Hello, I created a test lab DSC Pull server using ‘The DSC Book’ / 3.0 OK
However now am wanting to configure a newer release/use https
So, configured a vanilla VM,
Patched, Windows Server 2012 R2 standard
Domain joined, admin rights, uac disable
Installed WMF 5.0
xPSDesiredStateConfiguration 5.0
Generated self signed cert using script: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/self-signed-certificate-5920a7c6
Configured ‘pullserver’ MOF using msdn guide: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/dsc/pullserver (+Also tried using the example config in the module itself)
When i set the config/install i get 3 lines of errors below,
on 2nd re-run no errors but the website is inaccessible: HTTP 503 Service Unavailable, both the pull site and the default site.
Fixing Attempts:
Rebuilt server same issue
Getting same problem with 4.0 xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
Installing IIS and DSC roles prior to mof deploy
Trawling google/forums but haven’t been able to solve whats going on…
Turned on debug logging: wevtutil.exe set-log “Microsoft-Windows-Dsc/Analytic” /q:true /e:true
Errors:
Failed attempt number 1 : Couldn’t delete file C:\Windows\System32\Configuration\DSCEngineCache.mof . The error code is 2. The error message is: The system cannot find the file specified.
Have deleted these files from the configuration dir (with no luck), another post this worked for someone
Having now spent 2 days trying to work this out, now I am reaching out, am i missing something simple?
Any help muchly appreciated! 
# =================================== Section Pull Server =================================== #
$certificateThumbPrint = 'E957004B8D17ACDE83A15831731CF32DA6F2ED2A'
$RegistrationKey = 'f25ed3f5-adba-4e50-a334-e8b4d094f668'
configuration Sample_xDscWebServiceRegistration
{
param
(
[string[]]$NodeName = 'localhost',
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[string] $certificateThumbPrint,
[Parameter(HelpMessage='This should be a string with enough entropy (randomness) to protect the registration of clients to the pull server. We will use new GUID by default.')]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[string] $RegistrationKey # A guid that clients use to initiate conversation with pull server
)
Import-DSCResource -ModuleName xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
Import-DSCResource -ModuleName PSDesiredStateConfiguration
Node $NodeName
{
WindowsFeature DSCServiceFeature
{
Ensure = "Present"
Name = "DSC-Service"
}
xDscWebService PSDSCPullServer
{
Ensure = "Present"
EndpointName = "PSDSCPullServer"
Port = 8080
PhysicalPath = "$env:SystemDrive\inetpub\PSDSCPullServer"
CertificateThumbPrint = $certificateThumbPrint
ModulePath = "$env:PROGRAMFILES\WindowsPowerShell\DscService\Modules"
ConfigurationPath = "$env:PROGRAMFILES\WindowsPowerShell\DscService\Configuration"
State = "Started"
DependsOn = "[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature"
RegistrationKeyPath = "$env:PROGRAMFILES\WindowsPowerShell\DscService"
AcceptSelfSignedCertificates = $true
UseSecurityBestPractices = $false
}
File RegistrationKeyFile
{
Ensure = 'Present'
Type = 'File'
DestinationPath = "$env:ProgramFiles\WindowsPowerShell\DscService\RegistrationKeys.txt"
Contents = $RegistrationKey
}
}
}
Sample_xDscWebServiceRegistration -NodeName 'PULL.ed.local' -RegistrationKey $registrationkey -certificateThumbPrint $certificateThumbPrint
Directory: C:\temp\Sample_xDscWebServiceRegistration
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a---- 11/27/2016 4:48 PM 4680 PULL.ed.local.mof
PS C:\temp> Start-DscConfiguration -Path C:\temp\Sample_xDscWebServiceRegistration -Wait -Verbose -Force
VERBOSE: Perform operation 'Invoke CimMethod' with following parameters, ''methodName' = SendConfigurationApply,'className' = MSFT_DSCLocalConfigurationManager,'name
spaceName' = root/Microsoft/Windows/DesiredStateConfiguration'.
VERBOSE: An LCM method call arrived from computer PULL with user sid S-1-5-21-859306304-1798028966-4293564394-1001.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Set ]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Resource ] [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Test ] [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] The operation 'Get-WindowsFeature' started: DSC-Service
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] The operation 'Get-WindowsFeature' succeeded: DSC-Service
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ End Test ] [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] in 0.9380 seconds.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Set ] [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] Installation started...
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] Continue with installation?
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] Prerequisite processing started...
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] Prerequisite processing succeeded.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] Installation succeeded.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] Successfully installed the feature DSC-Service.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ End Set ] [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature] in 35.9670 seconds.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ End Resource ] [[WindowsFeature]DSCServiceFeature]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Resource ] [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Test ] [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] Check Ensure
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] The Website PSDSCPullServer is not present
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ End Test ] [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] in 2.8880 seconds.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Set ] [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] Create the IIS endpoint
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] Setting up endpoint at - https://PULL:8080/PSDSCPullServer.svc
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] Verify that the certificate with the provided thumbprint exists in CERT:\LocalMachine\M
Y\
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] Checking IIS requirements
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] Delete the App Pool if it exists
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] Remove the site if it already exists
A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
+ PSComputerName : PULL.ed.local
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ End Set ] [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer] in 1.7960 seconds.
The PowerShell DSC resource '[xDSCWebService]PSDSCPullServer' with SourceInfo '::31::9::xDscWebService' threw one or more non-terminating errors while running the
Set-TargetResource functionality. These errors are logged to the ETW channel called Microsoft-Windows-DSC/Operational. Refer to this channel for more details.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NonTerminatingErrorFromProvider
+ PSComputerName : PULL.ed.local
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Resource ] [[File]RegistrationKeyFile]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Test ] [[File]RegistrationKeyFile]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[File]RegistrationKeyFile] The system cannot find the file specified.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[File]RegistrationKeyFile] The related file/directory is: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\DscService\RegistrationKeys
.txt.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ End Test ] [[File]RegistrationKeyFile] in 0.0150 seconds.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ Start Set ] [[File]RegistrationKeyFile]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[File]RegistrationKeyFile] The system cannot find the file specified.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: [[File]RegistrationKeyFile] The related file/directory is: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\DscService\RegistrationKeys
.txt.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ End Set ] [[File]RegistrationKeyFile] in 0.0000 seconds.
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ End Resource ] [[File]RegistrationKeyFile]
VERBOSE: [PULL]: LCM: [ End Set ]
The SendConfigurationApply function did not succeed.
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (root/Microsoft/...gurationManager:String) [], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 1
+ PSComputerName : PULL.ed.local
VERBOSE: Operation 'Invoke CimMethod' complete.
VERBOSE: Time taken for configuration job to complete is 47.73 seconds
