Resources output and and use as references to other resource

[mimachniak]

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

Hi I like to have resources output to pass as references or variables that can be used in other resources, with references I like to have built in depends on

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Example of secret store in Secet Store

# Test configuration for Microsoft.PowerShell/WindowsSecretStore
$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json
parameters:
  SecretPassword:
    type: secureString
    defaultValue: TestSecretValue
resources:
- name: Configure SecretStore for unattended automation
  type: Microsoft.PowerShell/WindowsSecretStore
  properties:
    authentication: Password
    passwordTimeout: -1
    interaction: None
    scope: CurrentUser # AllUsers is not supported now for this module, but will be supported in the future
    password: "[parameters('SecretPassword')]"
- name: Configure SecretStore Password
  type: Microsoft.PowerShell/WindowsSecretStore
  properties:
    Name: 
    Secret: # Byte[], String, SecureString, PSCredential, Hashtable
      Name: SecretPassword
      SercetType: SecureString
      SecretValue: TestSecretValue
  output: Configure SecretStore Password
- name: Active Directory Forest
  type: ActiveDirectoryDsc/ADDomain
    properties: 
      DomainName: contoso.com
      SafemodeAdministratorPassword:  "output:(Configure SecretStore Password).SecretPassword"
      ForestMode: WinThreshold

[Gijsreyn]

Hi @mimachniak, whilst I'm not sure if it's a best practice to output the password, have you tried using the reference() function with resourceId()? Something like this:

# Test configuration for Microsoft.PowerShell/WindowsSecretStore
$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json
parameters:
  SecretPassword:
    type: secureString
    defaultValue: TestSecretValue
resources:
- name: Configure SecretStore for unattended automation
  type: Microsoft.PowerShell/WindowsSecretStore
  properties:
    authentication: Password
    passwordTimeout: -1
    interaction: None
    scope: CurrentUser # AllUsers is not supported now for this module, but will be supported in the future
    password: "[parameters('SecretPassword')]"
- name: Configure SecretStore Password
  type: Microsoft.PowerShell/WindowsSecretStore
  properties:
    Secret:
      Name: SecretPassword
      SecretType: SecureString
      SecretValue: "[parameters('SecretPassword')]"
  dependsOn:
  - "[resourceId('Microsoft.PowerShell/WindowsSecretStore', 'Configure SecretStore for unattended automation')]"
- name: Active Directory Forest
  type: ActiveDirectoryDsc/ADDomain
  properties:
    DomainName: contoso.com
    SafemodeAdministratorPassword: "[reference(resourceId('Microsoft.PowerShell/WindowsSecretStore', 'Configure SecretStore Password')).Secret.SecretValue]"
    ForestMode: WinThreshold
  dependsOn:
  - "[resourceId('Microsoft.PowerShell/WindowsSecretStore', 'Configure SecretStore Password')]"

[mimachniak]

Don't know this reference will work with include section, that why I suggested output in example but refrence can work as well