JarTools

Useful commands I've put together for automating tasks I do all the time

New-SecurePassword

SYNOPSIS

Just a quick simple script to generate a new secure password.

SYNTAX

New-SecurePassword [-Length] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Simple script to generate a new secure password where you only need to specify the length. The password will be shown using write-host and automatically copied to the clipboard.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

New-SecurePassword.ps1 -Length 16

PARAMETERS

-Length

Enter the password length required. For example: 16

New-SSMSession

SYNOPSIS

Starts a new aws SSM session

SYNTAX

New-SSMSession [-instanceID] <String> [[-localport] <String>] [[-remoteport] <String>] [[-awsprofile] <String>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Starts a new AWS SSM session from an instanceID

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> New-SSMSession -instanceID $instanceID -awsprofile $awsprofile

PARAMETERS

-instanceID

The ID of the EC2 instance to connect to

-localPort

The local port to use for the RDP ssm session. Defaults to 55678

-remotePort

The remote port to use for the RDP ssm session. Defaults to 3389

-awsprofile

aws cli profile to use. defaults to default

Connect-EC2Instance

SYNOPSIS

Wrapper around New-SSMSession to connect using only an instance name

SYNTAX

Connect-EC2Instance [-Name] <String> [[-awsprofile] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Wrapper around New-SSMSession to connect using only an instance name. Runs a command to determine instance ID from name, then starts an RDP session.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Connect-EC2Instance -name "PWM" -awsprofile "doubleline"

PARAMETERS

-Name

The Name of the EC2 instance to connect to

-awsprofile

aws cli profile to use. defaults to default

Test-IsGitInstalled

SYNOPSIS

Quick test if git is installed.

SYNTAX

Test-IsGitInstalled [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Quick test if git is installed. Returns true if it is, false if it's not.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Test-IsGitInstalled

Invoke-GitClone

SYNOPSIS

Wrapper around git clone that changes into the directory after cloning.

SYNTAX

Invoke-GitClone [-url] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Wrapper around git clone that changes into the directory after cloning. Also makes sure URL is a valid git repo.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Invoke-GitClone -url "https://github.com/jrogers-dlp/JarTools.git"

Edit-JarTools

SYNOPSIS

Quickly open code to edit this module

SYNTAX

Edit-JarTools [-file]

DESCRIPTION

Quickly open code to edit this module. You can specify -file to only open the module and not the directory.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Edit-JarTools

Example 2

PS C:\> Edit-JarTools -file

Get-MyInvocation

SYNOPSIS

return the $MyInvocation variable in a function.

SYNTAX

Get-MyInvocation

DESCRIPTION

return the $MyInvocation variable in a function.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-MyInvocation