Get-AzVMDscExtension

Gets the settings of the DSC extension on a particular virtual machine.

Syntax

Get-AzVMDscExtension
   [-ResourceGroupName] <String>
   [-VMName] <String>
   [[-Name] <String>]
   [-Status]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzVMDscExtension
   [-Status]
   [-VM <PSVirtualMachine>]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-AzVMDscExtension cmdlet gets the settings of the Desired State Configuration (DSC) extension on a particular virtual machine.

Examples

Example 1: Get the settings of a DSC extension

Get-AzVMDscExtension -ResourceGroupName "ResourceGroup002" -VMName "VM07" -Name "DSC"

This command gets the settings of extension named DSC on the virtual machine named VM07.

Parameters

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure.

Type:IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Specifies the name of the Azure Resource Manager resource that represents the extension. The Set-AzVMDscExtension cmdlet sets this name to Microsoft.Powershell.DSC, which is the same value that is used by Get-AzVMDscExtension. Specify this parameter only if you changed the default name in the Set-AzVMDscExtension cmdlet or used a different resource name in a Resource Manager template.

Type:String
Position:2
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ResourceGroupName

Specifies the name of the resource group of the virtual machine.

Type:String
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Status

Indicates that this cmdlet gets the instance view of the DSC extension.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VM

Specifies the virtual machine object the extension is on.

Type:PSVirtualMachine
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VMName

Specifies the name of a virtual machine for which this cmdlet gets the DSC extension.

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

String

SwitchParameter

Outputs

VirtualMachineDscExtensionContext