is NOT true for this module.
• 'Unrestricted': SMB will display files and folders to a user even when the user does not have permission to access those items.

default value: 'AccessBased'

###smb_share_temporary Set bool to indicate whether share will persist past system reboot:

• true: share will NOT persist past system reboot. The share is temporary.
• false: share is permanent and will persist past system reboot.

default value: false

##share permissions params N.B. Module does NOT support share creation with no permissions whatsoever. If all permissions params are [] (empty array) will cause catalog failure due to resource where that implementation exists.

N.B. CANNOT set permissions entries for user to multiple permission types on a share - i.e. user1 may not have both 'full' and 'change' assignments. It is not like ACEs at the file system level. Can only be in one place. Puppet DSL logic will attempt to reject a configuration made in this way and if somehow slips through the resource create would fail. if resource exists permissions check would also fail as change in permissions results in share removal and recreate.

N.B. UPN limitation in that it much match the user domain - so user@corp.moo would not work if user domain was user@corp.blah.moo

N.B. permissions return with powershell 'GetSmbAccess' returns object array with UNQUALIFIED domain name as string - cannot accurately resolve scenarion where assigning permissions over trust - e.g. assign permissions for user0@corp.blah.moo AND user0@corp.foo.toyou UNTESTED and may not work

• can use local account unqualified, domain\username or user UPN

###smb_share_access_full string array of users / groups to grant 'full' access permissions to at the smb share level (THIS IS NOT FILE PERMISSIONS ON DISK).

• e.g. ['domain\user0', 'local_admin','user1_upn@domain.blah.moo']

default value: [] <<<< EMPTY (STRING) ARRAY

###smb_share_access_change string array of users / groups to grant 'change' access permissions to at the smb share level (THIS IS NOT FILE PERMISSIONS ON DISK)

• e.g. ['domain\user1', 'local_admin_0','user2_upn@domain.blah.moo']

default value: [] <<<< EMPTY (STRING) ARRAY

###smb_share_access_read string array of users / groups to grant 'read' access permissions to at the smb share level (THIS IS NOT FILE PERMISSIONS ON DISK)

• e.g. ['domain\user2', 'local_admin_1','user3_upn@domain.blah.moo']

default value: [] <<<< EMPTY (STRING) ARRAY

###smb_share_access_deny string array of users / groups to set 'deny' access permissions to at the smb share level (THIS IS NOT FILE PERMISSIONS ON DISK)

• e.g. ['domain\user3', 'local_admin_2','user4_upn@domain.blah.moo']

default value: [] <<<< EMPTY (STRING) ARRAY

###smb_share_autoinstall_branchcache set boolean true to attempt to auto-install windows feature 'FS-BranchCache' if available to system via PowerShell 'Add-WindowsFeature'. Does not ensure state of windows feature via another resource type - it is an exec based get / set. So safe to use if ensure 'FS-BranchCache' as windows feature elsewhere in catalog. Share creation made dependent on this exec resource if this param 'true' to ensure proper fail if not available for install and cannot install.

N.B. use in conjunction with smb_share_cache => 'BranchCache' if set to true, otherwise not relevant and will not execute.

N.B. can use smb_share_cache => 'BranchCache' WITHOUT using smb_share_autoinstall_branchcache' => true - it just won't consider windows feature 'FS-BranchCache' presence - caller in this case responsible for it being there

default value: false

#windows_smb::manage_smb_server_config

##windows_smb::manage_smb_server_config parameters Sensible caps on resource params are not implemented. You may tweak up to the maximum allowed value and it is assumed you will research impact on system performance / viability to serve. Good luck, have fun!

###Resource 'Name' / 'Title' is irrelivent - suggest set to $::fqdn or $::clientcert as in example Settings are global for the Windows machine the resource is applied against. For sanity, suggest naming resource $::fqdn or $::clientcert

####ensure Set the ensure state of the smb share. string.

