On the target node where we installed the DSC Pull Server, enter https://localhost:8080/PSDSCPullServer.svc/$metadata in your web browser and check to see if it loads.

Replace localhost with the name of the target node if you are running this on a machine other than the Pull Server:

If you see the preceding XML, then your Pull Server endpoint is up and running. Note that we get an SSL certificate warning because we are using a self-signed certificate. You would not see this using a real SSL certificate.

We can do the same test from the command line using the PowerShell Cmdlet Invoke-RestMethod. This produces the same output but can be scripted for monitoring or other purposes:

[PS]> Invoke-RestMethod –Uri 'https://localhost:8080/PSDSCPullServer.svc/$metadata'

The output obtained is as follows: