Scalable DSC configuration

This deep dive will feature scalable node data generation that can be used with DSC by leveraging multiple PowerShell modules. The most important one that enables this process is called Datum and is being developed by Gael Colas (@gaelcolas on Twitter; follow him).

The problem

The problem many individuals and organizations face when starting with DSC is the utter lack of tooling around this framework. The examples that are publicly available often tackle either very simple or overly specific configurations.

Almost none of those examples seem to deal well with scalable and simple node data generation.

 

 

Take a scenario with hundreds of different virtual or physical machines, playing different roles, that you would like to onboard, for example. Imagine another scenario, where your organization embraces DevOps but infrastructure is still lagging behind and not delivering.

Both scenarios are vastly improved by some cleverly designed DSC configuration code, choosing an easily...