You're reading from Learning Powershell DSC Get started with the fundamentals of PowerShell DSC and utilize its power to automate deployment and configuration of your servers

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783980703

Length 268 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

PowerShell

Concepts

Configuration Management

Author (1):

James Pogran

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support

1. Introduction to PowerShell DSC FREE CHAPTER

What is PowerShell DSC?
Why do we need Configuration Management?
DSC quick wins
A high level overview of DSC
Why all the abstraction?
How does DSC help me?
DSC features
PowerShell v4 DSC
PowerShell v5 DSC
Summary

2. DSC Architecture

Overview
Push and pull modes
The general workflow
The example workflow
Configuration data
Local Configuration Manager
The DSC Pull Server
Deployment considerations
Summary

3. 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

4. DSC Resources

What are DSC Resources?
Creating a custom PowerShell v4 DSC Resource
Creating a custom PowerShell v5 DSC Resource
What makes a good DSC Resource
Testing custom DSC Resources
How do you find DSC Resources?
Summary

5. Pushing DSC Configurations

Tooling
Setting things up
Locally pushing DSC configurations
Remotely pushing DSC configurations
Things you must consider when pushing DSC configurations
Summary

6. 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

7. Example Scenarios

Real life DSC usage
Setting up a common installation base
Installing software
A configuration management refresher
Complicated deployments
Handling change
Summary

Index

What you need for this book

You will need the following operating systems:

Windows 8.1
Windows 2012 R2

You will also need PowerShell v4 or v5 as the software.

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