• 'present': will ensure the smb server config exists and is set as desired
• 'default': 'default' will reset node values to sensible OS defaults. These may or may not be the most optimal for node use case.

default value: 'present'

###smb_server_asynchronous_credits Limits the number of concurrent asynchronous SMB commands that are allowed on a single connection. Some cases (such as when there is a front-end server with a back-end IIS server) require a large amount of concurrency (for file change notification requests, in particular). The value of this entry can be increased to support these cases.

default value: false

###smb_server_smb2_credits_min

Uint32. Allow the server to throttle client operation concurrency dynamically within the specified boundaries. Some clients might achieve increased throughput with higher concurrency limits, for example, copying files over high-bandwidth, high-latency links.

valid integer range: 1 - smb_server_smb2_credits_max (theoretical max 4294967295)

default value: 512 << value may not be higher than smb_server_smb2_credits_max

tweaking notes: You can monitor SMB Client Shares\Credit Stalls /Sec to see if there are any issues with credits.

###smb_server_smb2_credits_max Uint32. Allow the server to throttle client operation concurrency dynamically within the specified boundaries. Some clients might achieve increased throughput with higher concurrency limits, for example, copying files over high-bandwidth, high-latency links.

valid integer range: smb_server_smb2_credits_max (theoretical min 1) - 4294967295

default value: 8192 << value may not be lower than smb_server_smb2_credits_min

tweaking notes: You can monitor SMB Client Shares\Credit Stalls /Sec to see if there are any issues with credits.

###smb_server_max_threads_per_queue Uint32. Increasing this value raises the number of threads that the file server can use to service concurrent requests. When a large number of active connections need to be serviced, and hardware resources, such as storage bandwidth, are sufficient, increasing the value can improve server scalability, performance, and response times.

valid integer range: 1 - 4294967295

default value: 20

###smb_server_treat_host_as_stable_storage bool. Set true to disables processing write flush commands from clients. If the value of this param is true, the server performance and client latency for power-protected servers can improve. Workloads that resemble the NetBench file server benchmark benefit from this behavior.

default value: false

tweaking notes: Note that if you have a clustered file server, it is possible that you may experience data loss if the server fails with this setting enabled. Therefore, evaluate it carefully prior to applying it. THIS MODULE DOES NOT SUPPORT CLUSTERED SHARES UNDER CAFS

###smb_server_max_channel_per_session Uint32. Specifies the maximum channels per session.

valid integer range: 1 - 4294967295

default value: 32

tweaking notes: 64 / 128 didn't seem to explode a file server under load, seems a good starting point

###smb_server_max_session_per_connection Uint32. Specifies the maximum sessions per connection.

valid integer range: 1 - 4294967295

default value: 16384

##Additional work threads At system startup, Windows creates several server threads that operate as part of the System process. These are called system worker threads. They exist with the sole purpose of performing work on the behalf of other threads generated by the kernel, system device drivers, the system executive and other components. When one of these components puts a work item in a queue, a thread is assigned to process it. The number of system worker threads should ideally be high enough to accept work tasks as soon as they become assigned. The trade off, of course, is that worker threads sitting idle consume system resources unnecessarily.

###smb_server_additional_critical_worker_threads Uint32. The AdditionalCriticalWorkerThreads value increases the number of critical worker threads created for a specified work queue. Critical worker threads process time-critical work items and have their stack present in physical memory at all times. An insufficient number of threads will reduce the rate at which time-critical work items are serviced; a value that is too high will consume system resources unnecessarily.

The default is 0, which means that no additional critical kernel worker threads are added. This value affects the number of threads that the file system cache uses for read-ahead and write-behind requests. Raising this value can allow for more queued I/O in the storage subsystem, and it can improve I/O performance, particularly on systems with many logical processors and powerful storage hardware.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295

default value: 0

tweaking notes: The value may need to be increased if the amount of cache manager dirty data (performance counter Cache\Dirty Pages) is growing to consume a large portion (over ~25%) of memory or if the system is doing lots of synchronous read I/Os.

