Syntax error How to install DSC resources using PowerShell?

How to install DSC resources using PowerShell?

To install the DSC resource using PowerShell, we can use the same command to install modules in PowerShell (Install-Module).

The Find-DscResource command would get all the available DSC resources. To search the specific DSC resource, you can provide the -Name parameter in the Find-DscReource command. For example, we need to search for the FilesAndFolder DSC resource

Find-DSCResource -Name filesandfolders

Output

Name             Version ModuleName Repository
----             ------- ---------- ----------
FilesAndFolders 0.3.212 CommonTasks PSGallery

To install this module, we can pipeline the Install-Module command.

Find-DSCResource -Name filesandfolders | Install-Module -Force -Verbose

Once the module is installed, we can use the Get-DSCResource command to check if the module is installed properly.

Get-DscResource -Name FilesAndFolders

Output

To check the properties of the installed module, we can use the below command.

Get-DscResource -Name FilesAndFolders | Select -ExpandProperty Properties

Output

Name                 PropertyType IsMandatory Values
----                 ------------ ----------- ------
DependsOn             [String[]]     False       {}
PsDscRunAsCredential  [PSCredential] False       {}
Items                 [Hashtable[]]  True        {}
Updated on: 2021-09-01T08:21:55+05:30

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