Powershell DSC - Download MSI file to VM

Question

I've tried the following example to download from Azure blob or Azure file share but never got it to work. Is there a way to download files to VM passing credentials or keys?

        Import-DSCResource -ModuleName PSDesiredStateConfiguration, xPSDesiredStateConfiguration        

Node webServer  
{           xRemoteFile Installs
                 {
                 DestinationPath = "C:\Scripts"
                 Credential = $StorageCredential
                 Ensure = "Present"
                 SourcePath = "https://storagename.blob.core.windows.net/installs"
                 Type = "Directory"
                 Recurse = $true
                 }  
    }

I also tried the using File module.

    Import-DSCResource -ModuleName PSDesiredStateConfiguration, xPSDesiredStateConfiguration

                Node webServer
                {
                                File Installs
                                {
                                DestinationPath = "C:\Scripts"
                                Credential = $StorageCredential
                                Ensure = "Present"
                                SourcePath = "\\storagename.file.core.windows.net\installs"
                                Type = "Directory"
                                Recurse = $true
                                }
                }

Answer 1

If you download file from Azure File Share, you could refer to this example . Add following script to your script.

Configuration SimpleExampleWithCredentials {

  param(

      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]

      [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]

      [PSCredential]$Credentials

  )

If you use classic VM, you could use the following cmdlets.

Set-AzureVMDscExtension -VM $vm -ConfigurationArchive MyConfiguration.ps1.zip -ConfigurationName MyConfiguration -ConfigurationArgument @{ storageCredential= (Get-Credential) }

If you use ARM VM, you should use cmdlet Set-​Azure​Rm​VM​Dsc​Extension .