Downloading ArcGIS Installation Setups - Esri/arcgis-powershell-dsc GitHub Wiki

ArcGIS Module v4.0.0 and above, has the ability to download ArcGIS installation setups to a local or shared directory.

• Set ConfigData.DownloadSetups attribute to true.
• Specify an ArcGIS Online username and password for ConfigData.Credentials.AGOCredential.
• For the ConfigData.*.Installer.Path attributes specify a local or shared path with the setup file name for which the setup will be downloaded to.
  • If the local directory specified for ConfigData.*.Installer.Path attribute does not exist, the module will create it.
    • When using a local directory for ConfigData.*.Installer.Path in multi-machine deployments, the files are downloaded to all the target nodes.
  • Using a shared (network) directory for ConfigData.*.Installer.Path is supported. The following conditions must be met:
    • The share must already exist and the NT\Authority System (LocalSystem) account from each target node will need access to the share.
    • Set ConfigData.DownloadSetupsToSharedPath attribute to true

"ConfigData": {
   "Version": "12.1",
   "ServerRole": "GeneralPurposeServer",
   "DownloadSetups": true,
   "DownloadSetupsToSharedPath": false,
   "Credentials": {
      "ServiceAccount": {
         "UserName": "arcgis",
	     "Password": "<redacted>",
         "IsDomainAccount": false
      },
      "AGOCredential":{
         "UserName": "agousername",
         "Password": "<redacted>"
      }
   },
   "Server": {
      "Installer": {
         "Path": "C:\\Software\\Archives\\ArcGIS_Server_Windows_121_200157.exe",
         "VolumePaths": [
            "C:\\Software\\Archives\\ArcGIS_Server_Windows_121_200157.exe.001"
         ],
         "InstallDir": "C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Server"
      }
   }
}

Note: Instead of passing in plaintext passwords, you can use PasswordFilePath attributes to define an encrypted password file. For additional information see: Password Files and Encrypted Deployments.