Azure Automation State Configuration

Azure Automation provides a Desired State Configuration (DSC) pull server along with every Azure Automation account. The pull server can hold configuration scripts that can be pulled by servers across clouds and on-premises. This means that Azure Automation can be used to configure any server hosted anywhere in the world.

The DSC needs a local agent on these servers, also known as a local configuration manager (LCM). It should be configured with the Azure Automation DSC pull server so it can download the required configuration and autoconfigure the server.

The autoconfiguration can be scheduled to be periodic (by default it is half an hour), and if the agent finds any deviation in the server configuration compared to the one available in the DSC script, it will autocorrect and bring back the server to the desired and expected state.

In this section, we will configure one server hosted on Azure, and the process will remain the same irrespective...