What is new in cHyper-V PowerShell DSC Resource Module?

I just finished testing and publishing the cHyper-V PowerShell DSC resource module to the PowerShell Gallery. I took some time to make changes to this module–fix bugs and add new functionality. This module on PowerShell Gallery has over 1,500 downloads across all versions whereas the xHyper-V module has over 8000 downloads.

This means there is certainly significant interest in the cHyper-V module and it is time for me to find ways to merge it with the official HQRM module for Hyper-V at some point in future. I need to work towards that. In preparation towards that goal, I started updating my module in a phased approach.

Phase 1 of the process was complete today. I made the following changes to this module.

• Removed cNATSwitch resource. This really belongs to xNetworking module and I will open that PR later next week.
• Removed cSwitchEmbeddedTeaming and enabled that functionality in cVMSwitch.
• Added cVMIPAddress for anyone who wants to inject IP addresses into a VM running Windows guest OS using DSC. This is very helpful, at least for me, in building automated labs. More on this later.
• Added cWaitForVMIntegrationComponent for the same reason as cVMIPAddress.
• Updated cVMNetworkAdapter to fix bugs and make enhancements based on an open PR in xHyper-V repository. I will push this update to xHyper-V soon to close that PR.
• Added a comprehensive list of examples for each resource in this module.

Moving on to phase 2 of this module development, I will add tests to ensure complete code coverage–both in terms of unit tests and integration tests. This should be complete by end of this week. So, you will see a minor update of this module in my GitHub repository. I have these tests running internally after every commit but I just don’t want to make them public in their current state.

In the final phase of the module preparation to align with the HQRM guidelines, I will open pull requests to xHyper-V module to add all new resources and push updates to the existing resources. This should be complete within next month.

Overall, I am very happy with this phased approach and it is helping me do things at my own pace while enabling me to make progress regularly. cHyper-V will continue to exist for all the experimental Hyper-V DSC resources I continue to create. In fact, I have a bunch of them such as cSimpleVM, cVMCommand, cVMFile, and so on.

Stay tuned for more.