Learning PowerShell DSC - Second Edition

Executing configurations for remote target nodes

Now that we have MOF files and CimSessions and are ready to start pushing DSC configurations to remote target nodes, we use Start-DSCConfiguration just like we did earlier, with the addition of using the CimSession parameter and passing the CimSession that we created previously to it.

Again, we use CimSession here because sometimes, you need special credentials, authentication, or other options in order to connect to remote target nodes. You can omit the creation of a separate CimSession here if you wish:

[BOX1 PS] > Start-DscConfiguration -Path C:\vagrant\SetupAllTheThings -Verbose -Wait -Force -CimSession $sessionVERBOSE: Perform operation 'Invoke CimMethod' with following parameters, ''methodName' ...