New-AzAutomationCredential

Creates an Automation credential.

Syntax

New-AzAutomationCredential
   [-Name] <String>
   [-Description <String>]
   [-Value] <PSCredential>
   [-ResourceGroupName] <String>
   [-AutomationAccountName] <String>
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

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

Examples

Example 1: Create a credential

$User = "Contoso\PFuller"
$Password = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "****" -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $User, $Password
New-AzAutomationCredential -AutomationAccountName "Contoso17" -Name "ContosoCredential" -Value $Credential -ResourceGroupName "ResourceGroup01"

The first command assigns a user name to the $User variable. The second command converts a plain text password into a secure string by using the ConvertTo-SecureString cmdlet. The command stores that object in the $Password variable. The third command creates a credential based on $User and $Password, and then stores it in the $Credential variable. The final command creates an Automation credential named ContosoCredential that uses $Credential.

Parameters

-AutomationAccountName

Specifies the name of the Automation account in which this cmdlet stores the credential.

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure

Type:IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
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:2
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ResourceGroupName

Specifies a description for the resource group for which this cmdlet creates a credential.

Type:String
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Value

Specifies the credentials as a PSCredential object.

Type:PSCredential
Position:3
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

String

PSCredential

Outputs

CredentialInfo