Index

A

• Active Directory (AD)
  • about / Isn't this Group Policy or SCCM?
• allowable DSC configuration content
  • about / Allowable DSC configuration content
• authoring phase
  • about / The authoring phase, Authoring
  • syntax / Syntax
  • compilation / Compilation
• automation
  • about / Why do we need Configuration Management?

B

• base resources, PowerShell v4 DSC
  • Service / v4 DSC base resources
  • Script / v4 DSC base resources
  • User / v4 DSC base resources
  • WindowsProcess / v4 DSC base resources
  • WindowsFeature / v4 DSC base resources
  • Registry / v4 DSC base resources
  • Environment / v4 DSC base resources
  • Archive / v4 DSC base resources
  • Group / v4 DSC base resources
  • Package / v4 DSC base resources
  • Log / v4 DSC base resources
• built-in PowerShell Cmdlets
  • URL / SSL certificates

C

• changing requirements
  • handling / Handling change
• CimSessions
  • reference link / Remotely pushing DSC configurations
• class-based DSC Resource
  • about / Class-based DSC Resources
  • advantages / The advantages of a class-based DSC Resource
  • disadvantages / The disadvantages of a class-based DSC Resource
• classes, PowerShell
  • using / PowerShell classes
• Cmdlets, PowerShell v4 DSC
  • Get-DSCConfiguration / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Get-DSCLocalConfigurationManager / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Get-DSCResoure / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • New-DSCCheckSum / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Remove-DSCConfigurationDocument / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Restore-DSCConfiguration / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Stop-DSCConfiguration / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Test-DSCConfiguration / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Set-DSCLocalConfigurationManager / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Start-DSCConfiguration / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Import-DscResource / v4 DSC Cmdlets
• Cmdlets, PowerShell v5 DSC
  • Get-DSCConfigurationStatus / v5 DSC Cmdlets
  • Compare-DSCConfiguration / v5 DSC Cmdlets
  • Publish-DSCConfiguration / v5 DSC Cmdlets
  • Update-DSCConfiguration / v5 DSC Cmdlets
• command line
  • used, for testing DSC Pull Server / Testing using the command line
• Common Information Model (CIM)
  • about / Why all the abstraction?
  • reference link / Why all the abstraction?
• common installation base
  • setting up / Setting up a common installation base
• complicated deployments
  • handling / Complicated deployments
• configuration data
  • about / Configuration data
  • hardcoded data / Hardcoded data
  • hashtable data / Hashtable data
• ConfigurationIDs
  • used, for pulling DSC configurations / Pulling DSC configurations using ConfigurationIDs
• Configuration Management (CM)
  • about / Why do we need Configuration Management?
  • DevOps / What is DevOps?
• configuration management refresher
  • about / A configuration management refresher
• ConfigurationMode setting, LCM
  • ApplyOnly mode / ApplyOnly
  • ApplyAndMonitor mode / ApplyAndMonitor
  • ApplyAndAutoCorrect mode / ApplyAndAutoCorrect
• configuration script files
  • debugging / Debugging and troubleshooting configuration script files
  • troubleshooting / Debugging and troubleshooting configuration script files
• Converged infrastructure (CI)
  • about / The pull management model
• custom DSC Resources
  • testing / Testing custom DSC Resources
  • testing, with xDscResourceDesigner / Using xDscResourceDesigner
  • testing, with Pester / Pester
  • Microsoft recommendations, for testing / Microsoft recommendations
• custom hosting options, DSC Resources
  • about / Custom hosting options
  • local SMB/network share / Local SMB/network share
  • NuGet IIS / NuGet IIS
  • third-party NuGet servers / Third-party NuGet servers
• custom PowerShell v4 DSC Resource
  • creating / Creating a custom PowerShell v4 DSC Resource
  • folder structure / The folder structure of a v4 DSC Resource
  • syntax / The syntax of a v4 DSC Resource
  • authoring / Authoring custom DSC Resources
  • creating, manually / Creating DSC Resources manually
  • creating, automatically / Creating DSC Resources automatically
• custom PowerShell v4 DSC Resource, syntax
  • DSC Resource definition file / The DSC Resource definition file
  • DSC PowerShell module file / The DSC PowerShell module file
• custom PowerShell v5 DSC Resource
  • creating / Creating a custom PowerShell v5 DSC Resource
  • PowerShell class / PowerShell classes
  • class-based DSC Resource / Class-based DSC Resources
  • folder structure / The folder structure of v5 DSC Resources
  • syntax / The syntax of v5 DSC Resources
• custom PowerShell v5 DSC Resource, syntax
  • class, declaring / Declaring the class
  • schema, using / Schema
  • methods, adding / Methods
  • Get method, using / Get
  • Test method, using / Test
  • Set method, using / Set

