v4.9.0

Author: jdhitsolutions

Authoring-FAQ.md

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+# Authoring FAQ
+
+This guide is intended for people who are creating their own lab configurations.If you want to do so, the best approach is to make a copy of a configuration folder that is closest to what you want and then modify those files.
+
+**It is not recommended to attempt to author your own configuration without solid PowerShell, Desired State Configuration and Hyper-V experience.**
+
+## How do I specify a different operating system
+
+First, find the node information in the VMConfigurationData.psd1 file.
+
+```powershell
+@{
+    NodeName           = 'S1'
+    IPAddress          = '192.168.3.50'
+    #Role = 'DomainJoin' # example of multiple roles @('DomainJoin', 'Web')
+    Role               = @('DomainJoin', 'Web')
+    Lability_BootOrder = 20
+    Lability_timeZone  = 'US Mountain Standard Time' #[System.TimeZoneInfo]::GetSystemTimeZones()
+    Lability_Media     = '2019_x64_Standard_EN_Core_Eval'
+}
+```
+
+You will need to change the `Lability_Media` section. At a PowerShell prompt run `Get-LabMedia`. Copy the appropriate ID and replace the `Lability_Media` value. The first time you build the configuration with new media, the corresponding ISO file will be downloaded.
+
+## I'm getting an error when my VM is booting for the first time
+
+Full error: *Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file [C:\Windows\system32\sysprep\unattend.xml] for pass [specialize]. The answer file is invalid.*
+
+Make sure that the configuration changes you've made are valid. Specifically, this error is known to be caused by an invalid NodeName. NodeName on Windows must match the rules for a Windows Computer Name, notably a 15 character maximum. See details here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/909264
+
+## How can I avoid issues when changing VM names
+
+Use `Wipe-Lab` before changing names (i.e `NodeName` or `EnvironmentPrefix`), otherwise Wipe-Lab won't work and you'll have to manually cleanup previously created VMs.
+
+## How can I manually clean up a lab
+
+Normally, when you run `Wipe-Lab` that should handle everything for you. But if there is a problem you can take these manual steps.
+
++ Open the Hyper-V manager and manually shutdown or turn off the virtual machines in your lab configuration.
++ In the Hyper-V manager, manually select each virtual machine and delete it.
++ Open Windows Explorer or a PowerShell prompt and change to the configuration directory.
++ Manually delete any MOF files.
++ Change to C:\Autolab\VMVirtualDisks (or the drive where you have Autolab configured).
++ Manually delete any files that are named with virtual machines from your configuration.
+
+## How can I change a VM's timezone
+
+1. First, find your desired timezone using one of these PowerShell commands:
+
+```powershell
+# Filter all timezones, take the Id property from the desired timezone:
+[System.TimeZoneInfo]::GetSystemTimeZones().Where({$_.Id -like '*Eastern*'})
+
+# Get your current timezone:
+(Get-TimeZone).Id
+```
+
+2. Open the lab's `Lab-Name.psd1` and change `Lability_timeZone` per Node.
+
+Another option is to use the `-UseLocalTimeZone` parameter when running `Setup-Lab` or `Unattend-Lab`. This will configure all virtual machines in the lab configuration to use the same time zone as the local host.
+
+### last updated 2020-04-23 18:21:49Z UTC

Configurations/PowerShellLab/VMValidate.test.ps1

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                 }
             }
         } #if ous
- 
+
         $groups = Invoke-Command {
             Try {
                 Get-ADGroup -filter * -ErrorAction Stop
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Describe DOM1 {
         }
     }
     Catch {
-        It "[DOM1] Should allow a PSSession" {
+        It "[DOM1] Should allow a PSSession but got error: $($_.exception.message)" {
             $false | Should Be $True
         }
       }
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Describe SRV1 {
         }
     }
     Catch {
-        It "[SRV1] Should allow a PSSession" {
+        It "[SRV1] Should allow a PSSession but got error: $($_.exception.message)" {
             $false | Should Be $True
         }
       }
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Describe SRV2 {
         }
     }
     Catch {
-        It "[SRV2] Should allow a PSSession" {
+        It "[SRV2] Should allow a PSSession but got error: $($_.exception.message)" {
             $false | Should Be $True
         }
      }
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Describe SRV3 {
         }
     }
     Catch {
-        It "[SRV3] Should allow a PSSession" {
+        It "[SRV3] Should allow a PSSession but got error: $($_.exception.message)" {
             $false | Should Be $True
         }   }
 }
@@ -297,9 +297,8 @@ Describe Win10 {
             $test.domain | Should Be $Domain
         }
 
-        It "[WIN10] Should be running Windows 10 Enterprise version 18362" {
+        It "[WIN10] Should be running Windows 10 Enterprise" {
             $test = Invoke-Command { Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_operatingsystem -property version, caption } -session $cl
-            $test.Version | Should Be '10.0.18362'
             $test.caption | Should BeLike "*Enterprise*"
         }
 
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ Describe Win10 {
         }
     }
     Catch {
-        It "[Win10] Should allow a PSSession" {
+        It "[Win10] Should allow a PSSession but got error: $($_.exception.message)" {
             $false | Should Be $True
         }
        }

