A PowerShell script to generate a Support Package for XL Release. Since the service needs to be stopped to collect the data before it can be zipped and shipped.

Generate-XLRSupportPackage.ps1

[CmdletBinding()]
<#
    .SYNOPSIS
    This script builds an XL Release support package. it is designed to be used when you run as a service, since Windows locks certain key files. 

    .PARAMETER PackageName
    The name of the output zip

    .PARAMETER TempName
    The Name of the temporary file generated (defaults to GetDate)

    .PARAMETER FoldersToCopy
    The folders Xebia Labs want. 

    .PARAMETER FilesToStrip
    The files from which you want to remove lines containing password. 

    .USAGE
     Copy to your XL Release Directory and run from there. It will;
      - Clean any previous packages
      - Stop the XL Release service (assuming it uses the default name)
      - Copy the folders to a temp location
      - Restart the service (minimum downtime)
      - Strip any lines from the files to strip that contain the word password
      - Zip the contents up
      - Remove the temp directory
#>
Param(
    
    [String] $PackageName = "XL-ReleaseSupportPackage.zip",

    [String] $TempName = (Get-Date).ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"),

    [ValidateScript( { Test-Path $_ } )] 
    [String[]] $FoldersToCopy = @( 
        ".\conf",
        ".\ext",
        ".\hotfix",
        ".\lib",
        ".\log",
        ".\plugins"
        ),

    [String[]] $FilesToStrip = @(
        "xl-release-server.conf"
    )
)

If ( Test-Path $PackageName ) { 
    Write-Output "Removing previous package"
    Remove-Item $PackageName -Force -Recurse
}

$Service = Get-Service -Name xl-release 

If( $Service ){
    Write-Output "Stopping XL Release Service"
    $Service | Stop-Service -Force
}
Else{
    Write-Verbose "No Service running"
}

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem

Write-Output "Generating XL Release Diagnostics Package"

$Files = Get-Item -Path $FoldersToCopy


$TempFolder = New-Item -Path $TempName -ItemType Directory

Write-Output "Creating Temporary Folder named $TempName"

$Files | Copy-Item -Destination $TempFolder.FullName -Recurse

If($Service){
    Write-Output "Starting XL Release Service"
    $Service | Start-Service
}
Else{
    Write-Verbose "No Service running"
}

Write-Output "Creating $PackageName"

$TempFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $TempFolder.FullName -Recurse

ForEach( $File in $TempFiles ) {
    If($FilesToStrip -contains $File.Name ) { 
        Write-Output "Stripping password lines from $($File.Name)"
        $FileObj =  Get-Content $File.FullName 
        $FileObj | Select-String -Pattern "password" -NotMatch | Out-File -FilePath $File.FullName
    }
}

[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($TempFolder,$PackageName,"Optimal",$False)

Write-Output "Removing Temporary Folder"

Remove-Item $TempFolder -Recurse -Force 

Write-Output "Support Package creation complete."
Write-Output "Please check that no passwords remain in the Zip file"
Write-Output "Then send to Xebia Labs for analysis."