Plus/Invoke-RemoteCommand.ps1
[Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText', '', Scope = 'Function', Target = 'Invoke-RemoteCommand')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword', '', Scope = 'Function', Target = 'Invoke-RemoteCommand')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUsePSCredentialType', '', Scope = 'Function', Target = 'Invoke-RemoteCommand')] Param() function Invoke-RemoteCommand { <# .SYNOPSIS Lightweight wrapper function for Invoke-Command that simplifies the interface and allows for using a string password directly .PARAMETER Parameters Object to pass parameters to underlying Invoke-Command call (ex: -Parameters @{ HideComputerName = $True }) .EXAMPLE Invoke-RemoteCommand -ComputerNames PCNAME -Password 123456 { whoami } .EXAMPLE { whoami } | Invoke-RemoteCommand -ComputerNames PCNAME -Password 123456 .EXAMPLE # This will open a prompt for you to input your password { whoami } | Invoke-RemoteCommand -ComputerNames PCNAME .EXAMPLE # Use the "irc" alias and execute commands on multiple computers! { whoami } | irc -ComputerNames Larry,Moe,Curly .EXAMPLE Get-Credential | Export-CliXml -Path .\crendential.xml { whoami } | Invoke-RemoteCommand -Credential (Import-Clixml -Path .\credential.xml) -ComputerNames PCNAME -Verbose .EXAMPLE irc '.\path\to\script.ps1' .EXAMPLE { Get-Process } | irc -Name Mario -Parameters @{ HideComputerName = $True } #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'scriptblock')] [Alias('irc')] Param( [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'scriptblock', Mandatory = $True, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $True)] [ScriptBlock] $ScriptBlock, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'file', Mandatory = $True, Position = 0)] [ValidateScript( { Test-Path $_ })] [String] $FilePath, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'scriptblock', Mandatory = $True)] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'file', Mandatory = $True)] [Alias('Name')] [String[]] $ComputerName, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'scriptblock')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'file')] [SecureString] $Password, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'scriptblock')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'file')] [PSObject] $Credential, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'scriptblock')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'file')] [Switch] $AsJob, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'scriptblock')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'file')] [PSObject] $Parameters = @{} ) $User = whoami if ($Credential) { '==> Using -Credential for authentication' | Write-Verbose $Cred = $Credential } elseif ($Password) { "==> Creating credential for $User using -Password" | Write-Verbose $Pass = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $Password -AsPlainText -Force $Cred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $User, $Pass } else { $Cred = Get-Credential -Message "Please provide password to access $(Join-StringsWithGrammar $ComputerName)" -User $User } "==> Running command on $(Join-StringsWithGrammar $ComputerName)" | Write-Verbose $Execute = if ($FilePath) { @{ FilePath = $FilePath } } else { @{ ScriptBlock = $ScriptBlock } } Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $Cred -AsJob:$AsJob @Execute @Parameters } |