store encrypted password for PowerShell scripts

[Hypnotoad]

Is there a way to  store the password for the Commect-VIServer cmdlet in a file? I tried using the ConvertTo-SecureString cmdlet but wasn't able to get it to work.

$vpass = ConvertTo-SecureString (Get-Content C:\scripts\vpassword.txt)
Connect-VIServer -Server vc.domain.com -Protocol https -User user -Password $vpass

Thanks,

Toad

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You are missing some steps.

Provided you created the file this way

$MyPswd = "xyz1234" 
ConvertTo-SecureString $MyPswd -AsPlainText -Force | `
 ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File -FilePath "C:\pass.txt" 

You can convert it back like this

$pswdSec = Get-Content "C:\pass.txt" | ConvertTo-SecureString 
$bPswd = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($pswdSec)
$pswd = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto($bPswd)
$pswd 

Note that you have to create and use the password with the same account !

[Hypnotoad]

Thanks much for that. It worked perfectly. 

Toad