New-AzureAutomationCredential

Creates a credential in Automation.

Note

The cmdlets referenced in this documentation are for managing legacy Azure resources that use Azure Service Manager (ASM) APIs. This legacy PowerShell module isn't recommended when creating new resources since ASM is scheduled for retirement. For more information, see Azure Service Manager retirement.

The Az PowerShell module is the recommended PowerShell module for managing Azure Resource Manager (ARM) resources with PowerShell.

Syntax

New-AzureAutomationCredential
   -Name <String>
   [-Description <String>]
   -Value <PSCredential>
   -AutomationAccountName <String>
   [-Profile <AzureSMProfile>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Important

This PowerShell command for Azure Automation is longer supported as of 01/23/2020. The Azure Service Management model is deprecated for Azure Automation and was disabled on that date. Please use the commands which support the Azure Resource Management model in Az.Automation.

The New-AzureAutomationCredential cmdlet creates a credential as a PSCredential object in Microsoft Azure Automation.

Examples

Example 1: Create a credential

PS C:\> $user = "MyDomain\MyUser"
PS C:\> $pw = ConvertTo-SecureString "PassWord!" -AsPlainText -Force
PS C:\> $cred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $user, $pw
PS C:\> New-AzureAutomationCredential -AutomationAccountName "Contoso17" -Name "MyCredential" -Value $cred

These commands create a credential named MyCredential. A credential object is first created that includes a username and password. This is then used in the last command to create the Automation credential.

Parameters

-AutomationAccountName

Specifies the name of the Automation account the credential will be stored in.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Description

Specifies a description for the credential.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Specifies a name for the credential.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Profile

Specifies the Azure profile from which this cmdlet reads. If you do not specify a profile, this cmdlet reads from the local default profile.

Type:AzureSMProfile
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Value

Specifies the credentials as a PSCredential object.

Type:PSCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

Outputs

CredentialInfo