Learning PowerShell DSC - Second Edition

The variable syntax

You can assign the hash table to a variable and pass the variable to the configuration parameter, as follows:

$TheData = @{ AllNodes = @( @{ NodeName = "server1" Roles = @('Foobar') ExampleSoftware = @{ Name = "ExampleSoftware" ProductId = "{b652663b-867c-4d93-bc14-8ecb0b61cfb0}" SourcePath = "c:\packages\thesoftware.msi" ConfigFile = "c:\foo.txt" } }, @{ NodeName = "server2" } ); NonNodeData = @{ ConfigFileContents = (Get-Content "Config.xml") }}InstallExampleSoftware -ConfigurationData $TheData

You can also assign the hash table directly to the configuration function:

InstallExampleSoftware -ConfigurationData @{ AllNodes = @( @{ NodeName = "server1" Roles = @('Foobar') ExampleSoftware = @{ Name = "ExampleSoftware" ProductId ...