I have a powershell script that connects to a database:
$conn = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$conn.ConnectionString = "Server=10.10.10.1;Initial Catalog=my_database;User Id=my_username;Password=my_password;"
But I don't want the plaintext password to be hardcoded into the script.
So, I tried the following:
read-host -assecurestring | convertfrom-securestring | out-file C:\PS\cred.txt
$password = get-content C:\PS\cred.txt | convertto-securestring
$credentials = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist "my_username",$password
And, I replaced the connection string with
$conn.ConnectionString = "Server=10.10.10.1;Initial Catalog=my_database;$credentials;"
But I am getting numerous errors.
This script is run on a nightly basis, so it must get the password of the database automatically.
EDIT:
Below are the errors:
Exception setting "ConnectionString": "Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 46." At C:\sandbox\script.ps1:75 char:7
+ $conn. <<<< ConnectionString = "Server=10.10.10.1;Initial Catalog=my_database;$credentials;"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyAssignmentException
and
Exception setting "ConnectionString": "Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 46." At C:\sandbox\script.ps1:82 char:14
+ $conn_update. <<<< ConnectionString = "Server=10.10.10.1;Initial Catalog=my_database;$credentials;"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyAssignmentException Creating and executing the SQL Query at 8/26/2013 10:28:38 AM
and finally
Exception calling "Open" with "0" argument(s): "The ConnectionString property has not been initialized." At C:\sandbox\script.ps1:98 char:11
+ $conn.Open <<<< ()
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException