DSC on Azure

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Hi guys,

I was trying to get the xChrome module to work via the Azure DSC extension and for whatever reason the extension doesn’t like the module.

I can create the MOF just fine on my workstation, but the log on Azure always says:

[2014-10-26T13:57:00] Creating working directory: C:\Packages\Plugins\Microsoft
.Powershell.DSC\1.4.0.0\DSCWork\DSC_Demo_ChromeConfig.ps1.0
[2014-10-26T13:57:00] Downloading configuration package
[2014-10-26T13:57:00] Downloading https://psdscstorage.blob.core.windows.net/wi
ndows-powershell-dsc/DSC_Demo_ChromeConfig.ps1.zip to C:\Packages\Plugins\Micro
soft.Powershell.DSC\1.4.0.0\DSCWork\DSC_Demo_ChromeConfig.ps1.0\DSC_Demo_Chrome
Config.ps1.zip
[2014-10-26T13:57:01] Extracting DSC_Demo_ChromeConfig.ps1.zip
[2014-10-26T13:57:01] Installing custom DSC resource modules to C:\Program 
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
[2014-10-26T13:57:01] Installing custom DSC resource module xChrome
[2014-10-26T13:57:02] Installing custom DSC resource module 
xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
[2014-10-26T13:57:02] Applying DSC configuration under C:\Packages\Plugins\Micr
osoft.Powershell.DSC\1.4.0.0\DSCWork\DSC_Demo_ChromeConfig.ps1.0
[2014-10-26T13:57:02] Writing handler status to 
C:\Packages\Plugins\Microsoft.Powershell.DSC\1.4.0.0\Status.status
[2014-10-26T13:57:02] Executing configuration script: C:\Packages\Plugins\Micro
soft.Powershell.DSC\1.4.0.0\DSCWork\DSC_Demo_ChromeConfig.ps1.0\DSC_Demo_Chrome
Config.ps1
[2014-10-26T13:57:12] Preparing configuration data
[2014-10-26T13:57:12] Executing the configuration function to generate the MOF 
files.
PSDesiredStateConfiguration\Configuration : The module 'MSFT_xChrome' could 
not be loaded. For more information, run 'Import-Module MSFT_xChrome'.
At C:\Packages\Plugins\Microsoft.Powershell.DSC\1.4.0.0\DSCWork\DSC_Demo_Chrome
Config.ps1.0\DSC_Demo_ChromeConfig.ps1:1 char:1
+ Configuration GoogleChrome {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (MSFT_xChrome\MSFT_xChrome:Strin 
   g) [Configuration], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotAutoLoadModule,Configuration
 
C:\Packages\Plugins\Microsoft.Powershell.DSC\1.4.0.0\bin\DscExtensionHandler.ps
1 : Error enabling the DSC Extension: Errors occurred while processing 
configuration 'GoogleChrome'.
At line:1 char:1
+ .\bin\DscExtensionHandler.ps1 -Verbose *> C:\WindowsAzure\Logs\Plugin ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorExcep 
   tion
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorExceptio 
   n,DscExtensionHandler.ps1

It works just fine on Azure when I don’t use a custom resource. Both custom modules are there, they are where the log file said it would copy them. WindowsFeature worked nicely through the extension.

Cheers
David

2

You may have to check the namings of things, when i was bootstrapping i found the naming had to match up everywhere otherwise the configs may not apply.

Also you are saying, when you run the dsc config just directly on server it works okay, but its the bootstrapping thats the issue?

3

Okay, tested it again and it was a syntax thing.
I used

Import-DSCResource -Name instead of -ModuleName and thus it couldn’t find the module.

All working now.

Cheers :wink: