An Opinionated DSC Solution, with Tooling
summary
Argues for an opinionated DSC workflow that actually scales: build per-module module pipeline artifacts in CI (Plaster + PSDepend + Git), produce versioned PowerShell modules and compiled .mof artifact packages, push them to an artifact feed (PowerShell Gallery or internal), and deploy via pull server. Demonstrates Chocolatey DSC composite resources, automated compilation of node-specific MOFs, and end-to-end pipelines that create immutable artifacts and successfully apply to test nodes.
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chapters (40)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:55Solutions
- 2:46Brent
- 4:12Adaptability
- 5:59Principles
- 8:29The dimming cycles
- 10:48Artifacts
- 11:10Whats an artifact
- 12:20Whats an assembly line
- 13:15Whats a pipeline
- 13:49Source and Repository
- 15:00Model Pipeline
- 20:49Module Pipeline
- 21:19Side Notes
- 23:39Infrastructure Pipeline
- 24:09Chain Scope
- 24:26Feedback Loop
- 25:06Demo
- 25:26Control Repository
- 25:43PowerShell Modules Configuration
- 26:10DSC Resources Folder
- 26:29DAC
- 26:57Virtual Environment
- 28:14Configuration
- 28:37Build Script
- 29:40Git Repository
- 30:24Chocolate Module
- 30:52Environment Variable
- 31:17Change Configuration
- 31:40DSC Composite Resource
- 32:23Chocolate Resource
- 33:51Benefits
- 36:50Packages
- 37:19New Nodes
- 37:59Changing Text Files
- 38:24The Powershell
- 40:26Compressibility Model
- 40:41Configurations
- 41:55Package Version
- 42:28More Files
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