This cronjob executes a powershell script on linux yes, native powershell code. Download powershell desired state configuration for linux. Set up your azure cli here and powershell here if you didnt get them ready. Eugene bekker has been doing a ton of heavy lifting.
Part 3 use azure automation dsc to configure linux and. Managing linux with powershell dsc desired state config. Dsc for linux nxfileline resource powershell microsoft. For those of you fortunate enough to be at teched north america last week, you might have seen jeffrey snover announcing windows powershell desired state configuration dsc for linux. Then, we assigned a dsc configuration, which will run some bash commands to create a cronjob on linux. Working with powershell dsc for linux, part 5 powershell. The nxservice resource in powershell desired state configuration dsc provides a. The overall purpose of dsc is the same as ansible, it is just executed in a different manner. If local or development builds are desired, please follow the instructions in the readme. Powershell desired state configuration on linux as pull server welcome forums dsc desired state configuration powershell desired state configuration on linux as pull server this topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 1 year, 4 months ago by.
Managing linux with powershell dsc after some hard struggle, we know that success will finally come through. Configure powershell remoting between windows and linux my main motive was to configure push desired state configuration dsc on linux server from windows. The following components must exist for functional management of unixlinux in powershell. Automation dsc allows you to author and manage powershell dsc configurations, import dsc resources, and generate dsc node configurations mof documents, all in the cloud. Powershell solutions being replaced with desired state. If you missed that session, you can watch a replay of it online. Generally, a download manager enables downloading of large files or multiples files in one session. The example above installs powershell dsc for x64 distributions. Bringing dsc to linux is another step in microsofts broader commitment to common management of heterogeneous assets in your datacenter or the public cloud.
If youve ever taken a course in powershell, your instructor may have mentioned powershell dsc, but glossed over it stating that it is a completely different animal or that there is another course available for powershell dsc. Posted by don jones date december 19, 2016 category powershell for admins, powershell for developers. Desired state configuration dsc resources provide the building blocks for a dsc configuration. In our last installment, we created an azure automation account, uploaded and compiled some powershell dsc configuration code, stood up a linux. There are three solutions where releases from this repo are expected to be consumed. To work dsc on linux below versions and flavors of linux are supported, i am using centos 7 for this demo. The nx windows powershell module contains the schema for builtin resources for dsc for linux, and must be installed to your local computer and imported in the configuration. Net core runtime requires different dependencies on different distributions and, hence, powershell does the same. The microsoft powershell team is planning to reshape its desired state configuration dsc solutions, replacing them with a single crossplatform tool that supports both windows and linux. Dsc isnt even a thing posted by don jones date may 14, 2014 category powershell for admins after all the dscrelated excitement this week, there have been a few online and twitterbased discussions including chef, puppet, and similar solutions. The additional modules can be distributed to the linux agents through your onpremises pull server, azure automation dsc, or installed locally on the linux computer with the installmodule. Filter by license to discover only free or open source alternatives. This list contains a total of 4 apps similar to powershell dsc.
The key to understanding powershell on windows or linux. Infrastructure as code with powershell dsc anchorloop. If you havent taken a look at tug, nows a great time. Dsc is a new it management platform built on windows powershell that enables administrators to define the desired state of their systems through declarative configuration documents, and manage configuration data on an ongoing basis. These modules include a custom logging module, the required dsc module for linux and the azure modules. The script downloads, installs and imports the required modules from. Working with powershell dsc for linux, part 4 by bartek bielawski february 26, 2015 articles ctp of linux dsc that was released last year has only five resources. Powershell desired state configuration dsc is a domainspecific language for configuring and managing systems that is native to powershell since version 4. Dsc is a commandline tool that enables admins to use a powershellbased scripting language to configure windows andor linux systems. And the dsc for linux toolset includes python versions of all the powershell dsc.
The primary purpose of this project is to build universal linux. Powershell dsc and puppet why it is not eitheror petri. This is an exciting announcement and i wanted to explore more on this. Working with powershell dsc for linux, part 4 powershell. A resource exposes properties that can be configured schema and contains the powershell script functions that the local configuration manager lcm calls to make it so. Alternatives to powershell dsc for windows, linux, mac, bsd, web and more. First version of powershell dsc for linux is released. Dsc for linux nxscript resource powershell microsoft docs. Desired state configuration, or dsc, is a tool built into powershell that can be used to define a windows host setup through code.
