Globals.adoc

DSC Resource 'Globals'

Globals contains global configuration attributes.

Source
DSC Resource
Documentation	Using configuration data in DSC Credentials Options in Configuration Data

Note	All attributes from category 'Globals' are root attributes and have no parent category in the YAML files. They must be placed in the AllNodes section and are part of the Configuration Data (see Using configuration data in DSC).

Table 1. Attributes of category 'Globals'

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
NodeName	Key	String	Name of the current node (computer)
PsDscAllowPlainTextPassword		Boolean	DSC configurations containing a credential without encryption will generate an error message about plain text passwords. To suppress these error and warning messages use this DSC configuration data keyword.	Default: $false
PsDscAllowDomainUser		Boolean	DSC configurations containing domain credentials will generate an error message. To suppress these error and warning messages use this DSC configuration data keyword.	Default: $false

Example

NodeName: Server01
Role:     FileServer

LogPath:  C:\Logs

PsDscAllowPlainTextPassword: True
PsDscAllowDomainUser: True

Recommended Lookup Options in Datum.yml (Excerpt)

default_lookup_options: MostSpecific

lookup_options:

  LcmConfig:
    merge_hash: deep
  LcmConfig\Settings:
    merge_hash: deep
  LcmConfig\ReportServerWeb: deep
  LcmConfig\ConfigurationRepositoryWeb:
    merge_hash: deep
  LcmConfig\ConfigurationRepositoryWeb\Server:
    merge_hash: deep