Azure Automation DSC via ARM Template
App Dev Manager Ben Hlaban explores deployment automation using Azure Automation Desired State Configuration with ARM templates.
I recently worked with a customer that was required to develop and deploy a solution consisting of virtual machines running a combination of custom and commercial software. One of the challenges was figuring out a way to get the commercial software installed and configured on the virtual machines in a completely automated fashion, which is where Azure Automation DSC fit into the solution. DSC or Desired State Configuration is not a new concept, but I recently learned that Azure Automation can be used as a DSC pull server that hosts your DSC configurations and resources in a convenient location. Furthermore, you can completely automate the provisioning of not only the Azure Automation Account and the DSC configurations/resources, but the actual target virtual machines (nodes) to which the configurations will be applied as well.Â
The solution consists of two main Azure Resource Manager (ARM) deployments
- Azure Automation Account
- Target virtual machine(s) Â
You can find a sample deployment to review at
https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/101-automation-configuration
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