Tag: Azure

Azure Key Vault – Script for copying secrets from one to another

The following script can be used to copy secrets from one Key Vault to another.

You can use this to copy secrets or just the secret names (-NameOnly) from one Key Vault to another, in the same or another subscription.

It’s as simple as the following PowerShell commands below to execute:

$srcSubscriptionName="Development"
$srcKvName="my-keyvault-dev-ne"
$destSubscriptionName="Production"
$destKvName="my-keyvault-prod-ne"
.\Copy-KeyVault-Secrets.ps1 -SrcSubscriptionName $srcSubscriptionName -SrcKvName $srcKvName -DestSubscriptionName $destSubscriptionName -DestKvName $destKvName -NameOnly
<#PSScriptInfo
.VERSION 1.1
.GUName 48b4b27a-b77e-41e6-8a37-b3767da5caee
.AUTHOR Nicholas Rogoff

.RELEASENOTES
Initial version.
#>
<# 
.SYNOPSIS 
Copy Key Vault Secrets from one Vault to another. 
 
.DESCRIPTION 
Loops through all secrets and copies them or fills them with a 'Needs Configuration'.

PRE-REQUIREMENT
---------------
Run 'Import-Module Az.Accounts'
Run 'Import-Module Az.KeyVault'
You need to be logged into Azure and have the access necessary rights to both Key Vaults.

.INPUTS
None. You cannot pipe objects to this!

.OUTPUTS
None.

.PARAMETER SrcSubscriptionName
This is the Source Subscription Name

.PARAMETER SrcKvName
The name of the Source Key Vault

.PARAMETER DestSubscriptionName
This is the destination Subscription Name

.PARAMETER DestKvName
The name of the destination Key Vault

.PARAMETER NameOnly
Set to only copy across the secret name and NOT the actual secret. The secret will be populated with 'Needs Configuration'

.NOTES
  Version:        1.1
  Author:         Nicholas Rogoff
  Creation Date:  2021-08-09
  Purpose/Change: Refined for publication
   
.EXAMPLE 
PS> .\Copy-KeyVault-Secrets.ps1 -SrcSubscriptionName $srcSubscriptionName -SrcKvName $srcKvName -DestSubscriptionName $destSubscriptionName -DestKvName $destKvName -NameOnly
This will copy across only the secret names, filling the secret with 'Needs Configuration'
#>
#---------------------------------------------------------[Script Parameters]------------------------------------------------------
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, HelpMessage = "This is the Source Subscription Name")]
  [string] $SrcSubscriptionName,
  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, HelpMessage = "The name of the Source Key Vault")]
  [string] $SrcKvName,
  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "This is the destination Subscription Name. If not set or blank then same subscription is assumed")]
  [string] $DestSubscriptionName,
  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, HelpMessage = "The name of the destination Key Vault")]
  [string] $DestKvName,
  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "Only copy across the secret name and NOT the actual secret. The secret will be populated with 'Needs Configuration'")]
  [switch] $NameOnly
)

#---------------------------------------------------------[Initialisations]--------------------------------------------------------
Write-Host ($(Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff') + " Starting copying from " + $SrcKvName + " to " + $DestKvName + "... ") -ForegroundColor Blue

# Set Error Action to Silently Continue
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue'

#----------------------------------------------------------[Declarations]----------------------------------------------------------
# Any Global Declarations go here

#----------------------------------------------------------[Functions]----------------------------------------------------------


#-----------------------------------------------------------[Execution]------------------------------------------------------------

$success = 0
$failed = 0

# ensure source subscription is selected
Select-AzSubscription -Subscription $SrcSubscriptionName

$Tags = @{ 'Migrated' = 'true'; 'Source Key Vault' = $SrcKvName }

$sourceSecrets = Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $SrcKvName
if ($DestSubscriptionName) {
  #Need to switch subscriptions
  Select-AzSubscription -Subscription $DestSubscriptionName
}

ForEach ($sourceSecret in $sourceSecrets) {
  $Error.clear()

  $name = $sourceSecret.Name
  $tags = $sourceSecret.Tags
  $secret = Get-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $srckvName -Name $name


  Write-Host "Adding SecretName: $name ..."
  if ($NameOnly) {
    $value = ConvertTo-SecureString 'Needs Configuration' -AsPlainText -Force
  }
  else {
    $value = $secret.SecretValue
  }
  $secret = Set-AzKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $destkvName -Name $sourceSecret.Name -SecretValue $value -ContentType $sourceSecret.ContentType -Tags $tags 
  
  if (!$Error[0]) {
    $success += 1
  }
  else {
    $failed += 1
    Write-Error "!! Failed to copy secret $name"
  }
}

Write-Output "================================="
Write-Output "Completed Key Vault Secrets Copy"
Write-Output "Succeeded: $success"
Write-Output "Failed: $failed"
Write-Output "================================="

Azure Active Directory Graph API Wrapper to help make it a bit easier!

I have recently been trying to program against the Azure Active Directory (AAD) using the Microsoft.Azure.ActiveDirectory.GraphClient library. Unfortunately this library literally has no useful comments to assist understanding  or clarify parameters etc.. Let alone how best to use or implement objects and methods or what and why exception may occur.

Equally the MSDN documentation seems to be lacking in any examples and really has minimal comments (although I see it’s getting a bit better…I think).

To this end I have created a ‘wrapper / handler’ to simplify all sorts of AAD interactions called AADGraphHandler. It effectively will help manage the creation of the ActiveDirectoryClient and a bunch of it’s operations. You can find this on GitHub at https://github.com/nrogoff/AADGraphHandler

You can get access to the ActiveDirectoryClient directly, and so any methods not covered yet. (e.g. Adding and removing roles to a user. Just not needed it yet!)

Continue reading “Azure Active Directory Graph API Wrapper to help make it a bit easier!”

Create a No Hyper-V boot option

There seem to be a number of scenarios where Hyper-V (and it’s many virtual networks and network adapters) can cause problems. My two are running VMware and problems with the Azure emulator with shared cache when debugging in Visual Studio.

To solve this problem you could uninstall the Hyper-V feature, but it’s still important for so many other tasks that this is a real pain.

It is possible to create a simple boot option for Windows 7 and 8 and Windows Server that disables the hypervisor. This is quick and painless, so when you ever need or don’t need Hyper-V, just reboot and select the option you want.

  1. Open a command prompt as Administrator (right-click the start button on the desktop and select ‘Command Prompt (Admin)’
  2. Type
     bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Microsoft Windows 8 - No Hypervisor"

    and press enter.
    This creates a new boot entry identical the the current one.

  3. Type
     bcdedit

    and press enter to list all the boot entries.

  4. Copy the identifier, including curly brackets, for the new boot entry (should be the last in the list)
  5. Now we need to disable the hypervisor on the new entry. Type
     bcdedit /set {the new identifier} hypervisorlaunchtype off

    and press enter.

  6. Now reboot and you will be presented with a nice boot menu option and can choose to boot with or without Hyper-V