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I'm trying to automate gateway data source management using PowerShell. First I need to encrypt credentials. Here is my PowerShell script to do this;
$segmentLength = 85
$encryptedLength = 128
$plaintTxt = '{"credentialData":[{"value":"'+$Username+'","name":"username"},{"value":"'+$Password+'","name":"password"}]}'
$rsa = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.RSACryptoServiceProvider ($encryptedLength * 8)
$parameters = $rsa.ExportParameters($false)
$parameters.Exponent = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String($GatewayExponent)
$parameters.Modulus = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String($GatewayModulus)
$rsa.ImportParameters($parameters)
$plainTextArray = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($plaintTxt)
$hasIncompleteSegment = $plainTextArray.Length % $segmentLength -ne 0
$segmentNumber = If (-not $hasIncompleteSegment) {[int]($plainTextArray.Length / $segmentLength)} Else {[int]($plainTextArray.Length / $segmentLength) + 1}
$encryptedData = [System.Byte[]]::CreateInstance([System.Byte],$segmentNumber * $encryptedLength)
[int]$encryptedDataPosition = 0;
For ($i=0; $i -lt $segmentNumber; $i++) {
$lengthToCopy = If ($i -eq ($segmentNumber - 1) -and $hasIncompleteSegment) {$plainTextArray.Length % $segmentLength} Else {$segmentLength}
$segment = [System.Byte[]]::CreateInstance([System.Byte],$lengthToCopy)
[System.Array]::Copy($plainTextArray,$i*$segmentLength,$segment,0,$lengthToCopy)
$segmentEncryptedResult = $rsa.Encrypt($segment, $true)
[System.Array]::Copy($segmentEncryptedResult,0,$encryptedData,$encryptedDataPosition,$segmentEncryptedResult.Length)
$encryptedDataPosition += $segmentEncryptedResult.Length;
}
return [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($encryptedData)The solution described on this page stopped working - on the end of 2019
We're receiving the error that the
"Destination array was not long enough. Check destIndex and length, and the array's lower bounds"
on the line "Array.Copy(segmentEncryptedResult, 0, encryptedData, encryptedDataPosition, segmentEncryptedResult.Length);"
Do you have any fix writing in PowerShell? I have found sth in cs: microsoft/PowerBI-CSharp@83ba689
I will be apricated for any hint. Thanks!
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @Anonymous ,
See if this sample will help you:
Best Regards,
Liang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hello, here is my function, i found some code in the past available from internet.
In this function, it assumes that you already have imported the MicrosoftPowerBiMgmt modules
You need to download the Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.dll in order to call some code:
<#
.Synopsis
Encrypt the credentials against a DataGateway
#>
function Get-EncryptedCredentialDetails
{
param
(
# The Username
[parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$Username,
# The Password
[parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$Password,
# The DataGateway ID
[parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$DataGatewayId
)
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("$PSScriptRoot\Microsoft\Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.dll")
$publicKey = (Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url gateways/$($DataGatewayId) -Method Get | ConvertFrom-Json).publicKey
$gatewayPublicKey = [Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.Models.GatewayPublicKey]::new($publicKey.exponent, $publicKey.modulus)
$basicCredentials = [Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.Models.Credentials.BasicCredentials]::new($Username, $Password)
$credentialsEncryptor = [Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.Extensions.AsymmetricKeyEncryptor]::new($gatewayPublicKey)
[Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.Models.CredentialDetails]::new(
$basicCredentials,
[Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.Models.PrivacyLevel]::Organizational,
[Microsoft.PowerBI.Api.Models.EncryptedConnection]::Encrypted,
$credentialsEncryptor)
}
Hi @Anonymous ,
See if this sample will help you:
Best Regards,
Liang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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