How to interpret BindingInformation configured with powershell - iis

Im autodeploying an old website which have this binding:
net.tcp 808:*
But when I use WebAdministration to set it like this:
New-WebBinding -Name "site" -Procotol "net.tcp" -Port 808
I get this binding:
net.tcp *:808:
Are they the same?

Nevermind, I can use:
New-ItemProperty -Path "IIS:\sites\sitename" -Name Bindings -value #{protocol="net.tcp"; bindingInformation="808:*"}
to achieve the same.
Thx to: Why Powershell's New-WebBinding commandlet creates incorrect HostHeader?

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Any way to get rid of an obsolete parameter in Azure PowerShell script (AzureRM to Az changing)

As you may know, MSFT is getting rid of AzureRM cmdlets in favor of Az.
There are a lot of issues regarding this since the proposed native aliases "Enable-AzureRmAlias" seems to stop being updated.
I have a script based on AzureRM in one repo, that triggers by Azure DevOps release pipeline step function (Azure PowerShell based),
that has the following piece of code:
$var = (Get-AzureKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $vaultName-Name $Key).SecretValueText
"Enable-AzureRmAlias" command activated as well..., that converts the code like this:
$var = (Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $vaultName-Name $Key).SecretValueText
The problem is, that ".SecretValueText" was deprecated a while ago. Instead of it, a new parameter has been added to the Get-AzKeyVaultSecret cmdlet - "-AsPlainText"
so... theoretically the final construction has to be like this:
$var = Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $vaultName-Name $Key -AsPlainText
Challenges!
I can't upgrade the original script in the repo to Az due to the necessity of back-compatibility.
The only way to solve it - is to create some kind of alias in Azure PowerShell inline script (that triggers the main script in the repo)
I stuck with this ".SecretValueText"
My original idea to put the following into the inline script doesn't seem to be working:
function Get-AzKeyVaultSecretNew {
Param(
$vaultName,
$Key
)
$var = Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $vaultName -Name $Key -AsPlainText
return $var
}
Set-Alias -Name Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -Value Get-AzKeyVaultSecretNew
Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
This should theoretically help your situation. You can run this code at the beginning of the PowerShell session that will be calling your scripts. You will need to make sure any necessary modules are loaded so that the secret object types are loaded.
$Script = { Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $this.VaultName -Name $this.Name -AsPlainText }
Update-TypeData -TypeName 'Microsoft.Azure.Commands.KeyVault.Models.PSKeyVaultSecretIdentityItem' -MemberName 'SecretValueText' -MemberType ScriptProperty -Value $Script
The idea is to add the SecretValueText property back to the Microsoft.Azure.Commands.KeyVault.Models.PSKeyVaultSecretIdentityItem objects.
You can try using below workaround to replace below piece of code:
(Get-AzureKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $vaultName-Name $Key).SecretValueText
with Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $vaultName -Name $Key -AsPlainText via using RegEx Find & Replace task. Check below steps:
1, Add task RegEx Find & Replace to replace the orginal code with the converted code. See below:
FindRegex: '\(Get-AzureKeyVaultSecret -VaultName \$vaultName -Name \$Key\)\.SecretValueText'
ReplaceRegex: 'Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $vaultName -Name $Key -AsPlainText'
2, -AsPlainText parameter is only available in the latest az 5.3.0 version. Since the version installed in cloud agent is 4.7.0. You need to install the az 5.3.0 version before executing your script. See below. Use a powershell task to install az 5.3.0 version.
New-Item -Path "C:\Modules" -Name "az_5.3.0" -ItemType "directory"
Save-Module -Name AZ -RequiredVersion 5.3.0 -Path "C:\Modules\az_5.3.0"
3, Then you can invoke your script in the azure powershell task directly.

Azure - setting tags on VMs using Powershell

I'm using the following Powershell code to set tags on a bunch of Azure VMs but it doesn't seem to be working. It does not give me an error message, so it appears to run correctly, but it does not set the tags as expected. Any help would be great, perhaps it may be something easy I'm overlooking.
$group = Get-AzResourceGroup -Name my-rg
$resource = Get-AzResource -ResourceName myserver -ResourceGroupName my-rg
Set-AzResource -ResourceId $resource.ResourceId -Tag $group.Tags -Force
I'm only doing a few VMs which I'll probably put on a loop once this works. There are no tags on most of these VMs which may be overwritten.

