In this topic, we will take a look at how to create a configuration using the Configuration and Class keywords. Configuration creates MOF, and this MOF needs to be pushed to or pulled by the target nodes. While using class, we will define the DSC resource and deploy the configurations.
We know that DSC is a declarative syntax, and this really helps developers and IT professionals to do more. In this section, we will see what developers can do with DSC.
We have discussed a few basic concepts of DSC and its stages; using this knowledge, let's build a web server. Most organizations face operational issues: the IT professional thinks that the infrastructure is good, and the code is at fault, but on the other hand, developers state that the code works fine in test but not in production. So, test and production are not identical. To fix this gap, we can use DSC and code our infrastructure.
Let's build a test web server using DSC. In...