D

• deployment, considerations
  • general observations / General observations
  • LCM gotchas / LCM gotchas
  • deployment mode differences / Deployment mode differences
• Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)
  • about / v4 DSC base resources
• DevOps
  • about / What is DevOps?
• Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
  • about / Why all the abstraction?
• Domain Specific Language (DSL)
  • about / The what
• DSC automatic variables
  • about / DSC automatic variables
  • AllNodes / AllNodes
  • Node / Node
  • ConfigurationData / ConfigurationData
• DSC composite resources
  • about / DSC composite resources
  • need for / Why use DSC composite resources?
  • syntax / The DSC composite resource syntax
  • folder structure / DSC composite resource folder structure
  • drawbacks / DSC composite resource drawbacks
• DSC configuration data
  • syntax / Configuration data syntax
  • variable syntax / The variable syntax
  • data file syntax / The data file syntax
• DSC configuration data file
  • defining / Defining a DSC configuration data file
  • authoring / Authoring DSC configuration data files
• DSC configuration files
  • authoring / Authoring DSC configuration files
• DSC configurations
  • pulling, with DSC Pull Server / Pulling DSC configurations with a DSC Pull Server
  • pulling, with ConfigurationIDs / Pulling DSC configurations using ConfigurationIDs
  • pulling, with RegistrationKeys / Pulling DSC configurations using RegistrationKeys
  • triggering, on target node / Triggering a DSC configuration to run on a target node
• DSC configuration script file
  • defining / Defining a DSC configuration script file
• DSC engine cache
  • resetting / Resetting the DSC engine cache
  • debug mode, enabling / Enabling the debug mode
• DSC event logs
  • using / Using DSC event logs
  • verbose logging, enabling / Enabling verbose logging
  • contents / What do DSC event logs contain?
• DSC logging
  • used, for checking status of target node / Using DSC logging to check on the status
• DSC logs
  • analyzing, xDscDiagnostics module used / Using the xDscDiagnostics module to analyze DSC logs
• DSC PowerShell module file
  • about / The DSC PowerShell module file
  • Get-TargetResource function / Get-TargetResource
  • Test-TargetResource function / Test-TargetResource
  • Set-TargetResource function / Set-TargetResource
• DSC Pull Server
  • about / The DSC Pull Server
  • operations / What does the Pull Server do for us?
  • continuous configuration / Automatic and continuous configuration
  • automatic configuration / Automatic and continuous configuration
  • repository / Repository
  • reporting / Reporting
  • security / Security
  • setting up / Setting up a DSC Pull Server
  • configuration points / Pull Server settings
  • compliance server settings / Pull Server settings
  • installing / Installing the DSC server
  • MOF files, adding / Adding MOF files to a Pull Server
  • DSC Resources, adding / Adding DSC Resources to a Pull Server
  • creating / Creating DSC Pull Servers
  • setup considerations / DSC Pull Server setup considerations
  • types / DSC Pull Server types
  • Windows Management Framework (WMF), version / The Windows Management Framework version
  • setup tasks / Initial setup tasks
  • WMF 4 DSC Pull Server, creating / Creating a WMF 4 DSC Pull Server
  • WMF 5 DSC Pull Server, creating / Creating a WMF 5 DSC Pull Server
  • installation, validating / Validating a DSC Pull Server install
  • testing, web browser used / Testing using a web browser
  • testing, command line used / Testing using the command line
  • target nodes, registering / Registering target nodes with a DSC Pull Server
  • used, for pulling DSC configurations / Pulling DSC configurations with a DSC Pull Server
  • using / DSC Pull Server and target node status
  • current LCM configuration status, checking / Checking the current LCM configuration status
  • used, for reporting target node status / Reporting on the target node status with the DSC Pull Server
  • reference link / Reporting on the target node status with the DSC Pull Server
• DSC Pull Server, setup tasks
  • required DSC Resources, installing / Installing required DSC Resources
  • SSL certificate, using / SSL certificates
  • SMB share, creating / SMB share creation
  • DSC Resources, preparing / Preparing DSC Resources for Pull Server distribution
  • miscellaneous tasks / Miscellaneous tasks
• DSC Resource, best practices
  • idempotent / Idempotent
  • tasks, handling / Do one thing well
  • code, reusing / Reuse code, but don't go overboard
  • contributing / Contribute back!
  • reference link / Contribute back!
• DSC Resource definition file
  • about / The DSC Resource definition file
  • naming / Naming
  • versioning / Versioning
  • parameters / Parameters
  • qualifiers / Qualifiers
• DSC Resource definition file, qualifiers
  • Key qualifier / Qualifiers
  • Required qualifier / Qualifiers
  • Write qualifier / Qualifiers
  • Read qualifier / Qualifiers
• DSC Resource import declarations
  • about / DSC Resource import declarations
  • Import-DscResource keyword / Import-DscResource
• DSC Resources
  • adding, to Pull Server / Adding DSC Resources to a Pull Server
  • about / What are DSC Resources?
  • searching / How do you find DSC Resources?
  • Microsoft DSC Resource Kits / Microsoft DSC Resource Kits
  • Microsoft PowerShell DSC GitHub repository / The Microsoft PowerShell DSC GitHub repository
  • Microsoft PowerShell Gallery / The Microsoft PowerShell Gallery
  • custom hosting options / Custom hosting options
• DSC script file syntax
  • about / The DSC script file syntax
  • Configuration keyword / The Configuration keyword
  • Node keyword / The Node keyword
  • DSC Resource statements / DSC Resource statements
  • script file example / The script file example

