Azure Connected Machine module for Windows PowerShell DSC

This repository contains the module for Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration to install and configure the Azure Connected Machine Agent.

This module is community supported, not an official Microsoft production/solution.

Contents

The files and folders in this repo include:

File/folder	Description
examples	Folder containing configuration examples
test	Folder containing unit and integration tests
AzureConnectedMachineDsc.psd1	Module manifest
AzureConnectedMachineDsc.psm1	PowerShell module
CHANGELOG.md	List of changes to the sample
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md	Code of conduct for project contribution
README.md	This README file
LICENSE	The license for the project

Resources included in this module

• AzureConnectedMachineAgentDsc: Used to automate configuration of the Azure Connected Machine Agent including validation of the connection to Azure and the metadata such as the Resource Group and Tags information.
• AzcmagentConfig: Used to configure settings on the Azure Connected Machine Agent.

Requirements

The minimum PowerShell version required is 5.1.

Setup

To manually install the module, download the source code and unzip the contents of the project directory to the $env:ProgramFiles\WindowsPowerShell\Modules folder.

To install from the PowerShell gallery using PowerShellGet (in PowerShell 5.0) run the following command:

Find-Module -Name AzureConnectedMachineDsc -Repository PSGallery | Install-Module

To confirm installation, run the below command and ensure you see the Azure Connected Machine DSC resoures available:

Get-DscResource -Module AzureConnectedMachineDsc

Examples

The resources in this module are intended to manage the Azure Connected Machine Agent configuration. A complete example is provided that also uses community resources to download and install the agent, and to verify the state of the agent service.

PowerShell script:

& .\examples\AzureConnectedMachineAgent.ps1

The Azure Connected Machine Agent supports connecting through an http proxy service. The proxy details are provided to the agent using envionment variables, which could also be managed by DSC using the ComputeManagementDsc module. For more information on the proxy details, see the documentation for Azure Connect Machine Agent.

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.

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This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.