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The ultimate PowerShell Azure and Windows operating systems resource!

Joseph Deblasio — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 15:59:58 +0000

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PowerShell install on Ubuntu 20.04

Joseph Deblasio — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:46:37 +0000

Update the list of packages

sudo apt-get update

Install pre-requisite packages.

sudo apt-get install -y wget apt-transport-https software-properties-common

Download the Microsoft repository GPG keys

wget -q "https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(lsb_release -rs)/packages-microsoft-prod.deb"

Register the Microsoft repository GPG keys

sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Update the list of packages after we added packages.microsoft.com

sudo apt-get update

Install PowerShell

sudo apt-get install -y powershell

Start PowerShell

pwsh

PowerShell SMTP code

Joseph Deblasio — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 19:50:16 +0000

PowerShell SMTP code

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use mailtrap.io for SMTP relay port 25

$message = New-Object Net.Mail.MailMessage;
$message.From = "me@datacenter.com";
$message.To.Add($email);
$message.subject = "Sending alert for process 13";
$message.Body = "This is a critical Alert - Action Required";
$smtp = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.google.com", 587);
$smtp = EnableSSL = $true;
$smtp.credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username, $Password);
$smtp.Send($message);