Using Container Custom Attributes

Question

Hi

I'm wondering how we can use the custom attributes we can set when creating a new container in Adaxes? As an example, I would like to use one for the certificate thumbprint used to access Azure in powershell. This cert will of course need to be updated from time to time and I would prefer to store this in a custom atttibute and reference this within scripts rather than having to update every script we create.

Is this possible? And if so, how would we go about updating the attribute once the certificate has been renewed?

Thanks

Matt

Answer 1

Hello Matt,

Adaxes custom attributes (e.g. CustomAttributeText1) are available for all types of objects including containers. You can update them the same way as you do for users, computers, groups, etc. For example, you can create a dedicated Modify container Web interface action with only the required custom attribute on the form. For details on how to work with Web interface actions, have a look at the following tutorial: https://www.adaxes.com/tutorials_WebInterfaceCustomization_ConfigureActionsPane.htm.

Comments

Hi

Thanks for the info. I'm not sure I was clear in my original question though, the containers I'm referrring to are the new containers under the Custom Commands. When I create these I have an option to speficy a custom attribute. While looking at the properties later I don't see a way to update this attribute. I'm also not sure how to reference this attribute from powershell.

Thanks

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Hello Matt,

Thank you for clarifying. To update properties of a container created in one of the containers for Adaxes configuration objects (e.g. in the Custom Commands container) you can use a custom command configured for the Container object type. Property values can be specified using the command parameters. For example, such a custom command can look like the following: To execute a command, right-click the container, navigate to All Tasks and then click the command you need. Values of such container properties can only be viewed using a PowerShell script. For example, it can be done by outputting values into the execution log via a script like below. In the script, the $propertyName varialbe specifies the LDAP name of the property.

$propertyName = "adm-CustomAttributeText1" # TODO: modify me

try
{
    $propertyValue = $Context.TargetObject.Get($propertyName)
}
catch
{
    $propertyValue = "Property $propertyName is empty"
}

$Context.LogMessage($propertyValue, "Information")

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Thanks very much for the information and (as ever) the quick responses.

Matt