[xDscWebService] not in desired state when AcceptSelfSignedCertificates Parameter is not used

Problem description

If you create a Pullserver and do not set the AcceptSelfSignedCertificates Parameter the Set-TargetResource will set it to $true

[Parameter()]
        [System.Boolean]
        $AcceptSelfSignedCertificates = $true,

But the Test-TargetRessource will set it to $false

[Parameter()]
        [System.Boolean]
        $AcceptSelfSignedCertificates,

Because of that the Test-DscConfiguration command will report the Ressource not in desired state.

Verbose logs

Invoke-DscResource -Name xDscWebService -Method test -Property @{
    Ensure                   = 'Present'
    EndpointName             = 'PSDSCPullServer'
    ApplicationPoolName      = 'PSDSCPullServer'
    Port                     = 443
    PhysicalPath             = "E:\inetpub\wwwroot\PSDSCPullServer"
    CertificateThumbPrint    = 'CertificateThumbprint'
    ModulePath               = "E:\PSDSCPullServer\Modules"
    ConfigurationPath        = "E:\PSDSCPullServer\Configuration"
    State                    = 'Started'
    RegistrationKeyPath      = "E:\PSDSCPullServer\"
    DatabasePath             = "E:\PSDSCPullServer\Database"
    UseSecurityBestPractices = $false
    ConfigureFirewall        = $false
    } -Verbose -ModuleName xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
VERBOSE: Perform operation 'Invoke CimMethod' with following parameters, ''methodName' = Resourcetest,'className' = MSFT_DSCLocalConf
igurationManager,'namespaceName' = root/Microsoft/Windows/DesiredStateConfiguration'.
VERBOSE: An LCM method call arrived from computer COMPUTERNAME with user sid S-MY-SID.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]: LCM:  [ Start  Test     ]  [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess]
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check Ensure.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check Port.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check Application Pool.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check Binding.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Checking firewall rule settings.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check Physical Path property.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check State.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Get Full Path for Web.config file.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check DatabasePath.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check ModulePath.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check ConfigurationPath.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check RegistrationKeyPath.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Check AcceptSelfSignedCertificates.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] AcceptSelfSignedCertificates is disabled. Ch
ecking if module Selfsigned IIS module is NOT configured for web site at 'E:\inetpub\wwwroot\PSDSCPullServer\web.config'.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Test-IISSelfSignedModuleEnabled: EndpointNam
e 'PSDSCPullServer'
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Test-IISSelfSignedModuleEnabled: web.confg p
ath 'E:\inetpub\wwwroot\PSDSCPullServer\web.config'
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]:                            [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] Module present in web site. Current configur
ation does not match the desired state.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]: LCM:  [ End    Test     ]  [[xDSCWebService]DirectResourceAccess] False in 0.3150 seconds.
VERBOSE: [COMPUTERNAME]: LCM:  [ End    Set      ]    in  0.8740 seconds.
VERBOSE: Operation 'Invoke CimMethod' complete.

InDesiredState 
-------------- 
False          
VERBOSE: Time taken for configuration job to complete is 0.96 seconds

DSC configuration

xDscWebService PSDSCPullServer {
            Ensure                       = 'Present'
            EndpointName                 = 'PSDSCPullServer'
            ApplicationPoolName          = 'PSDSCPullServer'
            Port                         = 443
            PhysicalPath                 = "E:\inetpub\wwwroot\PSDSCPullServer"
            CertificateThumbPrint        = 'CertificateThumbprint'
            ModulePath                   = "E:\PSDSCPullServer\Modules"
            ConfigurationPath            = "E:\PSDSCPullServer\Configuration"
            State                        = 'Started'
            RegistrationKeyPath          = "E:\PSDSCPullServer\"
            DatabasePath                 = "E:\PSDSCPullServer\Database"
            AcceptSelfSignedCertificates = $true
            UseSecurityBestPractices     = $false
            ConfigureFirewall            = $false
}

Operating system the target node is running

OsName               : Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
OsOperatingSystemSKU : DatacenterServerEdition
OsArchitecture       : 64-bit
WindowsVersion       : 2009
WindowsBuildLabEx    : 20348.1.amd64fre.fe_release.210507-1500
OsLanguage           : en-US
OsMuiLanguages       : {en-US}

PowerShell version and build the target node is running

Name                           Value                                                                                                
----                           -----                                                                                                
PSVersion                      5.1.20348.2227                                                                                       
PSEdition                      Desktop                                                                                              
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                              
BuildVersion                   10.0.20348.2227                                                                                      
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000                                                                                      
WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                                  
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                                                                                  
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

xPSDesiredStateConfiguration version

Name                         Version Path                                                                                           
----                         ------- ----                                                                                           
xPSDesiredStateConfiguration 9.1.0   C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\xPSDesiredStateConfiguration\9.1.0\xPSDesiredStat...

dsccommunity / xPSDesiredStateConfiguration

[xDscWebService] not in desired state when AcceptSelfSignedCertificates Parameter is not used #768