win_dsc has been merged to ansible core, so please do not submit issues/pull requests against this repo. Please update your playbooks to use win_dsc from Ansible core.
Native DSC module for Ansible.
PowerShell 5.0, which is included in [Windows Management Framework 5.0][https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50395] need to be installed on managed nodes. You can read more about Windows Management Framework 5.0 here.
Before using the win_dsc5 module, use the win_lcm5 module to set refresh mode to "Disabled" on the managed node.
Also, make sure the required DSC resources exist on the managed node.
Parametername_username
Parametername_password
- name: Installing Domain
win_dsc5:
resource_name: "xADDomain"
DomainName: "{{ads_domain_name}}"
DomainAdministratorCredential_username: "Administrator"
DomainAdministratorCredential_password: "{{ads_administrator_password}}"
SafemodeAdministratorPassword_username: "Administrator"
SafemodeAdministratorPassword_password: "{{ads_administrator_password}}"
Parametername: "string1,string2"
The commaseperated string will get split and a Powershell String Array will get Attached to the Property.
- name: Create Share
win_dsc5:
resource_name: "xSmbShare"
Ensure: "Present"
item_name: "MyShare"
Path: "C:\\Data\\MyShare"
Description: "This will be my Share"
ReadAccess: "Domain Users"
ChangeAccess: "User1,User2"
FullAccess: "Domain Admins"
You should also check out a few other repos related to DSC and Ansible: https://github.com/trondhindenes/AnsibleDscModuleGenerator
https://github.com/trondhindenes/Ansible-Auto-Generated-Modules/tree/master