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Learning PowerShell DSC

You're reading from   Learning PowerShell DSC Automate deployment and configuration of your servers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
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ISBN-13 9781787287242
Length 272 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Introducing PowerShell DSC FREE CHAPTER 2. DSC Architecture 3. DSC Configuration Files 4. DSC Resources 5. Pushing DSC Configurations 6. Pulling DSC Configurations 7. DSC Cross Platform Support 8. Example Scenarios

Things you must consider when pushing DSC configurations

Our example DSC configuration is pretty simple even if it worked well to showcase how to push DSC configurations. When DSC configurations become more complex, there are things you must take into consideration.

Up until now, we have been configuring settings or enabling software with DSC Resources that were already present on the target host. What if we tried to use text files and MSIs that were not present on the target node? In all our examples, we haven't had to actually do any work to get the files we want onto our target nodes. And herein lies the main problem with pushing DSC configurations. Nothing is done for us; we have to copy everything and ensure everything is present and accessible on the target nodes. So, what do we have to do for ourselves when pushing DSC configurations?

When pushing DSC configurations...

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