###smb_server_additional_delayed_worker_threads Uint32. The AdditionalDelayedWorkerThreads value increases the number of delayed worker threads created for the specified work queue.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295

default value: 0

tweaking notes: Delayed worker threads process work items that are not considered time-critical and can have their memory stack paged out while waiting for work items. An insufficient number of threads will reduce the rate at which work items are serviced; a value that is too high will consume system resources unnecessarily.

###smb_server_ntfs_8dot3_name_creation String equating to enum. When a long file name is created using the Windows NTFS file system, the default behavior may be (OS version dependent) to generate a corresponding short file name in the older 8.3 DOS file name convention for compatibility with older operating systems. This functionality can be disabled.

value values: [string] - numerics correspond to the raw registry value controlling this setting, which equate to an enum in practice

• '0' , 'enabled': 8.3 name creation is enabled
• '1' , 'disabled': 8.3 name creation is disabled
• '2' , 'per_volume': 8.3 name creation can be configured on a per volume basis

###smb_server_ntfs_disable_last_access_update The default is 1 in newer Windows versions. In versions of Windows earlier than Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, the default is 0.

default value: undef <<< don't know what OS is being run.

N.B.: ensure => 'default' will set value to 1 - this will DISABLE last access timestamp updates.

valid values:

• true: DISABLE last access timestamp updates
• false: ENABLE last access timestamp updates

tweaking notes: A value of 0 can reduce performance because the system performs additional storage I/O when files and directories are accessed to update date and time information.

#windows_smb::manage_smb_client_config Avoided EnableInsecureGuestLogons as only available windows 10 / server 2016 and documentation I found simply says 'TBD'. so no.

Avoided EnableLoadBalanceScaleOut - I do not know enough about impact of this. Tell me and I'll add it.

Avoided RequireSecuritySignature - typically options for client/server digital signing / encryption handled in organization via GPO. Yes, we can replace a lot of whats going on there with puppet code but at this time I deem that invasive to the Windows OS platform as typically managed in an enterprise.

Manage smb client settings on node. suggest name resource like so for sanity across your catalog: windows_smb::manage_smb_client_config{$::clientcert: ensure => present, ...}

##windows_smb::manage_smb_client_config parameters Sensible caps on resource params are not implemented. You may tweak up to the maximum allowed value and it is assumed you will research impact on system performance / viability to serve. Good luck, have fun!

####ensure Set the ensure state of the smb share. string.

• 'present': will ensure the smb client config exists and is set as desired
• 'default': 'default' will reset node values to sensible OS defaults. These may or may not be the most optimal for node use case.

default value: 'present'

###smb_client_connection_count_per_interface Uint32. Specifies the maximum connections per interface to be established with a smb server running Windows Server for non-RSS interfaces.

valid integer range: 1 - 16

default value: 1

###smb_client_connection_count_per_rss_interface Uint32. Specifies the maximum connections per rss interface to be established with a server running Windows Server 2012 for RSS interfaces.

valid integer range: 1 - 16

default value: 4

###smb_client_connection_count_per_rdma_interface Uint32. Specifies the maximum connections per rss interface to be established with a server running Windows Server 2012 for RDMA interfaces.

valid integer range: 1 - 16

default value: 2

###smb_client_connection_count_per_server_max Uint32. Specifies the maximum number of connections to be established with a single smb server running Windows across all interfaces.

valid integer range: 1 - 64

default value: 32

###smb_client_dormant_directory_timeout_seconds Uint32. Specifies the maximum time server directory handles held open with directory leases.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295

default value: 600

###smb_client_directory_cache_lifetime_seconds Uint32. Specifies the directory cache timeout. This parameter controls caching of directory metadata in the absence of directory leases.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295

default value: 10

###smb_client_dormant_file_limit Uint32. Specifies the maximum number of files that should be left open on a shared resource after the application has closed the file.

valid integer range: 1 - 4294967295

default value: 1023

###smb_client_directory_cache_entry_size_max_bytes Uint32. in bytes. Specifies the maximum size of directory cache entries. The default is 64KB. Can be increased to max of 16MB.

