Error while applying configuration using PowerShell DSC VM extension : "Compilation errors occurred while processing configuration"

Question

I have a simple configuration that I am trying to apply to an Azure VM using PowerShell DSC extension

Configuration DSCTest
{
    Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
    Node "localhost"
    {
        File ESETInstaller
        {
            Type = 'Directory'
            DestinationPath = 'C:\ESETInstaller'
            Ensure = "Present"
        }

    }
}

DSCTest

I've published this using Publish-AzVMDscConfiguration "D:\Test\DSCTest.ps1" -OutputArchivePath "D:\Test\DSCTest.ps1.zip" and then I uploaded this zip file in Azure BLOB storage. After that, I tried to apply this configuration to a VM using the following command:

Set-AzVMDscExtension -ResourceGroupName 'TestDSC' -VMName 'TestDSCVM' -ArchiveStorageAccountName 'test***********' -ArchiveResourceGroupName '******' -ConfigurationName $configurationName -ArchiveBlobName "DSCTest.ps1.zip" -ArchiveContainerName 'dsc' -Name "DSCTest" -Version 2.76

In the target machine, I can see that the DSC folder appears

But on the console I get the error:

Although, I am able to successfully apply the configuration in the target machine by manually executing the command from inside that VM.

Please let me know if anyone has ever faced this issue before. Thanks.

Meenakshi Meenakshi · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-10T22:35:16

The logs inside the target machine showed that the issue is with the execution policy.

In my script I changed "Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned" to "Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Scope CurrentUser -Force" and it worked fine.

Error while applying configuration using PowerShell DSC VM extension : "Compilation errors occurred while processing configuration"

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