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I downloaded xWebAdminstration. I modified my environment variable PSModulePath in Windows (I'm testing/developing on Win 7).
In C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules, I have 7 directories, for example the first is MSFT_xiisModule.
My environment variable PSModulePath is set to: %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\
I ran this:
Write-Host "`$env:PSModulePath=$($env:PSModulePath)"
Write-Host "`$env:ProgramFiles=$($env:ProgramFiles)"
Write-Host "`$CurrentValue=$CurrentValue"
Write-Host "`$PSVersionTable.PSVersion=$($PSVersionTable.PSVersion)"
Get-Module -ListAvailable
Write-Host "`n`n==== DscResources ====="
Get-DscResource | Select Name, Properties | ft -AutoSize
and this is the output (which shows the modules are being found as module, but not as DscResources):
$env:PSModulePath=C:\Users\neal.walters\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerS
hell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Serv
er\120\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\;c:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\
$env:ProgramFiles=C:\Program Filession=4.0
Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Script 0.0 MSFT_xIisModule {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebApplication {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebAppPool {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebConfigKeyValue {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebDeploy {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebsite {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebVirtualDirectory {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Directory: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Manifest 1.0.0.0 AppLocker {Set-AppLockerPolicy, Get-AppLockerP...
Manifest 1.0.0.0 BitsTransfer {Add-BitsFile, Remove-BitsTransfer, ...
Manifest 1.0.0.0 CimCmdlets {Get-CimAssociatedInstance, Get-CimC...
Script 1.0.0.0 ISE {New-IseSnippet, Import-IseSnippet, ...
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics {Get-WinEvent, Get-Counter, Import-C...
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Host {Start-Transcript, Stop-Transcript}
Manifest 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Content, Clear-Content, Clear-I...
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Security {Get-Acl, Set-Acl, Get-PfxCertificat...
Manifest 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility {Format-List, Format-Custom, Format-...
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.WSMan.Management {Disable-WSManCredSSP, Enable-WSManC...
Binary 1.0 PSDesiredStateConfiguration {Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager, S...
Script 1.0.0.0 PSDiagnostics {Disable-PSTrace, Disable-PSWSManCom...
Binary 1.1.0.0 PSScheduledJob {New-JobTrigger, Add-JobTrigger, Rem...
Manifest 2.0.0.0 PSWorkflow {New-PSWorkflowExecutionOption, New-...
Manifest 1.0.0.0 PSWorkflowUtility Invoke-AsWorkflow
Manifest 1.0.0.0 TroubleshootingPack {Get-TroubleshootingPack, Invoke-Tro...
Manifest 1.0.0.0 WebAdministration {Start-WebCommitDelay, Stop-WebCommi...
Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\PowerShell\Modules
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Manifest 1.0 SQLASCMDLETS {Add-RoleMember, Backup-ASDatabase, ...
Manifest 1.0 SQLPS {Backup-SqlDatabase, Add-SqlAvailabi...
Directory: c:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Script 0.0 MSFT_xIisModule {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebApplication {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebAppPool {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebConfigKeyValue {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebDeploy {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebsite {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
Script 0.0 MSFT_xWebVirtualDirectory {Get-TargetResource, Set-TargetResou...
==== DscResources =====
Name Properties
---- ----------
File {DestinationPath, Attributes, Checksum, Contents...}
Archive {Destination, Path, Checksum, DependsOn...}
Environment {Name, DependsOn, Ensure, Path...}
Group {GroupName, Credential, DependsOn, Description...}
Log {Message, DependsOn}
Package {Name, Path, ProductId, Arguments...}
Registry {Key, ValueName, DependsOn, Ensure...}
Script {GetScript, SetScript, TestScript, Credential...}
Service {Name, BuiltInAccount, Credential, DependsOn...}
User {UserName, DependsOn, Description, Disabled...}
WindowsFeature {Name, Credential, DependsOn, Ensure...}
WindowsProcess {Arguments, Path, Credential, DependsOn...}
This module requires the latest version of PowerShell (v4.0, which ships in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012R2). It also requires IIS features.
I see that you have PS 4 installed from your output. Do you also have IIS features installed? Since not all IIS features are available on Windows 7, I wonder if maybe it's not possible to use this on a client OS. Unfortunately they don't seem to specify which features. – briantistGet-Module
call, all of the modules with DSC resources show a version of 0.0 in your call, but in mine they show real versions. That could be a clue as to what's happening.Get-DscResource
does show the resources on my system. What is your execution policy? These are script modules so you need to be able to run scripts to load them. – briantistDSCResources
folder is absolutely required. The directory structure is very important. Your path should be something like this (for an example file):C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\xWebAdministration\DSCResources\MSFT_xWebApplication\MSFT_xWebApplication.psm1
– briantist