Getting Database names from SQLAzure using powershell in azure devops - powershell

I have a need to list down all the database names of a particular server on Azure.
$databases = Get-AzSqlDatabase -ServerName servername -ResourceGroupName resourcegroupname
foreach($dbs in $databases)
{
$dbs.DatabaseName
}
this script works well run from local.
My question is how to run this from an Azure DevOps release using the powershell task?

You have to use the Azure-Powershell task.
That way the pipeline can connect to the Proper Azure Subscirption, just like you connected to the Subscription manually from Powershell
Details about the Azure Powershell Task: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/deploy/azure-powershell?view=azure-devops
But them I wonder what you want to do with the List of the databases.
Going out on a limb here, but you'd probably want the output back in the Pipeline. In which case please check out
https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent/blob/master/docs/preview/outputvariable.md
Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=var01;isOutput=true]123"

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Importing module command line in Azure Devops pipeline

I have set of unit test case and they are invoking a set of PowerShell commands. everything works fine on local machine but once pushed in to Azure pipelines, I get error as "New-CosmosDbContext is not recognized. Please check the spelling". It seems the Import command is not working when pushed to azure devops pipeline. Any idea as how we can fix this?
The lines what I am using is :
Import-Module "$env:ProgramFiles\Azure Cosmos DB Emulator\PSModules\Microsoft.Azure.CosmosDB.Emulator"
Start-CosmosDbEmulator
Get-CosmosDbEmulatorStatus
$cosmosDbContext = New-CosmosDbContext -Emulator
As your follow-up question implies, you have since realized that two different modules are involved, and that you also need to import the third-party CosmosDB module in order to use its New-CosmosDbContext command:
Microsoft.Azure.CosmosDB.Emulator is the official Azure CosmosDB module.
CosmosDB is a third-party module.
Therefore, you need to first install the module (from the Powershell Gallery) - e.g., Install-Module CosmosDB -Scope CurrentUser - and then import it - ImportModule CosmosDB - before you can call New-CosmosDbContext

How to transfer a html file from Azure VM via Azure powershell or Azure CLI to a local machine

I am working on developing a Automated QA script for my project for my organisation. My goal is to execute pester scripts through custom script extension feature of azure vms. I got the Pester executed and result exported as a nunit xml. I would like to fetch the xml back from VM to my local machine. One way of doing that is by uploading the xml into blob storage from VMs. but since it requires azure connection to be established in VM using SP account. I dont prefer this method.
I would like to know the best way to retrive pester results and get it outside VM.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks .
I'd use a shared access signature token for that (link). that way your script doesnt really need SP, it just needs the token. that token would limit permissions to only upload file to specific container (or even blob).
$sascontext = New-AzureStorageContext -StorageAccountName accountname -SasToken '?tokenvalue'
Set-AzureStorageBlobContent -File path -Container name -Context $sascontext -Force
You can create new token with New-AzureStorageBlobSASToken or New-AzureStorageContainerSASToken
Your only requirement would be to install Azure.Storage module before hand.

ServiceEndpoint and ResourceManagerEndpoint values do not match existing environment. Please use Environment parameter

I have a PowerShell script running in Octopus Deploy as part of my deployment process. An extract of the script is below:
Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile "myAzurePublishSetting.PublishSettings"
Select-AzureSubscription 'mySubscription'
Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName 'mySubscription' -Environment 'myEnvironment' -CurrentStorageAccountName 'myStorageAccount'
I'm now getting the below error from the Set-AzureSubscription cmdlet:
ServiceEndpoint and ResourceManagerEndpoint values do not match existing environment. Please use Environment parameter.
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Profile.SetAzureSubscriptionCommand.ExecuteCmdlet()
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common.AzurePSCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
Octopus Deploy is hosted in an Azure virtual machine. This script worked fine until a few days ago so maybe Azure has changed something since nothing else has changed.
It's even more puzzling since I can run this script successfully on the virtual machine in both a PowerShell window and using Calamari.exe which is apparently what Octopus uses under the hood to call the script.
Any ideas?
This can happen if you have made changes to Azure subscriptions, for example disabling a subscription. Powershell still has a cache of the previous subscriptions. Use Get-AzureAccount to get the Id of the account and then Remove-AzureAccount. Finally, add the account again using Add-AzureAccount.

