Windows PowerShell, a scripting language specially designed for system administration, lets you manage computers from the command line. PowerShell DSC enables you to deploy and manage configuration data for software services and also manages the environment in which these services run.
- Preface
- Introducing PowerShell DSC
- What is PowerShell DSC?
- Why do we need configuration management?
- DSC quick wins
- DSC high-level overview
- Why all the abstraction?
- How does DSC help?
- DSC features
- PowerShell V4 DSC
- PowerShell V5 DSC
- V5 DSC language extensions
- V5 DSC base resources
- V5 DSC cmdlets
- V5 improvements
- The PowerShell ISE
- Partial configurations and dependencies
- Class-based DSC resources
- DSC built-in support for help
- DSC run as credential support
- DSC resource side-by-side installation
- DSC resource script debugging
- Separation of node and configuration IDs
- DSC LCM MetaConfig updates
- DSC LCM rich state information
- DSC LCM RefreshMode values
- DSC status from a central location
- PowerShell V6 DSC
- Summary
- DSC Architecture
- DSC Configuration Files
- Defining a DSC configuration script file
- Defining a DSC configuration data file
- Creating reusable DSC configurations
- Debugging and troubleshooting configuration script files
- Summary
- DSC Resources
- What are DSC resources?
- What makes a good DSC resource
- Creating PowerShell MOF-based custom DSC resources
- Creating PowerShell class-based custom DSC resources
- Creating single-instance custom DSC resources
- Creating PowerShell custom DSC resources in C#
- Testing custom DSC resources
- How do you find DSC resources?
- Deploying DSC resources
- Summary
- What are DSC resources?
- Pushing DSC Configurations
- Pulling DSC Configurations
- Creating DSC pull servers
- Validating a DSC pull server install
- Registering target nodes with a DSC pull server
- Pulling DSC configurations with a DSC pull server
- DSC pull server and target node status
- Summary
- DSC Cross Platform Support
- Example Scenarios
Preface
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