From cbd32f1a07265369474e628b0133472f9a7e02df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Sparer <sparerd@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:37:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] added powershell script for creating bulk connections

---
 Tools/CreateBulkConnections_ConfCons2_6.ps1 | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 106 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Tools/CreateBulkConnections_ConfCons2_6.ps1

diff --git a/Tools/CreateBulkConnections_ConfCons2_6.ps1 b/Tools/CreateBulkConnections_ConfCons2_6.ps1
new file mode 100644
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+$EncryptionKey = (Get-Credential -Message "Enter the encryption key you would like to use. This must match the encryption key used by the rest of the confCons file." -UserName "DontNeedUsername").Password
+$PathToMrngFolder = "C:\Users\SparerD\Downloads\mRemoteNG-Portable-1.75.7012.16846"
+
+if ($PathToMrngFolder -eq "") {
+    Write-Error -Message 'You must set the $PathToMrngFolder variable in this script to the folder which contains mRemoteNG.exe'
+}
+
+$assembly = [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile((Join-Path -Path $PathToMrngFolder -ChildPath "mRemoteNG.exe"))
+$assembly = [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile((Join-Path -Path $PathToMrngFolder -ChildPath "BouncyCastle.Crypto.dll"))
+
+function New-mRemoteNGXmlSerializer {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param (
+        [SecureString]
+        $EncryptionKey
+    )
+
+    PROCESS {
+        $cryptoProvider = New-Object -TypeName mRemoteNG.Security.SymmetricEncryption.AeadCryptographyProvider
+        $saveFilter = New-Object -TypeName mRemoteNG.Security.SaveFilter -ArgumentList @($false)
+        $xmlSerializer = New-Object -TypeName mRemoteNG.Config.Serializers.XmlConnectionNodeSerializer -ArgumentList @($cryptoProvider, $encryptionKey, $saveFilter)
+        Write-Output $xmlSerializer
+    }
+}
+
+function New-mRemoteNGConnectionInfo {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param (
+    )
+
+    PROCESS {
+        $connectionInfo = New-Object -TypeName mRemoteNG.Connection.ConnectionInfo
+        Write-Output $connectionInfo
+    }
+}
+
+function New-mRemoteNGContainerInfo {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param (
+    )
+
+    PROCESS {
+        $connectionInfo = New-Object -TypeName mRemoteNG.Container.ContainerInfo
+        Write-Output $connectionInfo
+    }
+}
+
+# Setup the services needed to do serialization
+$xmlSerializer = New-mRemoteNGXmlSerializer -EncryptionKey $EncryptionKey
+
+
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Example 1: serialize many connections
+# Here you can define the number of connection info objects to create
+# You can also provide a list of desired hostnames and iterate over those
+$xml = ""
+foreach($i in 1..5)
+{
+    $connectionInfo = New-mRemoteNGConnectionInfo
+
+    # Set connection info properties
+    $connectionInfo.Name = "server-$i"
+    $connectionInfo.Hostname = "some-win-server-$i"
+    $connectionInfo.Protocol = [mRemoteNG.Connection.Protocol.ProtocolType]::RDP
+    $connectionInfo.Inheritance.Username = $true
+    $connectionInfo.Inheritance.Domain = $true
+    $connectionInfo.Inheritance.Password = $true
+
+    $serializedConnection = $xmlSerializer.SerializeConnectionInfo($connectionInfo).ToString()
+    $xml += $serializedConnection + [System.Environment]::NewLine
+}
+
+Write-Output $xml
+
+
+
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Example 2: serialize a container which has connections
+# You can also create containers and add connections to them, which will be nested correctly when serialized
+$xml = ""
+$container = New-mRemoteNGContainerInfo
+$container.Name = "ProductionServers"
+$serializedContainer = $xmlSerializer.SerializeConnectionInfo($container)
+
+foreach($i in 1..3)
+{
+    $connectionInfo = New-mRemoteNGConnectionInfo
+
+    # Set connection info properties
+    $connectionInfo.Name = "server-$i"
+    $connectionInfo.Hostname = "some-linux-server-$i"
+    $connectionInfo.Protocol = [mRemoteNG.Connection.Protocol.ProtocolType]::SSH2
+    $connectionInfo.Inheritance.Username = $true
+    $connectionInfo.Inheritance.Domain = $true
+    $connectionInfo.Inheritance.Password = $true
+    
+    # serialize the connection
+    $serializedConnection = $xmlSerializer.SerializeConnectionInfo($connectionInfo)
+    # add the connection to the container
+    $serializedContainer.Add($serializedConnection)
+}
+
+# get the raw xml text
+Write-Output $serializedContainer.ToString()
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