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PowerShell Linux to Windows integration (encoding problem)
In my life I try to be on the edge of IT technology and if I find something interesting I try to be in touch with it. I’m a big fan of UNIX based systems and impressed by their reliability and...
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Installing and configuring DSC for Linux
[Update 1: 5/23/2014] Added pre-requisite install commands for Oracle Linux I am sure you are aware of the Microsoft’s announcement of the CTP release of DSC for Linux. This is an exciting announcement...
View ArticleWorking with PowerShell DSC for Linux, part 2
In the first part of this series, we covered the basis–how to get Desired State Configuration to do what the name promises: keep desired state consistent. Now that we are sure we will get the expected...
View ArticleWorking with PowerShell DSC for Linux, part 1
PowerShell DSC for Linux caught my attention immediately after it was announced. Being able to control configuration of Linux box with pure PowerShell code is huge for anybody who is interested in...
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Linux is a system that stores configuration in text files. As a result, nxFile should be considered one of two most powerful resources offered in the CTP release. With the option to create and modify...
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CTP of Linux DSC that was released last year has only five resources: nxService, nxFile, nxUser, nxGroup, and nxScript. Things like package management, network configuration, firewall settings, jobs...
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Managing Linux can become a challenge if you don’t have some way of distributing credentials. There are several options: joining Active Directory domain and using shared credentials for both Linux and...
View ArticleOMI with WSMan over HTTPS: Done right.
When you install OMI for the first time, a pair of keys is generated for you. When an automated process is used, the only option that will “just work” is to generate self-signed certificate. The...
View ArticlePowerShell DSC for Linux released!
The day that people who love both PowerShell DSC and xplat solutions where looking for had finally arrived. Last week the first version of PowerShell DSC for Linux was released. The information we have...
View ArticlePowerShell DSC for Linux: Installation
First version of PowerShell DSC for Linux is released. We announced that and promised to come back to that subject. It’s time to fulfil that promise. In this article, first part of update series, we...
View ArticlePowerShell DSC for Linux: Resources
New version of PowerShell DSC for Linux doubled the number of resources available. Initial batch in CTP covered basics: nxUser to create and manage users, nxGroup to define groups and manage group...
View ArticlePowerShell DSC for Linux: Pull Server
Initial release of PowerShell DSC for Linux had one big gap: it supported only pushing the configuration to the node. And even though this mode is good enough for demos or basic proof of concept, it...
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Open source PowerShell on Windows, Linux, and OS X!
This article was co-authored by Bartek Bielawski and Ben Gelens. Windows PowerShell is a powerful tool, but it always had one very serious limitation: it was possible to run it only on Windows. There...
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Azure DevTest Labs Artifact for Installing PowerShell on Linux
Update: The PowerShell on Linux artifact is now available in official Azure DTL artifact repository. Bartek and Ben have written a great introduction article on open source PowerShell. I have been...
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Azure DevTest Labs Artifact for installing PowerShell Core
Unless you were living under a rock, PowerShell Core general availability isn’t any breaking news. PowerShell Core is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS) automation and configuration...
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