Tag Archives: powershell

Update SEQ with Powershell DSC

Posted on February 17, 2020 by

We user Powershell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to install everything. A new installation could be done to a clean machine or by removing existing software prior to installing it. Below is part of the script we use. Now we want … Continue reading →

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Invoke-Webrequest UnauthorizedAccessException

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

Today I got an UnauthorizedAccessException when running the following script in powershell There was no logging on the webserver, there was no access-denied message, there was no traffic at all. What happend? Turns out the problem was the file (data.json) … Continue reading →

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Cannot upload task attachment file

Posted on November 14, 2018 by

We run Pester tests during our tfs release. The output is published as test results and saved to the log files. To save the output.xml to the log file we use task.uploadfile from azure pipeline tasks. This task failed because … Continue reading →

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Powershell extension method

Posted on June 5, 2018 by

We are testing our Powershell Module with Pester. Since the data is some sort of graph we need to work with indexers / lists all the time. After a small brainstorm session we decided on an Extension Method approach. Reading … Continue reading →

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Powershell module

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell designed especially for system administrators. Windows PowerShell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment that can be used independently or in combination. docs.microsoft.com We are building a system and need to transform-and-load … Continue reading →

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Regression test with Pester

Posted on November 8, 2017 by

My current project is a scrum project. We develop new features in sprints and deliver working software every 3 weeks. To keep the pace steady we have loads of tests that run every night after a build is deployed. Until … Continue reading →

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Start-SqlJobAndWait

Posted on November 9, 2016 by

We have some SqlJobs that we run in our regression tests. To automate this we need something that can start the job and wait for it to finish. Based on this post we know we need to poll the sysjobhistory … Continue reading →

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