Dsc uses the powershell scripting language, but the similarities end there. Installing and using powershell dsc on linux florin loghiade. The newer model is coming from the powershell team, mainly, but its a workinprogress as yet. For linux, powershell builds portable binaries for all linux distributions. Since powershell went open source, ive been asked a lot about running powershell on linux. Announcing windows powershell desired state configuration. While powershell dsc can be used to manage linux, it isnt backed up by the huge library of modules that are available for puppet.
There will be support for native c resources, powershell 6 and python on linux supported resources. This repo is the home for the source code and development of desired state configuration for linux. What is powershell dsc desired state configuration. Powershell desired state configuration on linux as. The what, why and how of azure automation desired state. Dsc for linux nxservice resource powershell microsoft docs. There is a very useful stepbystep guide by kristopher bash on the microsoft building clouds blog on how to set up dsc for linux. These are available on the powershell gallery, included in the dsc for linux download package, and available as source code.
Get started with desired state configuration dsc for. Distribute mof configurations to the linux vms with pull servers pull mode install custom dsc modules to the linux vms install mode remove custom dsc modules to the linux vms remove mode you can use dscforlinux extension with both azure cli and powershell. Carbon is a powershell module for automating the configuration windows 7, 8, 2008, and 2012 and automation the installation and configuration of windows applications, websites, and services. An appropriate data sink in the form of an omi implementation for the system, because the requests from the management computer need to be transmitted to the target. It performs the same job as the chef dsl described in my vagrant tutorial series, only its agent is part of the windows operating system rather than something that you need to install. Powershell desired state configuration dsc can now manage linux boxes. Local users and groups iis websites, virtual directories, and applications file system, registry, and certificate pe.
I feel like that takes away part of what dsc can do. The nxfileline resource in powershell desired state configuration dsc provides a mechanism to manage lines within a configuration file on a linux node. On each linux machine to onboard to azure automation dsc, use register. Introducing the azure dscforlinux extension azure blog. Managing linux can become a challenge if you dont have some way of distributing credentials. Basically you download the powershell dsc packages from the github repository, unpack them and install the one that can be used on your distribution. Simply run the following script on the linux system. New version of powershell dsc for linux doubled the number of resources available. They have asked me to look into using dsc with git easy enough but they want me to install puppet as the push method. The latest release packages for powershell dsc for linux can be downloaded here. The ulinux build of powershell dsc for linux is built upon the omi, pal and the ostcopenssl projects. Powershell dsc for linux was announced at the last teched north. Installing and configuring dsc for linux powershell magazine. We are excited to announce the initial availability of this feature with the release of a ctp of dsc for linux at.
Powershell desired state configuration takes on linux. Learn the essentials of powershell desired state configuration. All existing and new dsc resources that use supported. In order to get dsc running on linux you need to install omi open management infrastructure which is like wmi but on linux. Dsc is a powershellbased pushpull solution for keeping servers in an optimal condition by declaring the state in which they should be set. Automation dsc builds on top of the fundamentals introduced in powershell desired state configuration dsc to provide an even easier configuration management experience. In this article, first part of update series, we will focus on new features and bug fixes related to installation. To configure azure automation as a dsc pull server from the linux computer. The following linux operating system versions are supported for dsc for linux. Powershell desired state configuration for linux enables automated configuration management of linux servers with powershell dsc. For general information about dsc, see get started with windows powershell desired state configuration. Pull requests microsoftpowershelldscforlinux github. The nxservice resource in powershell desired state configuration dsc provides a mechanism to manage services on a linux node. Although its possible to configure a system without the aid of dsc using nothing but powershell cmdlets, dsc is.
The first step is to hook up our system to azure automation dsc. This is what happened when me a pure windows guy started testing out dsc for linux. Windows powershell and dsc on linux in microsoft azure. Centos 5, 6, and 7 x86x64 debian gnulinux 6, 7 and 8 x86x64 oracle linux 5, 6 and 7 x86x64 red hat enterprise. Bootstrapping linux vms with dsc in azure singlestone. In this blogpost i would share my experiences on my tests with powershell for dsc with linux so that it can help out folks trying the similar. We announced that and promised to come back to that subject. So i dont know of any documentation, but the generic dsc documentation should work, and on a linux machine where its installed you can run getdscresource to see what resources are installed. Powershell desired state configuration for linux microsoftpowershell dscforlinux. Lately, ive been asked more and more about configuring linux machines with dsc desired state configuration so here goes a quick and dirty howto download, install, and use dsc to configure your linux machines in my case, i used ubuntu server 16.