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How to use a JSON based config file with PowerShell Modules or Scripts
{
"_Info": [
"This is the JSON based Configuration for YOUR PROJECT OR SCRIPT HERE",
"",
"Please do not edit any fields without any permission of YOUR NAME HERE."
],
"InternalInfo": {
"project": "YOUR PROJECT OR SCRIPT HERE",
"Modified": "XX/XX/2015",
"Author": "YOUR NAME <YOU@YOURDOMAIN.TLD>",
"Support": "YOUR SUPPORT CONDITION OR URL",
"license": "YOUR LICENSE TERMS HERE"
},
"Basic": {
"_ConfigVersion": "Configuration Version - For future usage only",
"ConfigVersion": "XX.XX.XX",
"_Customer": "Name of the customer company - For future usage only",
"Customer": "YOR CUSTOMER NAME HERE",
"_Environment": "Valid is: Production, Dryrun, Leaduser, Testing, Development",
"Environment": "Production",
"_Support": "This value will be provided by the support team, never change this by yourself!",
"Support": "VALUE HERE IF NEEDED"
},
"Logging": {
"_enabled": "Boolean / Valid is: true or false",
"enabled": "false",
"Settings": {
"_Directory": "An Example could be: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\FileSystem::\\\\psf\\Home\\Documents\\dev\\clones.new\\sca-powershell\\ - Mind the JSON escapes!",
"Directory": "C:\\scripts\\PowerShell\\logs\\",
"_level": "Valid is: Loglevel from 0 (none) to 9 (debug)",
"level": "0",
"_Debug": "General debug switch",
"Debug": "false"
}
}
}
<#
{
"info": {
"Statement": "Code is poetry",
"Author": "Joerg Hochwald",
"Contact": "joerg.hochwald@outlook.com",
"Link": "http://hochwald.net",
"Support": "https://github.com/jhochwald/MyPowerShellStuff/issues"
},
"Copyright": "(c) 2012-2015 by Joerg Hochwald. All rights reserved."
}
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#>
# Base Directory
# This must match with the UpdateService/LocalePath entry ($Config.UpdateService.LocalePath)
# in the JSON configuration file if you want to use the automated update/Distribution features!
$global:BaseDirectory = "C:\scripts\PowerShell\"
# JSON configuration filename to use
$global:BaseConfig = "config.json"
# Load and parse the JSON configuration file
try {
$global:Config = Get-Content "$BaseDirectory$BaseConfig" -Raw -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue -WarningAction:SilentlyContinue | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue -WarningAction:SilentlyContinue
} catch {
Write-PoshError -Message "The Base configuration file is missing!" -Stop
}
# Check the configuration
if (!($Config)) {
Write-PoshError -Message "The Base configuration file is missing!" -Stop
}
<#
Any further Script here
#>
<#
Now we read the JSON File and use it
#>
# Internal Version information (For future use)
$global:ConfigVersion = ($Config.basic.ConfigVersion)
# Customer Info (For future use)
$global:Company = ($Config.basic.Customer)
# Environment (Production, Leaduser, Testing, Development)
$global:environment = ($Config.basic.environment)
<#
Any further Script here
#>
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It is bad practice and generally uneccessary to use global variables. Use of global variables is a big security risk.
I tried your script without them and this specific case is unneccessary

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It is bad practice and generally uneccessary to use global variables. Use of global variables is a big security risk. I tried your script without them and this specific case is unneccessary

You are right!
The script above uses global variables as a show case. If declare variables in a script and try to use them in another script, it might cause issues.
Within a module I would use $script: to define variables that stays intact with the module. And I also delete all variables after using them and don’t need them anymore.

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