1redone / dsc-designer

Point N' Click DSC Drafting

DSC-Designer

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A project to build a Group Policy like frontend for Desired State Configuration

What is it?

Have you ever wished DSC were a little more 'wizard-like', maybe resembling something like other Microsoft tools? Then you'll like this project!

How do I use it?

Download the .ps1 file in this project and run the script like so:

.\Start-DSCDesigner.ps1

What works?

Currently, we are able to scrape all available DSC Resources installed on your machine, parse out the required syntax for each, and then, with a click of a button, export a valid DSC Configuration for application on systems in your environment.

How can I contribute?

Contributions are simple. First, don't sell it! Secondly, simply fork the project, make your own commit and then send me a pull-request. That's it!

Is it broke? Open an issue, please 😄

What's planned?

This project has been a work-in-progress since the MVP Summit last year, when I tried to get MS to make this UI, and they told me to do it on my own!  So this is version 1.0, the mostly-functional-get-it-out-the-door release.  Here's the planned features for somewhere down the road.

Version	Feature	Completed
1.0	Released!	✔️
1.1	Ability to enact the configuration on your machine
1.2	Button to jump to local dsc resource folder
2.0	Display DSC Configuration as a form
2.?	render absent/present as radio button
?	render multi-choice as a combobox
?	render other options as checkbox
?	render string as a textbox
?	Display DSC Configuration as a form
??	Track configuration Drift?

How was it made?

dsc-designer's Issues

Did you forget Start-DSCDesigner.ps1

Did you forget your start file? You mention in the help but I don't see it here?

Undefined Variable

$sampleSyntax used but not defined in Start-DSCDesigner.ps1