All of the StructuredResource documentation assumes that you have a working familiarity with PowerShell and DSC. If you are new to PowerShell or DSC, I recommend reviewing the getting started documentation at the PowerShell project.
StructuredResource is a PowerShell module. To install simply put the root folder (the one named "StructuredResource") in one of the $Env:PSModulePath folders on your system. For testing and development I recommend installing StructuredResource to the user modules folder (usually $Env:UserProfile\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules).
StructuredResource requires WMF 5.0 or later.
To obtain StructuredResource I recommend cloning the repository to your computer and checking out the latest release using git clone and git checkout.
Alternatively you can download then extract an archive of the module from this page.
To confirm that StructuredResource is installed on your computer, invoke the following commands:
C:\> Import-Module StructuredResource
C:\> Get-Module StructuredResource
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Script 0.1.0 StructuredResource {Invoke-Structured...
You should see some details about the StructuredResource module output by the Get-Module command as shown above.
For an introduction to using StructuredResource to develop your own DSC resources, I recommend following the tutorial.