PowerShell for Admins

PowerShell for Admins
Nathaniel Webb (ArtisanByteCrafter)
PowerShell for Admins

Running Universal Dashboard with Ubuntu and Nginx (With HTTPS!)

A basic UniversalDashboard running on nginx Index Prerequisites Configuration HTTPS (Optional) Prerequisites For this writeup, I’m using Ubuntu 18.04. Software packages are geared toward using that version. First, we’ll need to install our dependencies There are several ways to install Powershell core on Ubuntu. I recommend Microsoft’s documentation for ubuntu 18.04 here Once installed, enter Powershell and install the UniversalDashboard module. This will use the community edition. pwsh PS> Install-Module UniversalDashboard.

Will Anderson
PowerShell for Admins

Who's Your 2019 PowerShell Community Hero?

Today we’re opening nominations for the 2019 PowerShell Community Heroes! We want to know about those in the community that are doing a wealth of good. Have they written a fantastic script, or posted a blog series that has been exceptionally helpful? Are they doing a mad amount of pull requests in a module or in PowerShell Core? Here is your opportunity to make sure they get the recognition they deserve!

Brett
PowerShell for Admins

ICYMI: PowerShell Week of 22-February-2019

Topics include PoshBot, JeaDsc, Azure Pipelines, Arrays and Hashtables, and Pester testing. Content curated by Brett Bunker, Robin Dadswell, and Mark Roloff. Writing a PoshBot Plugin to Display TOPdesk Tickets and Assets by Andrew Pla on February 16th Creating bots for Teams or Slack can make you more productive and save time by not having to swtich between applications. Come let Andrew show you how to create a bot for Teams using PoshBot.

Aaron Jensen
PowerShell for Admins

Tips for Writing Cross-Platform PowerShell Code

I just spent a month updating one of our PowerShell modules to support Linux and MacOS. I learned a lot that I wanted to share with the community as cross-platform support becomes more and more important. Use “Environment” Class Properties Instead of “env:” Drive Environment variables are different between the different operating systems. All of them have PATH , but not much else. Windows and MacOS both have variables for the temp directory, but they have different names.

Don Jones
PowerShell for Admins

IRON SCRIPTER 2019 BEGINS!

Go to https://ironscripter.us/iron-scripter-2019-is-coming/ right away! Even if you’re not attending Summit, these challenges are a great thing to jump into. They’re a fun chance to flex your PowerShell sk1llz, and the official Iron Scripter competition permits remote assistance to each of our three factions - so you can get in on the action from afar! We suggest using tags #battlefaction, #daybreakfaction, and #flawlessfaction, and #ironscripter2019 to hook up with fellow coders on social media.