Configurations/SingleServer2012R2-GUI/Instructions.md

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+# Lab Definition
+
+This lab builds the following:
+
+    Computername : S12R2GUI
+    Description  : Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64bit English Evaluation with WMF 5.1
+    Role         :
+    IPAddress    : 192.168.3.122
+    MemoryGB     : 4
+
+Administrator password is P@ssw0rd.
+
+## To get started
+
+To run the full lab setup, which includes Setup-Lab, Run-Lab, Enable-Internet, and Validate-Lab. You should run all commands from the directory with the MOF and psd1 files.
+
+```powershell
+PS> Unattend-Lab
+```
+
+To run the commands individually to setup the lab environment:
+
+Run the following for initial setup:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Setup-Lab
+```
+
+To start the Lab, and apply configurations the first time:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Run-Lab
+```
+
+To enable Internet access for the VMs, run:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Enable-Internet
+```
+
+To validate when configurations have converged:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Validate-Lab
+```
+
+Or you can run the Pester test directly
+
+```powershell
+PS> Invoke-Pester vmvalidate.test.ps1
+```
+
+## To Stop and snapshot the lab
+
+To stop the lab VMs:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Shutdown-lab
+```
+
+To checkpoint the VMs:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Snapshot-Lab
+```
+
+To quickly rebuild the labs from the checkpoint, run:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Refresh-Lab
+```
+
+## To Patch a lab
+
+If you want to make sure the virtual machines have the latest updates from Microsoft, you can run this command:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Update-Lab
+```
+
+Because this may take some time to run, you can also run it as a background job.
+
+```powershell
+PS> Update-Lab -asjob
+```
+
+## To remove a lab
+
+To destroy the lab to build again run:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Wipe-Lab
+```
+
+You will be prompted for each virtual machine. Or you can force the removal and suppress the prompts:
+
+```powershell
+PS> Wipe-Lab -force
+```

Configurations/SingleServer2012R2-GUI/VMConfiguration.ps1

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+
+Configuration AutoLab {
+
+    $LabData = Import-PowerShellDataFile -Path $PSScriptRoot\*.psd1
+    $Secure = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "$($labdata.allnodes.labpassword)" -AsPlainText -Force
+    $credential = New-Object -typename Pscredential -ArgumentList Administrator, $secure
+
+    #region DSC Resources
+    Import-DSCresource -ModuleName "PSDesiredStateConfiguration" -ModuleVersion "1.1"
+    Import-DSCResource -modulename "xPSDesiredStateConfiguration" -ModuleVersion  "9.1.0"
+    Import-DSCResource -modulename "xComputerManagement" -ModuleVersion  "4.1.0.0"
+    Import-DSCResource -modulename "xNetworking" -ModuleVersion  "5.7.0.0"
+
+    #endregion
+    #region All Nodes
+    node $AllNodes.Where( {$true}).NodeName {
+        #endregion
+        #region LCM configuration
+
+        LocalConfigurationManager {
+            RebootNodeIfNeeded   = $true
+            AllowModuleOverwrite = $true
+            ConfigurationMode    = 'ApplyOnly'
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Remove PowerShell v2
+
+        WindowsFeature PS2 {
+            Name = 'PowerShell-V2'
+            Ensure = 'Absent'
+        }
+
+        #region
+
+        #region IPaddress settings
+
+        If (-not [System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($node.IPAddress)) {
+            xIPAddress 'PrimaryIPAddress' {
+                IPAddress      = $node.IPAddress
+                InterfaceAlias = $node.InterfaceAlias
+                AddressFamily  = $node.AddressFamily
+            }
+
+            If (-not [System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($node.DefaultGateway)) {
+                xDefaultGatewayAddress 'PrimaryDefaultGateway' {
+                    InterfaceAlias = $node.InterfaceAlias
+                    Address        = $node.DefaultGateway
+                    AddressFamily  = $node.AddressFamily
+                }
+            }
+
+            If (-not [System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($node.DnsServerAddress)) {
+                xDnsServerAddress 'PrimaryDNSClient' {
+                    Address        = $node.DnsServerAddress
+                    InterfaceAlias = $node.InterfaceAlias
+                    AddressFamily  = $node.AddressFamily
+                }
+            }
+
+            If (-not [System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($node.DnsConnectionSuffix)) {
+                xDnsConnectionSuffix 'PrimaryConnectionSuffix' {
+                    InterfaceAlias           = $node.InterfaceAlias
+                    ConnectionSpecificSuffix = $node.DnsConnectionSuffix
+                }
+            }
+        } #End IF
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Firewall Rules
+
+        $LabData = Import-PowerShellDataFile -Path $psscriptroot\*.psd1
+        $FireWallRules = $labdata.Allnodes.FirewallRuleNames
+
+        foreach ($Rule in $FireWallRules) {
+            xFirewall $Rule {
+                Name    = $Rule
+                Enabled = 'True'
+            }
+        } #End foreach
+
+    } #end Firewall Rules
+    #endregion
+
+} # End AllNodes
+#endregion
+
+AutoLab -OutputPath $PSScriptRoot -ConfigurationData $PSScriptRoot\*.psd1
+