valid integer range: 65536 - 16777216

default value: 1023

tweaking notes: try 16777216

###smb_client_directory_cache_entries_max Uint32. in bytes. Specifies the amount of directory information that can be cached by the client. Increasing the value can reduce network traffic and increase performance when large directories are accessed.

valid integer range: 1 - 4096

default value: 16

tweaking notes: recommend set to 4096 - ref: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn567661(v=vs.85).aspx

###smb_client_file_not_found_cache_lifetime_seconds Uint32. in bytes. Specifies the amount of directory information that can be cached by the client. Increasing the value can reduce network traffic and increase performance when large directories are accessed.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295

default value: 5

tweaking notes: try increase, e.g. 10 or more, use with smb_client_file_not_found_cache_entries_max

###smb_client_file_not_found_cache_entries_max Uint32. Specifies the amount of file name information that can be cached by the client. Increasing the value can reduce network traffic and increase performance when a large number of file names are accessed.

valid integer range: 1 - 65536

default value: 128

tweaking notes: try increase, use with smb_client_file_not_found_cache_lifetime_seconds - suggest 32768 - ref: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn567661(v=vs.85).aspx

###smb_client_file_info_cache_lifetime_seconds Uint32. The file information cache timeout period.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295

default value: 10

tweaking notes: try increase, 15 or more. use with smb_client_file_info_cache_entries_max

###smb_client_file_info_cache_entries_max Uint32. Specifies the amount of file metadata that can be cached by the client. Increasing the value can reduce network traffic and increase performance when a large number of files are accessed.

valid integer range: 1 - 65536

default value: 64

tweaking notes: suggest 32768 - ref: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn567661(v=vs.85).aspx

###smb_client_enable_bandwidth_throttling bool. the SMB redirector throttles throughput across high-latency network connections, in some cases to avoid network-related timeouts. Setting this param to false may result in higher file transfer throughput over high-latency network connections.

valid values:

• true: ENABLE bandwidth throttling
• false: DISABLE bandwidth throttling

default value: true

tweaking notes: suggest false - ref: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn567661(v=vs.85).aspx

###smb_client_enable_large_mtu bool. if enabled (true) the SMB redirector transfers payloads as large as 1 MB per request, which can improve file transfer speed. if disabled, limited to 64 KB.

valid values:

• true: ENABLE large MTU
• false: DISABLE large MTU

default value: true

###smb_client_enable_byte_range_locking_read_only_files bool. Controls whether byte-range locking is enabled on read-only files.

valid values:

• true: ENABLE byte-range locking on read-only files
• false: DISABLE byte-range locking on read-only files

default value: true

###smb_client_enable_multichannel bool. Enable or disable the use of multiple physical network interfaces.

valid values:

• true: ENABLE use of multiple physical network interfaces
• false: DISABLE use of multiple physical network interfaces

default value: true

###smb_client_extended_session_timeout_seconds Uint32. extended session timeout in seconds.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295

default value: 1000

###smb_client_keep_connection_seconds Uint32. How long to keep an smb session open.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295

default value: 600

###smb_client_max_commands Uint32. Specifies the maximum number of network control blocks that the redirector can reserve. The value of this entry coincides with the number of execution threads that can be outstanding simultaneously.

valid integer range: 0 - 4294967295

default value: 50

###smb_client_oplocks_disabled bool. set this true if opportunistic locking is to be disabled. See smb_client_use_opportunistic_locking. did not mask this setting into one thing as want to expose as much as possible raw in this module.

valid values:

• true: DISABLE use of opportunistic locking
• false: ENABLE use of opportunistic locking

default value: false

tweaking notes: I don't know what you want to do as a devops person / admin / engineer / architect / whatever we're called today; so you're getting both setting exposed and are not locked to setting both in tandem. Though this is suggested. see smb_client_use_opportunistic_locking

###smb_client_use_opportunistic_locking Controls whether the opportunistic-locking (oplock) performance enhancement is enabled. If true, the redirector requests an opportunistic lock on any file opened in "Deny None" mode. As a result, the server performs automatic read-ahead and write-behind caching on behalf of the redirector.

valid values:

• true: ENABLE use of opportunistic locking
• false: DISABLE use of opportunistic locking

default value: true

tweaking notes: there may be interference if this is used in certain scenarios but for general use (and os default) sounds like a good idea to use. leave smb_client_oplocks_disabled not specified as a param or specify false for smb_client_oplocks_disabled if you want op locking ON.