Azure Powershell - iterate through a list (txt) with db names and set them as variables in script

I have the following challenge at the Moment:
With T-SQL I created a list of databases attached to our SQL instance and put this list in a txt file, so far no Problem.
Now with PowerShell I want to set up LongTermRetention backups in Azure with following cmdlet:
Set-AzSqlDatabaseBackupLongTermRetentionPolicy -ServerName $serverName -DatabaseName [name of database] -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -WeeklyRetention P53W -MonthlyRetention P48M -YearlyRetention P10Y -WeekOfYear 52
(I checked the Syntax of the cmdlet by inserting a database name manually and it works)
the variables given are set prior (ServerName, resourceGroup)
Where I am struggling now is, how I can get the names of the txt file one after another as parameter "DatabaseName" into my cmdlet, as I have never done something like this.
I would be very grateful for either a link on how to do this or maybe a solution posted here.
Thank you in advance and Kind regards
EDIT: I found a solution, Maybe not the most elegant, but working:
$files = Get-Content "C:\DEV\testfile.txt"
foreach ($file in $files){
Set-AzSqlDatabaseBackupLongTermRetentionPolicy -ServerName $serverName -DatabaseName $file -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -WeeklyRetention P53W -MonthlyRetention P48M -YearlyRetention P10Y -WeekOfYear 52
}
I haven't thought it might have been that easy.
If you have a flat text file where your database names are present like this:
server1
server2
server3
......
You can use the Get-Content cmdlet to read the file and iterate over each line using the ForEach-Object cmdlet. You can access the current item using $_ ($_ represents the current value in the pipeline):
Get-Content -Path 'pathToYourFile.txt' | ForEach-Object {
Set-AzSqlDatabaseBackupLongTermRetentionPolicy `
-ServerName $_ `
-DatabaseName [name of database] `
-ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup `
-WeeklyRetention P53W `
-MonthlyRetention P48M `
-YearlyRetention P10Y `
-WeekOfYear 52
}

How to find out MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST location of an application

I am currently writing a security auditing script for IIS 10 in Powershell. I have never even remotely worked with IIS before. I am supposed to run commands like this:
Get-WebConfigurationProperty -pspath 'MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/<website name>' -filter 'system.web/authentication/forms' -name 'protection'
Where can I find the website name ?
Thanks
As lex mentioned, we could use Get-Website or WebApplication to iterate all sites/applications.
If you just want to list the website name in the Powershell you could add below command.
Get-WebSite | Format-List -Property Name
Result example:

IIS: how to undeploy/delete/remove a webapp from command line?

Suppose there's a webapp deployed on local IIS server. When I need to remove/undeploy it, I can go to IIS Manager, right-click on the app, and then select "Delete application and content" - et voila. But, I need to do the same from the command line - how? It can be assumed that the name of the application is known.
Maybe this can be done via MSDeploy somehow?
If you just want to remove the application from the Web Site in IIS without physically deleting the files (like msdeploy does) or if you don't have the WebDeploy-extension installed, you can use the following command:
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe delete app "Default Web Site/MyAppName"
This is what did it:
"C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy\msdeploy" -verb:delete -dest:apphostconfig="Default Web Site/<webapp_name>"
I know the question says "command line", but you can use PowerShell and the IIS Administration Cmdlets to do this task. I provide all of the functions and explain the process of how to automate this on my blog. Also, you can easily swap out the IIS Administration Cmdlet calls with calls to msdeploy, appcmd, IIsVdir.vbs, etc.
For your specific question, this PowerShell code should do the trick:
$block = {
Import-Module WebAdministration
$website = "YourWebsiteName"
$applicationName = "PathUnderWebsite\ToYourApplication"
$fullPath = Join-Path $website $applicationName
Write-Host "Checking if we need to remove '$fullPath'..."
if (Get-WebApplication -Site "$website" -Name "$applicationName")
{
Write-Host "Removing '$fullPath'..."
Remove-WebApplication -Site "$website" -Name "$applicationName"
}
Write-Host "Deleting the directory '$fullPath'..."
Remove-Item -Path "IIS:\Sites\$fullPath" -Recurse -Force
}
$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName "Your.WebServer.HostName"
Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock $block
Remove-PSSession -Session $session
iisweb /delete WebSite [/s Computer [/u [Domain ]User /p Password ]]

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