This means that we will be iterating and releasing these dsc resources quicker than ever before. Get started with desired state configuration dsc for. How to install the connected machine agent using windows powershell dsc. Exporting an esxi hosts config to dsc vmware powercli blog. Central repository for powershell desired state configuration dsc resources.
Dsc resource kit flourishes as open source powershell. I have published these samples to github as a working script. Your help in developing the dsc resource kit is invaluable to us. These dsc resources allow you to perform computer management tasks, such as renaming the computer, joining a domain and scheduling tasks as well as configuring items such as virtual memory. The dscea powershell module needs to be installed only on the server acting as the management system that will be used to connect to remote systems to evaluate their compliance. This article describes how to use dsc to install the azure arc for servers connected machine agent on.
The following linux operating system versions are supported by dsc for linux. These dsc resources allow you to perform computer management tasks, like joining a domain or initializing disks. The following steps describe the creation of a configuration document using windows powershell. The cmdlets listed above convert a baseline into a dsc. Currently the download mapping feature is only available if you form the json yourself and send it to the extension using the generic extension cmdlet setazurevmextension. We are proud to announce that the entire dsc resource kit has been opensourced on github. There are two ways to enact powershell desired state configuration dsc configurations. Powershell dsc configuration for the new microsoft iis.
Using windows powershell desired state configuration dsc, you can automate software installation and configuration for a windows computer. When microsoft first released the dsc resource kit in wave 10 as of this writing, they opened the door to community contributions. The following sections explain how to create and run dsc configurations on windows computers. Colecting certificates form an enterprise ca for use with dsc. This is the central repository for the dsc resource kit, a collection of dsc resources maintained and released by microsoft. The activedirectorydsc module contains dsc resources for deployment and configuration of active directory.
The computermanagementdsc module is originally part of the windows powershell desired state configuration dsc resource kit. The central repository for sharing and acquiring powershell code including powershell modules, scripts, and dsc resources. Powershell says execution of scripts is disabled on this system. Powershell dsc enables you to express the desired state of your systems using declarative language syntax instead of complex imperative scripts. Please leave comments, feature requests, and bug reports in the issues tab for this module. Quickstart convert group policy into dsc powershell. Powershell dsc for urlrewrite module install and applicationhost changes urlrewriteresources. If local or development builds are desired, please follow the.
Since powershell went open source, ive been asked a lot about running powershell on linux. Powershell includes several outofthebox resources for desired state configuration dsc. If nothing happens, download github desktop and try again. For more information on securing credentials in mof file, please refer to msdn. Download powershell desired state configuration for linux. Centos 5, 6, and 7 x86x64 debian gnulinux 6, 7 and 8 x86x64 oracle linux 5, 6 and 7 x86x64 red hat enterprise linux server 5, 6 and 7 x86x64 suse linux enterprise server 10, 11 and 12 x86x64 ubuntu server 12. The xsmbshare module contains the xsmbshare dsc resource for setting up and configuring an smb share this project has adopted the microsoft open source code of conduct. Lately, ive been asked more and more about configuring linux machines with dsc desired state configuration so here goes a quick and dirty howto download, install, and use dsc to configure your linux machines in my case, i used ubuntu server 16. See wiki pages for more information about using arcgis powershell dsc module. You can use powershell dsc with aws cloudformation to bootstrap and configure servers and apps for your software platform on aws. Dsc environment analyzer dscea is a simple implementation of powershell desired state configuration that uses the declarative nature of dsc to scan systems in an environment against a defined reference mof file and generate compliance reports as to whether systems match the desired configuration. Once updates of given dsc resource module are significant enough to release a new version, we will pull recent code from github and publish it to the powershell gallery with a new version number. In a powershell console, navigate to the same folder where you saved your configuration and run the following commands to compile the configuration into a mof file. Please use the smbshare resource in computermanagementdsc instead xsmbshare resource.
We are working to add this feature into the azure powershell sdk dsc extension cmdlets directly. The baselinemanagement module includes the following commands for accomplishing this task. For a dsc configuration to be applied to a node, it must first be compiled into a mof file. Powershell desired state configuration dsc is a domainspecific language for configuring and managing systems that is native to powershell since version 4. Powershell dsc clients can pull their configurations from a server or. Ive tried the following example to download from azure blob or azure file share but never got it to work. Push mode after creating and compiling a configuration, you can enact it in push mode by calling the startdscconfiguration cmdlet, setting the path parameter of the cmdlet to the path where the configuration mof is located. These dsc resources allow you to configure new domains, child domains, and high availability domain controllers, establish crossdomain trusts and manage users, groups and ous. Dsc resource kit all modules the dsc resource kit is a collection of experimental dsc resources released by the powershell team, designed to help you get started with dsc. A dashboard of all open issues and pull requests across dsc resource kit is available on the dsc resource kit github project board this project has adopted the microsoft open source code of conduct. It performs the same job as the chef dsl described in my vagrant tutorial series, only its agent is part of the windows operating system rather than something that you need to install. The sharepointdsc powershell module provides dsc resources that can be used to deploy and manage a sharepoint farm. Finally in april 2015, the dsc resource kit was opensourced to the community on github with all modules available to download in the powershell gallery. The ulinux build of powershell dsc for linux is built upon the omi, pal and the ostcopenssl projects.
Acceptance testing powershell dsc with testkitchen general posted by mike f robbins date may 8, 2016 join the mississippi powershell user group virtually on tuesday, may 10th 2016 at 8. Generally, a download manager enables downloading of large files or multiples files in one session. Lets check out a new way to export an esxi hosts configuration for use with powershell dsc. Information about this module, new releases and tipstricks.
We will be working on development of dsc resources and accepting contributions on github on an ongoing basis. The xcomputermanagement module is originally part of the windows powershell desired state configuration dsc resource kit. The psdesiredstateconfiguration module contains all of the oob dsc resources available on your specific instance of powershell. Install additional dsc resources powershell microsoft docs. Now, the dsc resource kit has passed its first anniversary as opensource, and what a year its been. Sign in sign up instantly share code, notes, and snippets. Our own github repo consists partly of dsc resource that used microsofts code as a baseline, and then corrected problems or expanded capabilities what we never had was a way for microsoft to circle back, pick up those. To do this, you run the configuration like a function. Deploying powershell dsc resource kit files to pull server deploydscresourcekit.
This module contains cmdlets that designed to work with dsc resources. The windows powershell configuration keyword is used to create a configuration. This is a list of the oob resources included in powershell 4. The primary purpose of this project is to build universal linux. For more information see the code of conduct faq or. These resources allow you to configure active directory, sql server, iis. This module contains the xcomputer and xdisk resources. Infrastructure as code with powershell dsc anchorloop. Creates checksum files for dsc documents and dsc resources. It also means that we will be collaborating more openly with the community by accepting github pull requests into our code. Microsoft publishes dsc resource kit in github powershell. If the server acting as your management system does not have internet access, you can download the dscea module from the powershell gallery using an internet connected. Here, youll find all you need to automate your web gis installation and administration from powershell. I have created a short blog series about how to setup the dsc tooling from the dsc repository.
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