E

• events
  • gathering, from single DSC operation / Gathering events from a single DSC operation
• Event Viewer
  • about / Event Viewer
• execution phase
  • about / The execution phase, Execution
  • in push mode / Push executions
  • in pull mode / Pull executions

G

• Get-TargetResource function
  • about / Get-TargetResource
• Get-WinEvent Cmdlet
  • using / PowerShell
• Get-xDscOperation Cmdlet / Get-xDscOperation
• Git
  • about / The Microsoft PowerShell DSC GitHub repository
  • URL / The Microsoft PowerShell DSC GitHub repository
• Group Policy (GPO)
  • about / Isn't this Group Policy or SCCM?

H

• hardcoded data
  • about / Hardcoded data
• hashtable data
  • about / Hashtable data

I

• Infrastructure as code
  • about / Why do we need Configuration Management?
• Integrated Script Environment (ISE)
  • about / The example workflow
• Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
  • about / The PowerShell ISE

L

• LCM configuration status
  • checking / Checking the current LCM configuration status
• Local Configuration Manager (LCM)
  • about / The execution phase, Local Configuration Manager
  • settings / LCM settings
  • ConfigurationMode setting / Configuration modes
  • RefreshMode setting / Refresh modes
  • configuration / The LCM configuration
  • example configuration / An example LCM configuration
• Local Configuration Manager (LCM), settings
  • AllowModuleOverwrite / LCM settings
  • ConfigurationMode / LCM settings
  • ConfigurationModeFrequencyMins / LCM settings
  • RebootNodeIfNeeded / LCM settings
  • RefreshFrequencyMins / LCM settings
  • RefreshMode / LCM settings
• locally pushing DSC configurations
  • about / Locally pushing DSC configurations
  • test environment, setting up / Setting up the test environment locally
  • compiling, for local target nodes / Compiling configurations for local target nodes
  • executing, for local target nodes / Executing configurations for local target nodes
• local SMB/network share
  • about / Local SMB/network share

