This is the code repository for Getting Started with PowerShell DSC [Video], published by Packt. It contains all the supporting project files necessary to work through the video course from start to finish.
Windows PowerShell is a scripting language especially designed for system administration and it lets you manage computers from the command line. PowerShell DSC enables you to deploy and manage configuration data for software services and also manages the environment in which these services run. The main goal of this video is to teach you how to configure, deploy, and manage your system using the new features of PowerShell v6 DSC with Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. This video begins with the basic fundamentals of PowerShell DSC, covering the architecture and components of the Desired Sate Configuration. Next, this video familiarizes you with sets of PowerShell language extensions and new PowerShell commands. Later, this course helps you understand and create DSC configurations with the help of practical examples, and also teaches you to create DSC custom resources for your custom applications. Finally, you will learn to deploy a real-world application using PowerShell DSC. By the end of the video, you will be more familiar with the powerful Desired State Configuration platform, which helps you achieve continuous delivery and efficient management and easy deployment of data for systems.
- Install PowerShell Core on the two most common operating systems: Windows and Linux
- Collect information from the web by scraping, parsing, or using APIs
- Performs tasks by navigating through Windows and Linux file systems and the Windows Registry using PowerShell Core
- Remotely manage both Windows and Linux systems with PowerShell Core
- Solve common problems by leveraging PowerShell Core
- Deploy and manage common Windows infrastructure services such as DNS, DHCP, and file servers
To fully benefit from the coverage included in this course, you will need:
This course is aimed at IT professionals with basic PowerShell and IT management backgrounds and helps them understand the shift to DevOps, the benefits of PowerShell DSC, and the DevOps enterprise adoption patterns with PowerShell DSC. At the end of the course, IT professional should be able to implement DevOps with PowerShell for any enterprise in any environment and reap the benefits of IT and business agility.
This course has the following software requirements:
PowerShell DSC
React
Typescript
Django
Laravel
Facebook
Microsoft
Google
Alibaba
D3
Tencent