koder101 / installcertificate_onmultiplevms

PowerShell script to automate the installation of certificate on multiple domain joined VMs.

User guide and description

PowerShell script to automate the installation of certificate on domain joined multiple VMs.

Release Notes

Located at github.com/koder101/InstallCertificate_OnMultipleVMs

Features

• Unattended installation of certificates on domain joined machines/servers.
• Includes the validation post certificate installation.
• Password protected .pfx certificates can be installed.
• Generates the log of installation activity and also includes any failures.

Quick Start

1. Clone the project to your local.
2. Open and configure the InstallCertificate.ps1 file.
3. Only configure values under the headers VARIABLES to configure.
4. Run the Script and provide the certificate password on run time.
5. Check for the messages on screen and in the logs having name cert-bulkimport_yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss.log and cert-bulkimport_yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss.csv.

Important Note:

1. All the machines should be domain joined.
2. The current supported certificate is .pfx with password.
3. It uses PsExec.exe (32-bit) to trigger the remote script. If facing issues, try with PsExec64.exe (64-bit) version available here

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Check for open issues or open a fresh issue to start a discussion around a feature idea or a bug.
2. Fork the repository to start making your changes to the master branch (or branch off of it).
3. I recommend to prepare a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature works as expected.
4. Send a pull request and bug the maintainer until it gets merged and published. 😃

Contact

Have some questions? Found a bug? Create new issue.

License

This tool is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.