Functions/Authentication/New-PASSharedSession.ps1
function New-PASSharedSession { <# .SYNOPSIS Authenticates a user to CyberArk Vault. .DESCRIPTION Authenticates a user to a CyberArk Vault using shared authentication. .PARAMETER SkipVersionCheck If the SkipVersionCheck switch is specified, Get-PASServer will not be called after successfully authenticating. .PARAMETER SessionVariable After successfully execution of this function, and authentication to the Vault, a WebSession object, that contains information about the connection and the request, including cookies, will be created and passed back in the return object. This can be passed to subsequent requests to ensure websessions are persistant when the PAS Web Service exists accross PVWA servers behind a load balancer. .PARAMETER BaseURI A string containing the base web address to send te request to. Pass the portion the PVWA HTTP address. Do not include "/PasswordVault/" .PARAMETER PVWAAppName The name of the CyberArk PVWA Virtual Directory. Defaults to PasswordVault .EXAMPLE $token = New-PASSharedSession -BaseURI https://PVWA.domain.com Gets authorisation token by authenticating to a CyberArk Vault using shared authentication. .INPUTS A PSCredential Object can be piped to this function. .OUTPUTS CyberArk Session token; This token identifies the session with the vault, and is supplied to every other web service request in the same session. A WebSession object; This contains information about the connection and the request, including cookies. Can be supplied to other web service requests. baseURI; this is the URL provided as an input to this function, it can be piped to other functions from this return object. ExternalVersion; The External Version number retrieved from CyberArk. .NOTES .LINK #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] param( [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $false )] [switch]$SkipVersionCheck, [parameter( Mandatory = $false )] [string]$SessionVariable = "PASSession", [parameter( Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $false )] [string]$BaseURI, [parameter( Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipelinebyPropertyName = $true )] [string]$PVWAAppName = "PasswordVault" ) BEGIN { #Construct URL for request $URI = "$baseURI/$PVWAAppName/WebServices/auth/Shared/RestfulAuthenticationService.svc/Logon" }#begin PROCESS { $Body = @{} | ConvertTo-Json if($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("$baseURI/$PVWAAppName", "Logon Using Shared Authentication")) { #Send Logon Request $PASSession = Invoke-PASRestMethod -Uri $URI -Method POST -Body $Body -SessionVariable $SessionVariable #If Logon Result If($PASSession) { #Format Authentication token $SessionToken = @{"Authorization" = [string]$($PASSession.CyberArkLogonResult)} #WebSession Object $WebSession = $PASSession | Select-Object -ExpandProperty WebSession #Initial Value for Version variable [System.Version]$Version = "0.0" if( -not ($SkipVersionCheck)) { Try { #Get CyberArk ExternalVersion number, assign to Version variable. [System.Version]$Version = Get-PASServer -sessionToken $SessionToken -WebSession $WebSession ` -BaseURI $BaseURI -PVWAAppName $PVWAAppName -ErrorAction Stop | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ExternalVersion } Catch {Write-Warning "Could Not Determine CyberArk Version"} } #Return Object [pscustomobject]@{ #Authentication Token - required for all subsequent Web Service Calls "sessionToken" = $SessionToken #WebSession "WebSession" = $WebSession #The Web Service URL the request was sent to "BaseURI" = $BaseURI #PVWA Application Name/Virtual Directory "PVWAAppName" = $PVWAAppName #ExternalVersion "ExternalVersion" = $Version #Set default properties to display in output } | Add-ObjectDetail -DefaultProperties sessionToken, BaseURI } } }#process END {}#end } |