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Carbon
Carbon is a PowerShell module for automating the configuration Windows 7, 8, 2008, and 2012 and automation the installation and configuration of Windows applications, websites, and services. It can configure and manage: * Local users and groups * IIS websites, virtual directories, and applications * File system, registry, and certificate permissions * Certificates * Privileges * Services * Encryption * Junctions * Hosts file * INI files * Performance counters * Shares * .NET connection strings and app settings * And much more! All functions are idempotent: when run multiple times with the same arguments, your system will be in the same state without failing or producing errors.
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Carbon is a PowerShell module for automating the configuration Windows 7, 8, 2008, and 2012 and automation the installation and configuration of Windows applications, websites, and services. It can configure and manage: * Local users and groups * IIS websites, virtual directories, and applications * File system, registry, and certificate permissions * Certificates * Privileges * Services * Encryption * Junctions * Hosts file * INI files * Performance counters * Shares * .NET connection strings and app settings * And much more! All functions are idempotent: when run multiple times with the same arguments, your system will be in the same state without failing or producing errors.
We found that carbon demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 03 Nov 2021
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