Creating BizTalk Hosts and Host Instances

CreateHostsAndHostInstances.ps1

Function CreateHost($strHostName, $boolIsTrackingHost)
{
    Set-Location 'BizTalk:\Platform Settings\Hosts'
 
    New-Item -Path:$strHostName -HostType:'InProcess' -NtGroupName: $DomainName'\BizTalk Application Users' -AuthTrusted:$false
    Set-ItemProperty -Path:$strHostName -Name:HostTracking -Value:$boolIsTrackingHost
    Set-ItemProperty -Path:$strHostName -Name:Is32BitOnly -Value:$false
 
    Cd \
}
 
Function CreateHostInstance($strHostName, $Credentials)
{
    Set-Location 'BizTalk:\Platform Settings\Host Instances'
 
    New-Item -Path:$strHostName -HostName:$strHostName -RunningServer:$Env:ComputerName -Credentials:$Credentials
 
    Cd \
}
 
Cd BizTalk:
 
$PlaintextPassword = '**SuperSecretPassword**'
$DomainName = 'LABO'
$BtsHostUser = $DomainName + '\BTSHostUser'
$arrHostNames = @("ReceiveHost", "SendHost", "ProcessHost", "TrackingHost")
$SecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $PlaintextPassword  -AsPlainText -Force
$Credentials = New-Object -TypeName:System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $BtsHostUser, $SecurePassword
 
foreach ($hostName in $arrHostNames)
{
    $varIsTrackingHost = $false
 
    if($hostName -eq "TrackingHost")
    {
        $varIsTrackingHost = $true
    }
 
    CreateHost -strHostName $hostName -boolIsTrackingHost $varIsTrackingHost
    CreateHostInstance -strHostName $hostName -Credentials $Credentials
}