M

• Managed Object Format (MOF)
  • about / On to PowerShell DSC
• Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) / Why all the abstraction?
• Microsoft DSC Resource Kits
  • about / Microsoft DSC Resource Kits
  • installing / Installing DSC Resource Kits
• Microsoft PowerShell DSC GitHub repository
  • about / The Microsoft PowerShell DSC GitHub repository
  • URL / The Microsoft PowerShell DSC GitHub repository
  • DSC Resources, installing from GitHub / Installing DSC Resources from GitHub
• Microsoft PowerShell Gallery (PSGallery)
  • about / The Microsoft PowerShell Gallery
  • PackageManagement / PackageManagement
  • PackageManagement, installing / Installing PackageManagement
  • initializing / Initializing PackageManagement
  • DSC Resources, discovering / Discover DSC Resources in the PowerShell Gallery
  • DSC Resources, installing / Installing DSC Resources in the PowerShell Gallery
• MOF files
  • adding, to Pull Server / Adding MOF files to a Pull Server

N

• nested DSC configurations
  • about / Nested DSC configurations
  • syntax / Nested DSC configuration syntax
  • limitations / Nested DSC configuration limitations
• NuGet IIS
  • URL / NuGet IIS
  • about / NuGet IIS

O

• OData
  • about / What is a DSC Pull Server?
• Open Data Protocol
  • about / What is a DSC Pull Server?

P

• PackageManagement
  • about / PackageManagement
  • installing / Installing PackageManagement
  • initializing / Initializing PackageManagement
• parameter-based data
  • about / Parameter-based data
• Pester
  • used, for testing custom DSC Resources / Pester
  • URL / Pester
• phases, PowerShell DSC
  • authoring phase / The authoring phase
  • staging phase / The staging phase
  • execution phase / The execution phase
• PowerShell
  • about / What is PowerShell?
• PowerShell Connect bug tracker
  • URL / Nested DSC configuration limitations
• PowerShell DSC
  • about / What is PowerShell DSC?
  • features / On to PowerShell DSC, DSC features
  • configuration / On to PowerShell DSC
  • beneficial aspects / DSC quick wins
  • phases / A high level overview of DSC
  • abstraction / Why all the abstraction?
  • URL, for Linux distributions / Why all the abstraction?
  • requisites / DSC requirements
  • versions / DSC versions
  • architecture / Overview
• PowerShell ISE
  • about / The PowerShell ISE
• PowerShell v4 DSC
  • advantages / How does DSC help me?
  • idempotence / Idempotence
  • about / PowerShell v4 DSC
  • language extensions / v4 DSC language extensions
  • base resources / v4 DSC base resources
  • Cmdlets / v4 DSC Cmdlets
  • Pull Server / The v4 DSC Pull Server
• PowerShell v4 DSC, advantages
  • target node / The who
  • Domain Specific Language (DSL) / The what
  • language extensions / The how
  • Cmdlets / The how
  • resources / The how
  • Group Policy (GPO) / Isn't this Group Policy or SCCM?
  • System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) / Isn't this Group Policy or SCCM?
• PowerShell v5 DSC
  • about / PowerShell v5 DSC
  • reference link / PowerShell v5 DSC
  • language extensions / v5 DSC language extensions
  • base resources / v5 DSC base resources
  • Cmdlets / v5 DSC Cmdlets
• PowerShell v5 DSC, improvements
  • PowerShell ISE / The PowerShell ISE
  • partial configurations / Partial configurations and dependencies
  • dependencies / Partial configurations and dependencies
  • class-based DSC Resources / Class-based DSC Resources
  • built-in support, for help / DSC built-in support for help
  • credential support / DSC run as credential support
  • DSC resource side-by-side installation / DSC resource side-by-side installation
  • DSC resource script debugging / DSC resource script debugging
  • separation of node / The separation of node and configuration IDs
  • configuration IDs / The separation of node and configuration IDs
  • DSC LCM MetaConfig updates / DSC LCM MetaConfig updates
  • DSC LCM rich state information / DSC LCM rich state information
  • DSC LCM RefreshMode values / DSC LCM RefreshMode values
  • DSC status, from central location / DSC status from a central location
• pull mode
  • about / Push and pull modes
  • pull management model / The pull management model
• pushing DSC configurations
  • locally / Locally pushing DSC configurations
  • remotely / Remotely pushing DSC configurations
  • consideration / Things you must consider when pushing DSC configurations
• push mode
  • about / Push and pull modes
  • push management model / The push management model

