PSCredentialStore/README.md
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General

The PSCredentialStore is an simple credential manager for PSCredentials. It stores multiple credential objects in a simple json file. You can choose between a private and shared store. The private one exists in your profile and can ony accessed by your account on the same machine. The shared store enables you to use different credentials for your script without exposing them as plain text.

The shared store isn't 100% secure and I don't recommend using it in production!

PSCredentialStore was developed to simplify the delegation of complex powershell scripts. In this case you often need to store credentials for non interactive usage like in scheduled tasks.

To get started read the about_PSCredentialStore page.

Installation

  • Make sure you use PowerShell 4.0 or higher with $PSVersionTable.
  • Use the builtin PackageManagement and install with: Install-Module PSCredentialStore
  • Done. Start exploring the Module with Import-Module PSCredentialStore ; Get-Command -Module PSCredentialStore

Manual Way

  • Take a look at the Latest Release page.
  • Download the PSCredentialStore.zip.
  • Unpack the Zip and put it in your Powershell Module path.
    • Don't forget to change the NTFS permission flag in the context menu.
  • Start with Import-Module PSCredentialStore

Quick Start

1. First we need a blank CredentialStore. You can decide between a private or shared store. The private Credential Store can only be accessed with your profile on the machine you created it.

# Private Credential Store
New-CredentialStore

# Shared Credential Store
New-CredentialStore -Shared

#Shared CredentialStore in custom Location
New-CredentialStore -Shared -Path 'C:\CredentialStore.json'

2. Now you can manage your CredentialStoreItems:

# This will prompt for credentials and stores it in a private store
New-CredentialStoreItem -RemoteHost 'dc01.myside.local' -Identifier 'AD'

# You can now use it in other scripts like this:
$DCCreds = Get-CredentialStoreItem -RemoteHost 'dc01.myside.local' -Identifier 'AD'
Invoke-Command -ComputerName 'dc01.myside.local' -Credential $DCCreds -ScripBlock {Get-Process}

The CredentialStore contains also a simple function to establish a connection with several systems or protocols. If you have already installed the underlying framework your can connect to:

  • CiscoUcs - Establish a connection to a Cisco UCS fabric interconnect.
  • FTP - Establish a connection to a FTP host.
  • NetAppFAS - Establish a connection to a NetApp Clustered ONTAP filer.
  • VMware - Establish a connection to a VMware vCenter or ESXi host.

Here are some basic examples:

Connect-To -RemoteHost "ucs.myside.local" -Type CiscoUcs
Connect-To -RemoteHost "ftp.myside.local" -Type FTP
Connect-To -RemoteHost "fas.myside.local" -Type NetAppFAS
Connect-To -RemoteHost "esx01.myside.local" -Type VMware