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rubensfontes
Copper Contributor
May 12, 2022
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Get information from parameter store in JSON or in different lines

Hi everyone!  I need some help. I have some user and password credentials in a parameter store. I need to retrieve this information to pass a credential to join a server in a domain. This retrieve...
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  • LainRobertson's avatar
    LainRobertson
    May 13, 2022

    rubensfontes 

     

    Hey, Rubens.

     

    I'm not quite sure what you mean by filter, but here's some quick illustrations on how to work with your JSON string.

     

     

    Cheers,

    Lain

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Harm_Veenstra
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May 13, 2022
You need to convert it to a secure string, $credential=New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -Argumentlist @($Username,(ConvertTo-SecureString -String $Password -AsPlainText -Force))
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LainRobertson
Silver Contributor
May 13, 2022

Harm_Veenstra 

 

Something is off with this scenario, as using a plain-text string throws a different error to the "null" error mentioned in the question.

 

My confusion is increased by the $password variable apparently showing the plain-text string value obtained from the AWS commandlet.

 

Mind you, my mock test was in Windows PowerShell 5.1, so perhaps what you've suggested is right for PowerShell - I'm not sure. Either way, I'm at a loss.

 

Here's an illustration of the difference between $null and plain-text strings and their corresponding errors under Windows PowerShell 5.1.

 

 

Cheers,

Lain