Understanding Azure VM DSC Extension
Ravikanth C- 6 Min To Read
- 05 Aug, 2014
The Azure team released the Azure PowerShell Tools version 0.8.6 that includes cmdlets for working with a new Azure VM extension called DSC extension.
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Cross-domain configuration management with DSC
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Ravikanth C
- 3 Min To Read
- 30 Jul, 2014
Most of the DSC examples we have seen so far here or elsewhere focused on single domain scenarios. However, in a real-world deployment, we have mixed domains and even a few systems that are probably in a workgroup configuration.
Read MoreBootstrapping LCM meta-configuration in a Azure VM
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Ravikanth C
- 5 Min To Read
- 29 Jul, 2014
I have been a very active user of DSC both in the lab and on all my Azure VMs. One of the things I always do is to configure my Azure VMs to get configuration from a pull service hosted in my Azure subscription.
Read MoreDSC Resource Kit Wave 5 is available
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Ravikanth C
- 2 Min To Read
- 18 Jul, 2014
Windows PowerShell team released DSC Resource Kit Wave 5. This wave has added the following xWordPress: This module contains two resources, xIISWordPressSite and xWordPressSite, as well as example configurations under Samples, which show end-to-end …
Read MoreInstalling and configuring DSC for Linux
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Ravikanth C
- 7 Min To Read
- 21 May, 2014
[Update 1: 5/23/2014] Added pre-requisite install commands for Oracle Linux I am sure you are aware of the Microsoft’s announcement of the CTP release of DSC for Linux.
Read MoreMicrosoft announced the CTP release of Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration for Linux
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Ravikanth C
- 2 Min To Read
- 20 May, 2014
When I was speaking at DevOpsDays India and demonstrating Windows PowerShel DSC (6 months ago), several people in the room had a laugh as I’d mentioned Microsoft and OpenSource.
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