Powershell Azure : The term 'Get-AutomationConnection' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

I am trying to connect to an Azure Run As connection, as part of a Powershell script that does a backup of a database.
This script attempts to call Get-AutomationConnection
As seen in the screenshot, Get-Module does return that Azure / Azure.Storage and AzureRM shows.
What module should I import in addition for this to work?
If you want to connect to an Azure Run As connection from Windows PowerShell, you should use New-AzureRmAutomationConnection.
$ConnectionAssetName = "AzureRunAsConnection"
$ConnectionFieldValues = #{"ApplicationId" = $Application.ApplicationId; "TenantId" = $TenantID.TenantId; "CertificateThumbprint" = $Cert.Thumbprint; "SubscriptionId" = $SubscriptionId}
New-AzureRmAutomationConnection -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -AutomationAccountName $AutomationAccountName -Name $ConnectionAssetName -ConnectionTypeName AzureServicePrincipal -ConnectionFieldValues $ConnectionFieldValues
You are able to use the script to create the connection asset because when you create your Automation account, it automatically includes several global modules by default along with the connection type AzurServicePrincipal to create the AzureRunAsConnection connection asset.
Get-AutomationConnection runs in Azure runbook internally.
Please refer to connection assets in Azure Automation.
If you want similar functionality to runbooks on-premise, you can install AzureAutomationAuthoringToolkit. It will give you very similar functionality. I have one script that logs in using the service principal, whether it is running on-premise or in an Azure runbook. It uses the resources provided by AAATK when running on-premise, that simulate a runbook.
I did try using the version of Get-AutomationConnection that comes with the "Microsoft Monitoring agent" (Hybrid worker), but I have since read that it is different to the one that comes with AzureAutomationAuthoringToolkit, detailed in the "Known Issues" in the GitHub readme. I couldn't get it to work, so I reverted to AAATK's version.

Can't get Move-AzureResource working

I'm trying to move some of my resources (Azure Web Apps, Azure SQLs, Redis caches) from one resource group to another. I'm using the Azure Resource Manager PowerShell cmdlets.
Here's what I've tried:
PS C:\> Move-AzureResource -DestinationResourceGroupName NewResourceGroup -ResourceId "/subscriptions/someguid/resourceGroups/Default-Web-WestEurope/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/somesite"
Or:
PS C:\> Get-AzureResource -ResourceName somesite | Move-AzureResource -DestinationResourceGroupName NewResourceGroup
Or:
just Move-AzureResource, hitting enter and supplying the parameters one by one.
None of the commands seems to work. They just don't do anything. No error, no output.
When I changed the debug preference to $DebugPreference = "Continue" I got only the following:
DEBUG: 12:16:06 - MoveAzureResourceCommand begin processing with ParameterSet '__AllParameterSets'.
DEBUG: 12:16:06 - using account id 'my#account.tld'...
Please note that I'm able to create a new resource group (New-AzureResourceGroup), list resource groups (Get-AzureResourceGroup), list resources (Get-AzureResource), etc.
Note: you have to call Switch-AzureMode AzureResourceManager before you can use the cmdlets. The authentication is done by Add-AzureAccount.
Articles I've been referring to:
Moving resources between Azure Resource Groups
Move-AzureResource
Using Azure PowerShell with Azure Resource Manager
GitHub - Using Azure PowerShell with Azure Resource Manager
Reading this azure forum it looks like they have implemented the cmdlet but not all resources support being moved yet.
We have released a new powershell cmdlet to move resources across resource groups. Not all resources have support yet, but the "main" ones do like hosted services, virtual machines & storage accounts.
Looking back at the example I was following, this does only use VM's. So based on this I think websites aren't supported yet. That fact that no error or warning is returned for unsupported resources is a bit poor.
Though not all resources are currently supported, I understand the current version - 0.9.1 - does have a bug which means that even a supported resource may not be moved with the symptoms as seen by the author of the question. I understand this is being worked on for the next release, but in the interim (as a temp. work around) the previous powershell cmdlets release of 2 versions ago should work fine. https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/releases
The original issue is fixed in the 0.9.4 release. I just tried and it works.
FYI. To move a VM using Move-AzureResourceGroup you need to move the containing cloud service and all its VMs at the same time. For example:
Get-AzureResource -ResourceGroupName OriginalResourceGroup | where { $_.ResourceType -match 'Microsoft.ClassicCompute' } | Move-AzureResource -DestinationResourceGroupName NewResourceGroup
By default, the resources in a cloud service are put in a resource group with the same name as the DNS name of the cloud service.
For some reason, Azure PowerShell Version 1.0 has trouble moving over web apps from one Resource Group to another. If you follow the instrctions below, you will be able to move the web app over via powershell.
Download Azure PowerShell Version 1. The below instructions only work for this version. Type the commands below in order.
1) **Login-AzureRmAccount** (a login window will pop up asking for your azure credentials, type them in)
2) **Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceGroupName "NameOfResourceGroup" -ResourceName "WebAppName"** (if you are moving over a website, you will see 2 files, you need the one that is a resource type of Microsoft.Web/sites)
3) **Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceGroupName "NameOfResourceGroup" -ResourceName "WebAppName" -ResourceType "Microsoft.Web/sites"**
4) Assign value 3 to a variable of your name choice. I Chose $a, so **$a = Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceGroupName "NameOfResourceGroup" -ResourceName "WebAppName" -ResourceType "Microsoft.Web/sites"**
5) **Move-AzureRmResource -DestinationResourceGroup "DestinationResourceGroup" -ResourceId $a.ResourceId**
6) It will ask you if you are sure type "Y" and hit enter.