AutomatedLab.Common

This repository collects helper functions from different areas like DSC, Networking, PKI, … for use in your infrastructure. Our module AutomatedLab heavily relies on these cmdlets as well.

Common

Our common cmdlets include adding modules, functions, and variables to PowerShell sessions, enabling the ?? operator, synchronizing cmdlet parameters and many more.

• Add-AccountPrivilege: Adds extended privileges like e.g. LogonAsService for one or more accounts
• Add-FunctionToPSSession: Adds one or more functions to PowerShell sessions – never change your scripts again
• Add-StringIncrement: Increments a string like “Adapter 1” to “Adapter 2”
• Add-VariableToPSSession: Adds one or more variables to PowerShell sessions – never change your scripts again
• Get-ConsoleText: returns the currently visible console buffer or script file to e.g. copy everything
• Get-FullMesh: Returns a mesh for a given list of items, e.g. to aid with DNS forwarder creation
• Get-StringSection: Dissects a string into sections of a configurable size
• Get-Type: Returns a generic type
• Install-SoftwarePackage: Installs an EXE, MSI or MSU with support for moving the installation to a scheduled task to work with installers communicating to Windows Update
• Invoke-Ternary: the ?? operator implementation
• Send-ModuleToPSSession: Sends one or more modules to remote sessions
• Sync-Parameter: Sync parameters for cmdlets, e.g. to sync PSBoundParameters with a cmdlet that might not take all PSBoundParameters thus throwing an error
• Test-HashtableKeys: Tests a hashtable for the existence of keys
• Test-IsAdministrator: Tests if the current user is an administrator

Dsc

Our DSC cmdlets contain functionality related to DSC.

• Get-DscConfigurationImportedResource: Returns a list of imported resources in a given DSC configuration

Networking

Our networking cmdlets contain everything necessary to make network calculations and so on.

• ConvertTo-BinaryIp: Converts a given IP address to binary notation
• ConvertTo-DecimalIp: Converts a given IP address to decimal notation
• ConvertTo-DottedDecimalIp: Converts a given IP address to Dotted Decimal
• ConvertTo-Mask: Converts an integer (0-32) to a dotted subnet mask, e.g. 255.0.0.0
• ConvertTo-MaskLength: Converts a dotted subnet mask to an integer
• Get-BroadCastAddress: Returns the broadcast address of a given network
• Get-NetworkAddress: Returns the network address of a given network
• Get-NetworkRange: Returns the usable range of addresses of a given network
• Get-NetworkSummary: Combines several cmdlets to return a summarized info object for a given IP and netmask
• Get-PublicIpAddress: Returns the public IP address of the lab host
• Test-Port: Tests a TCP or UDP port with configurable timeouts

Active Directory Certificate Services (PKI)

Our PKI cmdlets make configurations, certificate requests and duplicating templates a lot easier.

• Add-CATemplateStandardPermissions: Permits one or more sam accounts to auto-enroll and enroll for certificates
• Add-Certificate2: Import a certificate into a store
• Enable-AutoEnrollment: Leverages Group Policy to configure auto-enrollment
• Find-CertificateAuthority: Leverages the Active Directory to locate a CA
• Get-CaTemplate: Leverages the Active Directory to locate a template provided by the CA
• Get-Certificate2: Finds a certificate in a store
• Get-NextOid: Returns an incremented OID
• New-CaTemplate: Duplicate a template with custom settings
• Publish-CaTemplate: Publish a template
• Request-Certificate: Request a new certificate from the CA
• Test-CaTemplate: Uses certutil to check if a template exists

Download

git clone https://github.com/AutomatedLab/AutomatedLab.Common.git

Tutorial

Copyright (c) 2018 Raimund Andrée, Jan-Hendrik Peters

Source: https://github.com/AutomatedLab