There are some considerations to decide on before you start installing DSC pull servers. Making these decisions now will not only allow you to install the DSC pull server successfully the first time, but it will also ensure that the pull server continues to operate correctly in your environment as time goes on.

We said earlier that you will be doing most of the work to install a DSC pull server yourself. While this is true, it doesn't mean you can't script most of the tasks. We are going to use the approach of putting all the steps in individual scripts and then wrapping them all in a root invocation script. We do this because this is a test environment and we will be generating SSL certs and DSC pull server endpoint URLs on demand, in comparison to a production environment, where you will have a known SSL certificate and endpoint URL to deal with. We will start by addressing each step in the process and then showing the completed "root" script. This will make more sense as we move on, so bear with us.