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Handy PowerShell Scripts

So how many times do you write a PowerShell CmdLet for a project, forget about it, go hunt for it a few weeks later then end up writing it from scratch again... This happens to me all the time so this PowerShell repo is going to serve as a handy hub for all functions I write for automation.

Web Administration Extensions

This module has a few of handy CmdLet wrappers for managing WebSites and WebApplications. Here is brief overview of the public functions:

  • Get-SiteAppPool: Gets a site's application pool for a website or webapplication.

  • Get-SitePhysicalPath: Gets a site's physical path for a website or webapplication.

  • Test-AppPoolExists: Tests if an application pool exists. Returns a boolean value.

  • Test-SiteExists: Tests if a website or webapplication exists. Returns a boolean value.

  • Set-SitePhysicalPath: Changes a website or web application's physical path.

  • Start-WebApplicationPool: Starts a application pool and waits for the application pool's state to change.

  • Stop-WebApplicationPool: Stops a application pool and waits for the application pool's state to change.

  • Publish-WebSite: This function allows you to publish a folder's contents to a web site or web application by name. It looks up the site's physical path, application pool during the publish.

  • Backup-WebSite: Looks up a website or web application's physical path and creates a {WebSiteName_DateTime}.Zip archive to the desired directory.

  • Restore-WebSite: Restores a web site or web application's artifacts from a .zip file.

  • New-IISWebSite: Creates a new IIS web site, application pool and physical path if desired.

  • New-IISWebApplication: Creates a new IIS web application, application pool and physical path if desired.

File Extensions

This module has a few of handy CmdLet wrappers for managing files and folders. Here is brief overview of the public functions:

  • Copy-DirectoryContents: Copies all child items from a source directory to a destination directory recursively.

  • Copy-Directory: Copies a folder to a destination directory recursively.

  • New-Directory: Creates a new directory.

  • Remove-DirectoryContents: Safely removes all items in the specified directory.

  • Remove-Directory: Safely removes a directory.

  • ZipFiles: Creates a .zip archive with optimal compression and saves the archive in the specified directory.

  • ExtractZipFile: Extracts a .zip archive to the specified directory. Note: It does not remove any items from the destination directory.

XML Transform Extensions

This module provides a way to transform configuration files using Microsoft's transform DLL. The Visual Studio 2017 version has been included in the lib directory.

  • Invoke-XmlTransform: Transforms a config files using an XDT transform file.

I will be adding Pester tests in the near future...