https://github.com/dbroeglin/dsc-dev

DSC Configuration for setting up a generic Windows PowerShell / C# dev virtual machine
https://github.com/dbroeglin/dsc-dev

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DSC Configuration for setting up a generic Windows PowerShell / C# dev virtual machine

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dbroeglin/dsc-dev
• Owner: dbroeglin
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-05-02T13:24:13.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-05-22T09:30:49.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-18T05:35:37.139Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: configuration, devops, dsc, powershell, windows
• Language: PowerShell
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• Size: 350 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# DSC Developer VM setup

DSC Configuration for setting up a generic Windows PowerShell / C# dev virtual machine

# Virtual Machine Setup

1. Setup the VM 

        

        VERSION=1802

        DOWNLOAD_DIR=$HOME/Downloads

        

        ovftool --hideEula --extraConfig:vhv.enable=true --allowAllExtraConfig $DOWNLOAD_DIR/WinDev${VERSION}Eval.VMware/Windev${VERSION}Eval.ovf ~/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/

        

        # we should have virtualhw.version = "11" :

        # v1704 required: 

        # sed -i -e 's/guestos = "other-64"/guestos = "windows9-64"/' ~/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windev${VERSION}Eval.vmwarevm/WinDev${VERSION}Eval.vmx

        vmrun start ~/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windev${VERSION}Eval.vmwarevm

1. Install VMWare Guest Tools (if required you can upgrade the VMWare tools with the following commands):

        vmrun installTools ~/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windev${VERSION}Eval.vmwarevm/Windev${VERSION}Eval.vmx 

    then run `D:\setup64.exe` to install the tools and restart when asked to.

1. Share `~/Sources/dsc-dev/`

        vmrun enableSharedFolders ~/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/WinDev${VERSION}Eval.vmwarevm/Windev${VERSION}Eval.vmx

        vmrun addSharedFolder ~/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/WinDev${VERSION}Eval.vmwarevm/Windev${VERSION}Eval.vmx dsc-dev ~/Sources/dsc-dev

1. Add Language/Keyboard settings

        Set-WinUserLanguageList -LanguageList fr-CH -Force

1. Take a snapshot:

        vmrun snapshot  ~/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windev1802Eval.vmwarevm/Windev1802Eval.vmx "Initial State"

1. In PowerShell *as administrator*:

        net use z: "\\vmware-host\Shared Folders"

        cd z:\dsc-dev

        Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force  

        .\Run.ps1 -WithCopy -Verbose

# References

## Troubleshooting DSC 

* https://docs.microsoft.com/fr-fr/powershell/dsc/troubleshooting?tduid=(a72d1576be339a12893f2268dc8dee3f)(256380)(2459594)(TnL5HPStwNw-G3YawjTSXxm43ytsqcG1SQ)()#my-resources-won-t-update-how-to-reset-the-cache&ranMID=24542&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-G3YawjTSXxm43ytsqcG1SQ

* https://ingogegenwarth.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/powershell-desired-state-configurationdschow-to-enforce-a-consistency-check/

# TODOs

* Install AzureRM module

* Install AzureAD module

* Install nuget CLI

# Misc

    $profile = Get-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceAlias Ethernet0; $profile.NetworkCategory = 'Priva

te'; Set-NetConnectionProfile -InputObject $profile

    & "winrm" set winrm/config '@{MaxEnvelopeSizekb="8192"}'