How do I use Install-Package inside a DSC configuration pull?

tymac711 · April 24, 2016, 12:57pm

I would like to have a DSC config that check to see if a package like xFirefox is installed and if not it installs it. Google keeps sending me in circles on this so I was hoping somebody here could point to an example configuration…

system · April 24, 2016, 1:16pm

The DSC resources in GitHub - PowerShell/PackageManagementProviderResource: Modules with DSC resources for the PackageManagement(aka OneGet) providers. might be what you’re looking for. Or if you want a Chocolatey package, perhaps GitHub - chocolatey/cChoco: Community resource to manage Chocolatey .

tymac711 · April 28, 2016, 11:09pm

Thanks Dave I am trying the Choco route and found an article with a DSC config in it:

github.com

MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/blob/main/articles/automation/automation-dsc-cd-chocolatey.md

---
title: Set up Azure Automation continuous deployment with Chocolatey
description: This article tells how to set up continuous deployment with State Configuration and the Chocolatey package manager.
services: automation
ms.subservice: dsc
ms.date: 08/08/2018
ms.topic: conceptual
ms.custom: references_regions, devx-track-azurepowershell
---

# Set up continuous deployment with Chocolatey

In a DevOps world, there are many tools to assist with various points in the continuous integration
pipeline. Azure Automation [State Configuration](automation-dsc-overview.md) is a welcome new addition to the options that DevOps teams can employ.

Azure Automation is a managed service in Microsoft Azure that allows you to automate various tasks using runbooks, nodes, and shared resources, such as credentials, schedules, and global variables. Azure Automation State Configuration extends this automation capability to include PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) tools. Here's a great [overview](automation-dsc-overview.md).

This article demonstrates how to set up Continuous Deployment (CD) for a Windows computer. You can easily extend the technique to include as many Windows computers as necessary in
the role, for example, a website, and go from there to additional roles.

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Trying this however I get squiggley lines under:
Import-DscResource -ModuleName cChcoco

I downloaded cChoco-master.zip from:
GitHub - chocolatey/cChoco: Community resource to manage Chocolatey - then I renamed it cChoco_2.0.5.22.zip,

moved it to:
C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\DscService\Modules

…and finally created a new-dscchecksum for it. Not sure what I’m missing since the Powershell ISE obviously does not see it. Any suggestions?

system · April 28, 2016, 11:29pm

The ISE needs the module to just be installed on your system (somewhere in $env:PSModulePath). The zip / checksum thing is for a pull server; clients that are configured to use that pull server to obtain resources will download and install modules from there, but that doesn’t affect the machine where you’re authoring the config.

tymac711 · May 1, 2016, 7:07am

Ah ok thanks! Not keeping track of my modules lol!

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How do I use Install-Package inside a DSC configuration pull?

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