DevOps, Desired State, and Microsoft Windows
summary
Windows adds a built‑in Desired State Configuration system layered on PowerShell: author configurations with the new configuration keyword, compile to MOF intermediate format, and deliver via WS‑Man push or a pull server with OData; node agents run idempotent providers that implement get/set/test provider API, auto‑fetch missing modules, and log to the Windows event log. Providers ship as PowerShell modules, credentials are encrypted per‑node, and a Chef integration demo actually built a website on target VMs and succeeded.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Introduction to DSC
- 1:37Agenda and Goals
- 3:06History of Windows Management
- 5:31PowerShell Overview
- 8:24DSC Core Principles
- 10:34Architecture and Design
- 13:17Standards-Based Management
- 14:56Specifying Configuration
- 17:34Provider Development
- 21:23Demonstration and Features
- 29:28Resource Model
- 33:55Provider Functionality
- 35:57Implementation Details
- 41:01Pull Model and Security
- 43:52Infrastructure Integration
- 45:10Interoperability
- 47:15Chef Integration Demo
- 55:27Handling Reboots
- 57:24Supported Platforms
- 59:51Future Direction and Q&A
- 1:09:24Dev to Ops Transition
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