Install and Configure Octopus Server using PowerShell DSC

install-octopus-using-powershell-dsc

Configuration SampleConfig
{
    Import-DscResource -Module OctopusDSC

    Node "localhost"
    {
        cOctopusServer OctopusServer
        {
            Ensure = "Present"
            State = "Started"

            # Server instance name. Leave it as 'OctopusServer' unless you have more than one instance
            Name = "OctopusServer"

            # The url that Octopus will listen on
            WebListenPrefix = "http://localhost:80"

            SqlDbConnectionString = "Server=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;Database=Octopus;Trusted_Connection=True;"

            # The admin user to create
            OctopusAdminUsername = "admin"
            OctopusAdminPassword = "<my secret password>"

            # optional parameters
            AllowUpgradeCheck = $true
            AllowCollectionOfAnonymousUsageStatistics = $true
            ForceSSL = $false
            ListenPort = 10943
            DownloadUrl = "https://octopus.com/downloads/latest/WindowsX64/OctopusServer"
        }
    }
}

# Execute the configuration above to create a mof file
SampleConfig

# Run the configuration
Start-DscConfiguration -Path ".\SampleConfig" -Verbose -wait

# Test the configuration ran successfully
Test-DscConfiguration