Carbon is a DevOps PowerShell module for automating the configuration of Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2, and 7 computers. Carbon can configure and manage:
Carbon's automated test suite runs in the following environment:
Feel free to try on your operating system/PowerShell/.NET combination. If you experience any problems, file a bug report or send an e-mail.
Unzip the Carbon module anywhere on your file system. Import the module by running:
> & 'Path\To\Carbon\Directory\Import-Carbon.ps1'
Replace Path\To\Carbon\Directory with the actual path where you unzipped Carbon.
If you don't want to worry about remembering/finding the path to Carbon, put the Carbon directory into one of the following directories:
Then, you can simply
> Import-Module Carbon
If importing Carbon in a script, we recommend always using relative paths to create a full path to Import-Carbon.ps1. This makes your scripts portable. You can get the directory in which the current script is executing, and use that to get the path to Carbon, like this:
> $PSScriptRoot = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition > & (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot ..\Tools\Carbon\Import-Carbon.ps1 -Resolve)
For more usage information, see the Carbon help topic:
> help Carbon
To get a list of all commands imported by Carbon:
> Get-Command | Where-Object { $_.ModuleName -eq 'Carbon' }