###smb_client_session_timeout_seconds Uint32. The number of seconds that the client waits before disconnecting an inactive session.

valid integer range: 10 - 65535

default value: 60

###smb_client_window_size_threshold Uint32. The minimum window size before Multichannel will trigger the use of multiple connections.

valid integer range: 10 - 65535

default value: 1

tweaking notes: The default value is 1 for Windows Server operating systems and 8 for Windows client operating systems. This module uses 1 as default. It won't kill the workstation and is what server wants.

References

Set-SmbShare documentation: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/%5Clibrary/jj635727(v=wps.630).aspx

Set-SmbServerConfiguration: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635714(v=wps.630).aspx

Performance Tuning for File Servers: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn567661(v=vs.85).aspx

Optimizing Operating System Performance: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc615012(v=bts.10).aspx

CIFS and SMB Timeouts in Windows: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/openspecification/2013/03/19/cifs-and-smb-timeouts-in-windows/

SetConfiguration method of the MSFT_SmbClientConfiguration class: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh830477(v=vs.85).aspx

#2019-09-13 - Release 0.4.3

incorporate PR from skyrawrcode - vars were not properly initialized in share mgmt class, would cause issue when not populated via params.

#2017-05-03 - Release 0.4.2

needing this one again... fixed some bad client settings stuff for oplocks which doesnt seem to exist in 2016 at the very least...

#2016-04-26 - Release 0.4.1

##NOTE NEW DEPENDENCY ON puppetlabs_registry as of 0.4.0 - see metadata.json

###Features

• N/A

###Bugfixes

• incorrect code block placement for registry defaults in windows_smb::manage_client_config - would cause ensure => default resource create to fail, fixed.
• doc typos fix

###Improvements

• N/A

#2016-04-26 - Release 0.4.0

##NOTE NEW DEPENDENCY ON puppetlabs_registry - see metadata.json

###Features

• complete rework of resources to manage windows_smb::manage_client_config and windows_smb::manage_server_config - now like 10x faster to apply due to direct reg mod and its providers direct interface with win APIs

###Bugfixes

• N/A

###Improvements

• significant optimization of windows_smb::manage_client_config and windows_smb::manage_server_config

#2016-04-13 - Release 0.3.0

###Features

• added documentation for windows_smb::manage_smb_client_config.
• improvements! many things for managing smb client settings on windows added - have fun!

###Bugfixes

• N/A

###Improvements

• many things for managing smb client settings on windows added

#2016-04-13 - Release 0.2.0

###Features

• added documentation for windows_smb::manage_smb_server_config.
• bug fixes
• improvements!

###Bugfixes

• fixed validator of Uint32 for various params in windows_smb::manage_smb_share - was allowing out of range value.

###Improvements

• added support for MaxSessionPerConnection control in windows_smb::manage_smb_server_config
• found defaults for smb_server_max_channel_per_session - removed defaulting to undef for this param in windows_smb::manage_smb_server_config

#2016-04-13 - Release 0.1.3

###Features

• added smb server settings class and example in init, documentation to come. windows_smb::manage_smb_server_config safe to use.

###Bugfixes

• N/A

###Improvements

• N/A

#2016-04 - Release 0.1.0

##Initial release - NOTE SUPPORT FOR SMB CLIENT AND SERVER SETTINGS NOT YET IMPLEMENTED - windows_smb::manage_smb_share ok to use

###Features

• added support for managing smb shares on windows systems

###Bugfixes

• N/A

###Improvements

• N/A