Enabling Custom PowerShell DSC Modules with Chef

dsc-example.rb

# Define Attributes
# Move to ./attributes/default.rb
node.default['test']['module_name'] = 'xStorage'
node.default['test']['image_path'] = 'C:\Users\nathan'
node.default['test']['image_name'] = 'alpine-virt-3.5.1-x86_64.iso'
node.default['test']['drive_letter'] = 'S'

# Enable the PSGallery Repository, so that we can then install our DSC module
powershell_script 'Enable PSGallery Repository' do
  code 'Set-PSRepository -Name PSGallery -InstallationPolicy Trusted'
  not_if '(Get-PSRepository -Name PSGallery).Trusted'
end

# Install our custom DSC module, and skip if already installed
powershell_script "Install #{node['test']['module_name']} DSC Module" do
  code "Install-Module -Name #{node['test']['module_name']}"
  not_if "(Get-InstalledModule -Name #{node['test']['module_name']}).Installed"
end

# Execute the xMountImage DSC resource from the xStorage DSC module
dsc_resource 'Mount ISO' do
  resource :xMountImage
  property :ImagePath, "#{node['test']['image_path']}\\#{node['test']['image_name']}"
  property :DriveLetter, (node['test']['drive_letter']).to_s
end