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Run PowerShell code in Puppet

May 23, 2018 May 23, 2018 05/23/18

Doctor Scripto

Normally, it’s preferable to use specific Puppet and DSC Windows modules to manage systems in Puppet, but an alternative is running PowerShell commands and scripts by using the exec resource. This can be helpful for transitioning existing PowerShell code into Puppet quickly.

Get certificate info into a CSV by using PowerShell

May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018 05/9/18

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Certificate management is always challenging. Let’s explore how to use PowerShell to export local certificate information to a comma-separated values (CSV) file on Windows 7 (or later) computers.Q: Hey, Scripting Guy!How can I get all my certificate info into a CSV on my Windows computers?—SHA: Hello SH,Patrick Mercier ...

Introducing the DscLcm utility for PowerShell

March 30, 2018 Mar 30, 2018 03/30/18

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Desired State Configuration is a great deployment tool to meet your organization’s infrastructure-as-code goals. I recently came across a situation for a project that uses the Push Service (as opposed to the Pull Service). It required me to be able to apply a new partial configuration to a node, without any knowledge of what partial...