UPDATE - I’ve started a series of posts about POSHOrigin. A PowerShell module and DSC resource that takes this to the next level. Check it out here.
Here is an idea for VM Provisioning with DSC. This is how a custom DSC resource might look like in order to deploy a VM into a given vCenter. This DSC configuration would not target the VM itself but rather the vCenter server or maybe a proxy server with PowerCLI installed. More to come on this as I actually start writing the module. Stay tuned.
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Configuration WebServerVMDeploy {
param ()
Import-DscResource -ModuleName cVMware
Node "localhost" {
cVM deployVM {
Ensure = "Present"
Name = "webServer01"
vCenter = "vcenter01.local"
Datacenter = "Prod Datacenter"
Cluster = "ProdCluster01"
Template = "windows2012R2StdTemplate"
vCPU = @{
"Sockets" = "1";
"Cores" = "2";
}
vRAM = 4
Disks = @(
@{
"SizeGB" = "40"
"Datastore" = "Datastore01"
"Format" = "Thin"
},
@{
"SizeGB" = "20"
"Datastore" = "Datastore02"
"Format" = "ThickLazyZero"
}
)
NICs = @(
@{
"IP" = "192.168.100.100"
"NetMask" = "255.255.255.0"
"Gateway" = "192.168.100.1"
"PortGroup" = "WebPortGroup01"
}
)
}
}
}
$MOFpath = 'C:\Scripts\DSC\VMWareTest'
WebServerVMDeploy -OutputPath $MOFpath
Start-DscConfiguration -ComputerName 'localhost' -Wait -Force -Verbose -Path $MOFpath
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