dsc2 Cookbook

Install DSC Modules from powershellgallery.com

Requirements

Platforms (tested)

• Windows Server 2012 (R2)

Chef

• Chef 12.8.1+

Package

• All tested platforms must have WMF 5.0 installed (DSCResource only works on Powershell >= 5.0 ) and .NET 4.6.1

Cookbooks

• windows, ~> 1.39.2
• powershell, ~> 3.2.3
• ms_dotnet, ~> 2.6.1

Usage

dsc2::default

Add include_recipe dsc2::default in your recipe to make sure that WFM 5.0 and .NET 4.6.1 are installed.

Example

Example recipe that checks if PowerShell 5.0 and .NET 4.6.1 are installed first before running the dsc custom resource

chk_posh = powershell_out!("$PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge '5'")
chk_reg = powershell_out!('(Get-ItemProperty -Path Registry::\'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full\').Release')

if !chk_posh.stdout.include?('True')
  include_recipe 'dsc2'
else
  Chef::Log.info('WFM 5.0 and .NET 4.6.1 or above are installed, skipping')
end

dsc 'OctopusProjectsDSC' do
  action :install
end

Contributing

• Fork the repository on Github
• Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
• Write your change
• Write tests for your change (if applicable)
• Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
• Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Author(s)

• Author: Eugene Narciso (eugene.narciso@itaas.dimensiondata.com)

Copyright:: 2016, Dimension Data Cloud Solutions, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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