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dsc resource get result schema reference

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Synopsis

The result output from the dsc resource get command.

Metadata

SchemaDialect: https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema
SchemaID:      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2024/04/outputs/resource/get.json
Type:          object

Description

Describes the return data for a DSC Resource instance from the dsc resource get command. The return data is either a single object that describes the actual state of a non-nested instance or an array of objects that describe the actual state of the nested instances for a group or adapter resource.

DSC returns a simple get response when the instance isn't a group resource, adapter resource, or nested inside a group or adapter resource.

When the retrieved instance is for group resource, adapter resource, or nested inside a group or adapter resource, DSC returns a full get result, which also includes the resource type and instance name.

Simple get response

Describes the return data for a single DSC Resource instance from the dsc resource get command. This data is returned for instances that aren't group resources, adapter resources, or nested inside a group or adapter resource.

Required properties

The output always includes these properties:

Properties

actualState

The actualState property always includes the state of the instance returned when DSC invokes the resource's get operation. DSC validates this property's value against the resource's instance schema.

Type:     object
Required: true

Full get result

Describes the return data for the full result of the get operation for a resource instance. This data is returned:

  • For every instance in a configuration document when you use the dsc config get command.
  • For nested instances of a group or adapter resource when you use the dsc resource get command.

Required properties

Properties

metadata

Defines metadata DSC returns for a configuration operation. The properties under the Microsoft.DSC property describe the context of the operation.

  • duration defines the duration of a DSC operation against a configuration document or resource instance as a string following the format defined in ISO8601 ABNF for duration. For example, PT0.611216S represents a duration of about 0.61 seconds.
Type:     object
Required: true

type

The type property identifies the instance's DSC Resource by its fully qualified type name. For more information about type names, see DSC Resource fully qualified type name schema reference.

Type:     string
Required: true
Pattern:  ^\w+(\.\w+){0,2}\/\w+$

name

The name property identifies the instance by its short, unique, human-readable name.

Type:     string
Required: true

result

The result property includes the actual state for the resource. This value is either:

  • The simple get response for the instance
  • An array of full get result objects for each nested instance, if the resource is a group or adapter resource.
Type: [object, array]
Required: true