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PowerShell Desired State Configuration - Registry Resource Demo

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PowerShell Desired State Configuration - Registry Resource Demo

Summary

In this Wiki let's explore Registry Resource Demo. Requirement is to create a Registry Key in Local host using DSC.

Resource

Get-DscResource -Name Registry -Syntax

Syntax

Registry [string] #ResourceName
{
    Key = [string]
    ValueName = [string]
    [ DependsOn = [string[]] ]
    [ Ensure = [string] { Absent | Present }  ]
    [ Force = [bool] ]
    [ Hex = [bool] ]
    [ ValueData = [string[]] ]
    [ ValueType = [string] { Binary | Dword | ExpandString | MultiString | Qword | String }  ]
}

Code

Configuration MyRegistry
{
    Node $env:ComputerName
    {
        Registry MyRegistry
        {
            Ensure = 'Present'
            Key = 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ChenV'
            ValueName = 'MyDSC'
            ValueData = 'Configured Using DSC'
            ValueType = 'String'
        }
    }
}
MyRegistry
Start-DscConfiguration -Path C:\MyRegistry -Wait -Verbose -Force

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