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about_PSDepend_Definitions SHORT DESCRIPTION PSDepend has several configuration definitions to work with LONG DESCRIPTION PSDepend has several configuration definitions to work with: Dependency configurations: *.Depend.psd1 script files Dependency type configurations: Map Dependency types to scripts that run them Please see about_PSDepend or other general PSDepend help for clarification on terminology DETAILED DESCRIPTION Dependency Configurations: *.Depend.psd1 ========================================= These are PowerShell data files that tell PSDepend what to install. We use the following attributes: DependencyFile: File that we read a dependency from DependencyName: Unique name within a dependency file - this is the key, the rest of the data is stored in this key's value. DependencyType: The dependency type. Defaults to PSGalleryModule Name: Name of the thing to deploy. Optional, use this if DependencyName has a collision Version: Version to install and check for. The dependency script author is responsible for testing whether this version already exists and installing it if not. Parameters: Optional parameters if the dependency type's script takes parameters. For example, the PSGalleryModule has an optional 'Repository' parameter. Source: Optional source. For example, a FileDownload source is a URL Target: Optional target. For example, a PSGalleryModule can target a path (uses Save-Module), or a scope like AllUsers (uses Install-Module) AddToPath: Optional flag to specify whether to add the installed dependency to the PATH (or PSModulePath, or comparable setting) Tags: Optional tags to categorize and filter dependencies DependsOn: Dependency that this Dependency depends upon. Uses DependencyName for reference. PreScripts: One or more paths to scripts to process before the dependency is processed PostScripts: One or more paths to scripts to process after the dependency is processed Raw: Raw data from the dependency in the psd1 file A *.depend.ps1 file will have one or more dependency nodes like this: @{ # This means 'install the latest copy of pester if I don't have it already, for all users, via PSGalleryModule' # We treat the value as a 'Version, if it's not a hashtable pester = 'latest' # Install a specific version of psake for all users via PSGalleryModule psake = '4.6.0' # Install the latest buildhelpers module from PSGalleryModule, for the CurrentUser only buildhelpers = @{ target = 'CurrentUser' } # This is a fleshed out dependency that doesn't rely on default values # Maybe I need multiple copies of PSDeploy, so I give the key a unique name... psdeploy_0_1_8 = @{ # This overrides the name that typically comes from the key name = psdeploy # We want a specific version version = '0.1.8' # We want to install to a specific path target = 'C:\ProjectX' # This is the default, but specified for clarity... DependencyType = 'PSGalleryModule' # Parameters specific to our PSGalleryModule dependency type parameters = @{ # We want to install from an internal repository named MyPSGalleryRepository, that I've already registered Repository = 'MyPSGalleryRepository' } # Tag it. Maybe only install in certain scenarios tags = 'prod' # Add to the PSModulePath AddToPath = $True # Make sure buildhelpers installs first DependsOn = 'buildhelpers' # Run this script after installing the module PostScripts = "C:\Finalize-ProjectX.ps1" } } Dependency type map: PSDeployMap.psd1 ================================ This is a file that tells PSDeploy what script to use for each DeploymentType. By default, it sits in your PSDeploy module folder. There are two scenarios you would generally work with this: - You want to extend PSDeploy to add more DeploymentTypes - You want to move the PSDeploy.yml to a central location that multiple systems could point to There are three attributes to each DeploymentType in this file: DeploymentType Name: The name of this DeploymentType Script: The name of the script to process these DeploymentTypes This looks in the PSDeploy module path, under PSDeployScripts You can theoretically specify an absolute path Description: Description for this DeploymentType. Provided to a user when they run Get-PSDeploymentType. The PSDeploy.yml file will have one or more DeploymentType blocks like this: Filesystem: Script: Filesystem.ps1 Description: Uses the current session and Robocopy or Copy-Item for folder and file deployments, respectively. See about_PSDeploy for more information |