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Add-VBRCredentials

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Short Description

Creates a credentials record.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Add-VBRCredentials -User <String> -Password <String> [-Description <String>] [-Type <VBRCredentialsType>] [-SshPort <Int32>] [-ElevateToRoot] [-AddToSudoers] [-RootPassword <String>] [-PrivateKeyPath <String>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

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Add-VBRCredentials [-Description <String>] -Credential <PSCredential> [-Type <VBRCredentialsType>] [-SshPort <Int32>] [-ElevateToRoot] [-AddToSudoers] [-RootPassword <String>] [-PrivateKeyPath <String>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Get-VBRCredentials

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a new credentials record for authenticating with the instances of your virtual infrastructure. You can add Windows or Linux credentials records including authentication using the Identity/Pubkey method.

You can add a new credentials record by indicating strings for user name and password (unprotected mode), or by supplying a PSCredential object.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
User	Specifies the user name you want to use for authenticating with the instances of your virtual infrastructure. Note that you should use DOMAIN\USERNAME usernames format for all hosts except ESX/ESXi hosts.	True	Named	False	False
Password	Specifies the password you want to use for authenticating with the instances of your virtual infrastructure.	True	Named	False	False
Description	Specifies the description for the credentials record. This parameter in non-mandatory, although it is recommended to input this value to make the credential records easily identified.	False	Named	False	False
Credential	Specifies the credentials you want to add.	False	Named	False	False
Type	Specifies the credentials type: Linux, Windows, LinuxPubKey. Default: Windows.	False	Named	False	False
SshPort	Used for Identity/Pubkey authentication method. Specifies the number of the SSH port that you want to use to connect to a Linux server. Permitted values: 1 to 65535. Default: 22.	False	Named	False	False
ElevateToRoot	Used for Identity/Pubkey authentication method. Indicates that non-root users are provided with root account privileges.	False	Named	False	False
AddToSudoers	Used for Identity/Pubkey authentication method. Indicates that the user account is added to sudoers file. Default: (if the ElevateToRoot parameter is set to False) False.	False	Named	False	False
RootPassword	Used for Identity/Pubkey authentication method. Indicates that the root password is used for authentication.	False	Named	False	False
PrivateKeyPath	Used for Identity/Pubkey authentication method. Specifies the path to the private key. Use this parameter to specify the private key for the LinuxPubKey option of the Type parameter.	False	Named	False	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

Example 1

This command creates a new Windows credentials record for the administrator.

PS C:\PS> Add-VBRCredentials -Type Windows -User Administrator -Password "Password_1" -Description "Administrator Credentials"

Example 2

This command adds a credentials record for the administrator. Get-Credential is used to enter the username and password in the secure mode.

PS C:\PS> Get-Credential | Add-VBRCredentials -Description "Administrator Credentials"

Example 3

This command adds a Linux credentials record for the administrator. The credentials record will use the 23 SSH port. The root password privileges are given to the user.

PS C:\PS> Add-VBRCredentials -Type Linux -User Administrator -Password password -SshPort 23 -ElevateToRoot -AddToSudoers -RootPassword rootpwd

Example 4

This command adds a Linux Pubkey credentials record for the 'User1'.

PS C:\PS> Add-VBRCredentials -Type LinuxPubKey -User user1 –Password password -PrivateKeyPath c:\temp\deneb.ppk