Tag: Powershell

Windows PowerShell cmdlets to secure PSCredential Objects

March 26, 2016

I have previously discussed securing credentials using Windows Powershell atPowershell: Securing credentials using the PSCredential class. In this article, I will discuss a number of cmdlets I have created to secure credentials using a Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption key to retrieve the content from a encrypted standard string. As I am using an encryption … More Windows PowerShell cmdlets to secure PSCredential Objects

Creating JetBrains YouTrack issues with Windows PowerShell

March 26, 2016

YouTrack is a proprietary, commercial browser-based bug tracker, issue tracking system and project management software developed by JetBrains. There is also a REST API provided which allows for various actions to be performed programmatically. In this article I will describe the cmdlets I have created to create issues for projects which leverage the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet … More Creating JetBrains YouTrack issues with Windows PowerShell

Posting messages to Slack channel using Windows PowerShell

January 17, 2016

Download: Send-ToSlack As previously commented I had been exploring the use of Slack and integration with other tools. One use case was to send messages to channels within Slack when certain steps in an automated workflow were triggered and to provide notification of the status upon completion. Therefore, I created a Windows PowerShell function that would … More Posting messages to Slack channel using Windows PowerShell

Scripting Games – December 2015

January 14, 2016

So here is my submitted entry to the December 2015 Scripting Games Puzzle hosted at PowerShell.org to which comments have been posted on the Wrap Up containing the official answer(s). The challenges presented in this puzzle are described below and to which I detail my approach to solving each one. Split $list into a collection of entries, as you typed them, … More Scripting Games – December 2015

Creating concatenated certificate container files using Windows PowerShell

November 7, 2015

I was recently enabling SSL on a web application which required the certificate file to be provided as a concatenated certificate container file containing all SSL certificates in the chain. The method to perform the above is relatively simple and just requires each certificate to the chain to be opened in a text editor and the … More Creating concatenated certificate container files using Windows PowerShell