Passing parameters to custom command in scheduled task

Question

Dear support, I'm trying to automate network share creations via custom commands. They idea is to create share and groups with command A and schedule execution of Command B (assigning permissions) after AD sync to other site (in 3h).

I've succedded so far to create a scheduled task, with a custom command action and domain scope, but I'm strugling how to schedule Command B with necessary arguments (server and folder names). Can you please advise? Here's my code so far

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi")

$admNS = New-Object "Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi.AdmNamespace"

$admService = $admNS.GetServiceDirectly("localhost")

# Bind to the 'File server tasks' container

$scheduledTasksPath = $admService.Backend.GetConfigurationContainerPath("ScheduledTasks")

$scheduledTasksPathObj = New-Object "Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi.AdsPath" $scheduledTasksPath

$myContainerPath = $scheduledTasksPathObj.CreateChildPath("CN=File server tasks")

$myContainer = $admService.OpenObject($myContainerPath,$NULL, $NULL, 0)

# Create a Scheduled Task

$task = $myContainer.Create("adm-ScheduledTask", "CN=File server tasks")

$task.ObjectType = "Domain"

$task.Description = "Assign NTFS permissions and share %param-folder%"

$task.Disabled = $False

$task.ExecutionMoment = "ADM_BUSINESSRULEEXECMOMENT_BEFORE"

$task.OperationType = "none"

$recurrencePattern = $task.GetRecurrencePattern()

$recurrencePattern.RecurrenceType = "ADM_RECURRENCEPATTERNTYPE_ONCE"

$recurrencePattern.PatternStartDateTime = (Get-Date).AddHours(3)

$task.SetRecurrencePattern($recurrencePattern)

$task.SetInfo()

# Define actions and conditions for the task

$commandID = "{e944e4df-6081-4b9d-8640-52eede7d3615}"

$actionsAndConditions = $task.ConditionedActions.Create()

$actionsAndConditions.ConditionsLogicalOperation = "ADM_LOGICALOPERATION_AND"

$actionsAndConditions.SetInfo()

$action = $actionsAndConditions.Actions.CreateEx("adm-CustomCommandAction")

$action.ExecutionOptions = "ADM_ACTIONEXECUTIONOPTIONS_SYNC"

$removeAction = $action.GetAction()

$removeAction.CustomCommandId = $commandID

$action.SetAction($removeAction)

$action.SetInfo()

$actionsAndConditions.Actions.Add($action)

$task.ConditionedActions.Add($actionsAndConditions)

# Define the scope for the task

$scopeItem = $task.ActivityScopeItems.Create()

$scopeItem.BaseObject = $Context.TargetObject

$scopeItem.Type = "ADM_SCOPEBASEOBJECTTYPE_CONTAINER"

$scopeItem.Inheritance = "ADS_SCOPE_BASE"

$scopeItem.Exclude = $False

$scopeItem.SetInfo()

$task.ActivityScopeItems.Add($scopeItem)

Answer 1

Hello Dmytro,

You will need to bind to the Custom Command, create arguments for the command execution, specify parameter values that will be used to execute the command in the Scheduled Task and then pass the arguments to the Arguments property of the action. Here is the code that will do the trick:

# Define actions and conditions for the task

$commandID = "{a7264a61-b77d-4386-a138-ec2557c5b3ba}" # Command ID
$commandDN = "CN=MyCommand,CN=Custom Commands,CN=Configuration Objects,CN=Adaxes Configuration,CN=Adaxes" # Command DN

# Create action set
$actionsAndConditions = $task.ConditionedActions.Create()
$actionsAndConditions.ConditionsLogicalOperation = "ADM_LOGICALOPERATION_AND"
$actionsAndConditions.SetInfo()

# Create execute Custom Command action
$action = $actionsAndConditions.Actions.CreateEx("adm-CustomCommandAction")
$action.ExecutionOptions = "ADM_ACTIONEXECUTIONOPTIONS_SYNC"

# Get action
$removeAction = $action.GetAction()

# Bind to Custom Command
$customCommand = $Context.BindToObjectByDN($commandDN)

# Specify command arguments
$arguments = $customCommand.CreateArguments()
$arguments.SetParameterValue("MyParameter", "MyValue") # Parameter value

# Configure the action
$removeAction.CustomCommandId = $commandID
$removeAction.Arguments = $arguments

# Save action
$action.SetAction($removeAction)
$action.SetInfo()

In the script, the $commandDN variable specifies the distinguished name (DN) of the Custom Command. For information on how to get the DN of a directory object, see http://adaxes.com/sdk/?HowDoI.GetDnOfObject.html.

For details, have a look at the following SDK article: http://adaxes.com/sdk/?IAdmCustomCommandAction2.html.