Build App Server for a DSC Demo

BuildAppServer

$ConfigData =@{
    AllNodes = @(
        @{
          NodeName = "localhost"
          PSDSCAllowPlainTextPassword = $True
          }
    )

}

Configuration BuildLabAppServer{

    param(
        
        [parameter(Mandatory)]
        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
        [string]$NodeName,

        [parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
        [string]$ComputerName,

        [parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
        [string]$Domain,

        [parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
        [string]$IP,

        [parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
        [string]$DNSIP,

        [parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
        [string]$Gateway,

        [parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
        [string]$Subnet
    )

    #unsecure, not safe or recommended way to do this
    $Creds = ConvertTo-SecureString "Passw0rd!" -AsPlainText -Force
    $DomainAdminCred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("$Domain\Administrator", $Creds)
    $SafeModeAdminCred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("Administrator", $Creds)

    Import-DscResource -ModuleName xNetworking,xComputerManagement,xPendingReboot,xActiveDirectory

    Node $NodeName{

        LocalConfigurationManager{
            RebootNodeIfNeeded = $True
        }

        xIPAddress APPIP{
            IPAddress = $IP
            DefaultGateway = $Gateway
            SubnetMask = $Subnet
            AddressFamily = "IPv4"
            InterfaceAlias = "Ethernet"
        }
          
        xDNSServerAddress DomainDNS{
            Address = $DNSIP
            InterfaceAlias = "Ethernet"
            AddressFamily = "IPv4"
        }

        xComputer RenameAndDomainJoin{
           Name = $ComputerName
           DomainName = $Domain
           Credential = $DomainAdminCred
           DependsOn = "[xIPAddress]APPIP","[xDNSServerAddress]DomainDNS"
       }

       xPendingReboot DomainJoin{
            Name = "Check for reboot after domain join"
       }
        
    }#Node

}#configuration

BuildLabAppServer -ConfigurationData $ConfigData -NodeName localhost -computername $YourComputerName -Domain $YourDomain -IP $YourIP -Gateway $YourGateway -Subnet 24 -DNSIP $YourDNS -OutputPath $YourPath
Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager -Path $YourPath
Get-DSCLocalConfigurationManager
Start-DscConfiguration -Wait -Force -Verbose -Path $YourPath