Powershell Cookbook

Installs and configures PowerShell 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 or 5.0.

Maintainers

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Requirements

Platforms

Not every version of Windows supports every version of Powershell. The following table illustrates Powershell support across the Windows family. Included means that the base installation of the operating system includes the indicated version of Powershell.

Windows Version	PowerShell 2.0	PowerShell 3.0	PowerShell 4.0	PowerShell 5.0
Windows Server 2008 R2	Included	Supported	Supported	Supported
Windows Server 2012 / Windows 8	Included	Included	Supported	Supported
Windows Server 2012R2 / Windows 8.1	Included	Not Available	Included	Supported

Chef

Chef 13+

Cookbooks

windows 3.0+

PowerShell also requires the appropriate version of the Microsoft .NET Framework to be installed, if the operating system does not ship with that version. The following community cookbooks are used to install the correct version of the .NET Framework:

ms_dotnet

Resources

`powershell_module`

Deprecated

The powershell_module has been removed from this cookbook as it was non-functional for most needs and has been replaced with built in resources in chef:

Usage

Note: The installation may require a restart of the node being configured before PowerShell can be used.

default

The default recipe contains no resources and will do nothing if included on a run_list.

powershell2

Include the powershell2 recipe in a run list, to ensure PowerShell 2.0 is installed. If the platform is not supported, a warning will be logged.

powershell3

Include the powershell3 recipe in a run list, to install PowerShell 3.0 is installed on applicable platforms. If the platform is not supported, a warning will be logged.

powershell4

Include the powershell4 recipe in a run list, to install PowerShell 4.0 is installed on applicable platforms. If the platform is not supported, a warning will be logged.

powershell5

Include the powershell5 recipe in a run list, to install PowerShell 5.0 is installed on applicable platforms. If the platform is not supported, a warning will be logged.