Learning PowerShell DSC - Second Edition

Deploying DSC Configurations to the DSC pull server

Whether you use ConfigurationID or RegistrationKey with your DSC configurations, the compiled MOF files need to be physically put on the DSC pull server in order for the target nodes to pull them. In addition, any DSC resources you use that are not built into the installation of DSC will need to be packaged up to be distributed to the DSC pull server.

The manual actions we covered to accomplish these steps in Chapter 2, DSC Architecture, are fine if we do this infrequently, but since this is something we will be performing every time there is a new MOF, a new version of a DSC resource or we use a new DSC resource altogether, these actions should be automated to reduce errors and increase ...