Example to use parameters in a configuration.dsc.yaml file

[FrancisGauthier]

Hi,

Ive been experimenting winget configure using a yaml file to set up work stations for developpers.

I want to use parameters to set up the dev drive letter

here is a part of the actual yaml file with the drive letter hardcoded to "E:"

i would like to use a parameter, so a developper could set up the drive letter to "Z:" instead.

Another benefit would be that we won't have to scan to whole file to find out where the devdrive ressource is in order to change the setting value.

I saw that there is a "parameters" defined in the winget configure schema file. Are there examples available? I do not see any in the doc neither on microsoft's documentation. Here is the part of the schema that i am referencing to:

             "parameters": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/resource" },
                "description": "Resources that retrieve information via a 'get' operation."
            },

Thanks

[denelon]

We're looking at the schema for DSC v3 which includes support for parameters. In a future preview release we will include experimental support.

There is an example over in the PowerShell DSC project.