I have been working with Azure Automation State Configuration DSC recently and I wanted to verify what I am finding and see if I am missing something. I was able to figure out how to use a custom resource and bundle up the resources in a zip, upload to blob storage and deploy it using extensions.
$PublishParam = @{
ResourceGroupName = $SAResourceGroup
StorageAccountName = $StorageAccountName
ContainerName = $Container
ConfigurationPath = $ConfigurationPath
ConfigurationDataPath = $ConfigurationDataPath
}
Publish-AzVMDscConfiguration @PublishParam
$SetDscExtParam = @{
ResourceGroupName = $ResourceGroupName
VMName = $VMName
ArchiveStorageAccountName = $StorageAccountName
ArchiveResourceGroupName = $SAResourceGroup
ArchiveContainerName = $Container
ConfigurationArchive = $configurationArchive
ConfigurationName = $configurationName
ConfigurationArgument = $ConfigurationArgurments
Location = $Location
Version = $Version
}
$vm = Set-AzVMDscExtension @SetDscExtParam
The problem I have having is how do I do this and upload it to the pull server in Azure Automation Configuration DSC. I don’t see how to create composite resources with resources that are not already one of the built-in server DSC resources. Can you send me a working example, or a link that clearly shows how to pull it all together?
$confParam = @{
AutomationAccountName = $AAAName
ResourceGroupName = $ResourceGroupName
SourcePath = $ConPath
Description = 'Application Deployment'
Published = $true
Force = $true
Verbose = $true
}
$importObj = Import-AzAutomationDscConfiguration @confParam
$stCfComParams = @{
ConfigurationName = $Configuration
#Parameters = $Parmeters
ConfigurationData = $cfgData
ResourceGroupName = $ResourceGroupName
AutomationAccountName = $AAAName
}
$CompilationJob = Start-AzAutomationDscCompilationJob @stCfComParams
while($null -eq $CompilationJob.EndTime -and $null -eq $CompilationJob.Exception)
{
$CompilationJob = $CompilationJob | Get-AzAutomationDscCompilationJob
$CompilationJob
Start-Sleep -Seconds 3
}
$DscRegParam = @{
AzureVMName = $VmName
NodeConfigurationName = $ConfigurationName
AzureVMResourceGroup = $VmRGName
AzureVMLocation = $VmLocation
ConfigurationMode = 'ApplyOnly'
#'ApplyAndAutocorrect'
RebootNodeIfNeeded = $true
ActionAfterReboot = 'ContinueConfiguration'
AutomationAccountName = $AAAName
ResourceGroupName = $ResourceGroupName
Verbose = $true
}
Register-AzAutomationDscNode @DscRegParam