R

• RegistrationKeys
  • used, for pulling DSC configurations / Pulling DSC configurations using RegistrationKeys
• remotely pushing DSC configurations
  • about / Remotely pushing DSC configurations
  • reference link / Remotely pushing DSC configurations
  • test environment, setting up / Setting up the test environment remotely
  • compiling, for remote target nodes / Compiling configurations for remote target nodes
  • executing, for remote target nodes / Executing configurations for remote target nodes
• reusable DSC configurations
  • creating / Creating reusable DSC configurations

S

• Server Message Block (SMB)
  • about / What is a DSC Pull Server?
• Set-TargetResource function
  • about / Set-TargetResource
• single DSC operation
  • events, gathering from / Gathering events from a single DSC operation
• software
  • installing / Installing software
• staging phase
  • about / The staging phase, Staging
• Start-DscConfiguration Cmdlet
  • using / Tooling
• stuck DSC run
  • fixing / Fixing a stuck DSC run
• Subversion (SVN)
  • about / Why all the abstraction?
• System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
  • about / Isn't this Group Policy or SCCM?

T

• target node
  • WMF 5 target node, registering / Registering a WMF 5 target node
  • using / DSC Pull Server and target node status
  • DSC configurations, triggering / Triggering a DSC configuration to run on a target node
  • WMF 4 target node, triggering / Triggering a WMF 4 target node
  • WMF 5 target node, triggering / Triggering a WMF 5 target node
  • DSC logging, used for checking status / Using DSC logging to check on the status
  • status reporting / Reporting on the target node status
  • status reporting, with DSC Pull Server / Reporting on the target node status with the DSC Pull Server
• target nodes
  • registering, with DSC Pull Server / Registering target nodes with a DSC Pull Server
  • WMF 4 target node, registering / Registering a WMF 4 target node
• Test-TargetResource function
  • about / Test-TargetResource
• test environment
  • setting up / Test environments
• third-party NuGet servers
  • about / Third-party NuGet servers
  • URL / Third-party NuGet servers
• Trace-xDscOperation Cmdlet / Trace-xDscOperation

V

• Vagrant
  • URL / Test environments
• Virtual Machines (VM)
  • about / Test environments

W

• web browser
  • used, for testing DSC Pull Server / Testing using a web browser
• Windows Management Framework (WMF)
  • about / On to PowerShell DSC
  • version / The Windows Management Framework version
• Windows Management Framework 4.0
  • URL / DSC requirements
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
  • about / Why all the abstraction?
  • reference link / Why all the abstraction?
• WMF 4 DSC Pull Server
  • creating / Creating a WMF 4 DSC Pull Server
• WMF 4 target node
  • registering / Registering a WMF 4 target node
  • triggering / Triggering a WMF 4 target node
• WMF 5 DSC Pull Server
  • creating / Creating a WMF 5 DSC Pull Server
• WMF 5 target node
  • registering / Registering a WMF 5 target node
  • triggering / Triggering a WMF 5 target node
• workflow
  • about / The general workflow
  • authoring phase / Authoring
  • staging phase / Staging
  • execution phase / Execution
  • example / The example workflow

X

• xDscDiagnostics module
  • used, for analyzing DSC logs / Using the xDscDiagnostics module to analyze DSC logs
• xDscResourceDesigner
  • used, for testing custom DSC Resources / Using xDscResourceDesigner
• xWebAdministration module
  • URL / Local SMB/network share