Scripts/helpers/Set-ElasticConnection.ps1
<# .Synopsis Sets the current Elastic connection info (BaseUrl and API Authorization). Highly recommended to call this function from $profile to avoid having to re-configure this on every session. .DESCRIPTION Sets the current Elastic connection info (BaseUrl and API Authorization). Stores information as $env variables It is highly recommended that you call this function from $profile to avoid having to re-configure this on every session. .EXAMPLE Set-ElasticConnectionInfo -BaseUrl "http://MyElastic.AwesomeCompany.com" -Username 'user' -Password 'pass' Set connection info with a specific Auth string for an Elastic instance #> function Set-ElasticConnection { [CmdletBinding()] Param ( # Elastic BaseUrl [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string]$BaseUrl, # Elastic username [Parameter(Mandatory,ParameterSetName="Credentials")] [string]$Username, # Elastic password [Parameter(Mandatory,ParameterSetName="Credentials")] [string]$Password ) $env:ElasticBaseUrl = $BaseUrl $env:ElasticAuth = ('Basic ' + [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($Username + ":" + $Password))) } |