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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook
Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook: Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks , Third Edition

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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Chapter 2. Managing Windows Networking

In this chapter, we cover the following recipes:

  • New ways to do old things
  • Configuring IP addressing
  • Installing and authorizing a DHCP server
  • Configuring DHCP scopes
  • Configuring an IP address from static to DHCP
  • Configuring DHCP failover and load balancing
  • Configuring DNS servers, zones, and resource records

Introduction

At the heart of every organization is the network—the infrastructure that enables client and server systems to interoperate. Windows has included networking features since the early days of Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (and earlier with Microsoft LAN Manager).

Many of the tools that IT pros use today have been around for a long time, but have more recently been replaced by PowerShell cmdlets. In the New ways to do old things recipe, we look at some of the old commands and their replacement cmdlets.

Every server or workstation in your environment needs to have a correct IP configuration. In the Configuring IP addressing recipe, we look at how to set a network interface's IP configuration, including DNS settings.

As an alternative to creating static IP addresses, you can set up a DHCP server to issue IP address configuration to clients by using the Installing and authorizing a DHCP server recipe. Once your DHCP server is set up, you can use the Configuring DHCP scopes...

New ways to do old things

Networking IT pros in the Windows Server space have been using a number of console applications to perform basic diagnostics for decades. Tools such as Ipconfig, Tracert, and NSlookup are used by IT pros all over the world. The network shell (netsh) is another veritable Swiss Army Knife set of tools to configure and manage Windows networking components.

PowerShell implements a number of cmdlets that do some of the tasks that older Win32 console applications provided. Cmdlets, such as Get-NetIPConfiguration and Resolve-DnsName, are newer alternatives to ipconfig.exe and nslookup.exe.

These cmdlets also add useful functionality. For example, using Test-NetConnection enables you to check whether a host that might block ICMP is supporting inbound traffic on a particular port. ping.exe only uses ICMP, which may be blocked somewhere in the path to the server.

One administrative benefit of using cmdlets rather than older console applications relates to remoting security...

Configuring IP addressing

By default, Windows uses DHCP to configure any NICs that are found during the installation process. Once you complete the installation of Windows, you can use the settings application netsh.exe, or, of course, PowerShell to set IP configuration manually.

Getting ready

This recipe runs on SRV2.Reskit.Org. This host is a domain-joined system with an NIC that is initially set up to be configured from DHCP.

How to do it...

  1. Get existing IP address information for SRV2:
    $IPType = 'IPv4'
    $Adapter = Get-NetAdapter |
      Where-Object Status -eq 'Up'    
    $Interface = $Adapter |
      Get-NetIPInterface -AddressFamily $IPType
    $IfIndex = $Interface.ifIndex
    $IfAlias = $Interface.Interfacealias
    Get-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex $Ifindex -AddressFamily $IPType
  2. Set the IP address for SRV2:
    $IPHT = @{
      InterfaceAlias = $IfAlias
      PrefixLength   = 24
      IPAddress      = '10.10.10.51'
      DefaultGateway = '10.10.10.254'
      AddressFamily  = $IPType
    }
    New-NetIPAddress...

Installing and authorizing a DHCP server

In most organizations, your servers are configured with a static IP address configuration, but client computers can get IP addresses from a DHCP server. In Windows (and with most Linux, Macintosh, and mobile phones), the operating system contains a DHCP client that communicates with a DHCP server to obtain an IP address configuration (including the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server IP address).

Installing and authorizing a DHCP server is easy and straightforward. You can use Server Manager to achieve this. Server Manager, though, is a GUI that's layered on top of PowerShell. Alternatively, as you see in this recipe, you can use PowerShell to automate the installation and configuration of DHCP.

Getting ready

This recipe installs the DHCP service and the related management tools on the DC1.Reskit.Org computer. DC1 is a domain controller in the Reskit.Org domain and is also a DNS server.

How to do it...

  1. Install the DHCP server...

Configuring DHCP scopes

In the previous recipe, Installing and authorizing a DHCP server, you installed and authorized a DHCP server on DC1.Reskit.Org. Before that server can begin to provide IP address configuration information to DHCP clients, you need to create a DHCP scope and DHCP options. A DHCP scope is a range of DHCP addresses that your DHCP server can give out (for a given IP subnet). DHCP options are specific configuration options your DHCP server provides, such as the IP address of the DNS server. DHCP options can be set at a scope level or at a server level, depending on the needs of your organization.

Getting ready

This recipe adds and configures a DHCP scope for your DHCP service on DC1. You installed the DHCP service and authorized it by completing the Installing and authorizing a DHCP server recipe.

How to do it...

  1. Create a new DHCP scope:
    $SHT = @{
      Name         = 'Reskit'
      StartRange   = '10.10.10.150'
      EndRange     = '10.10.10.199'
      SubnetMask...

Configuring IP addresses from static to DHCP

In some cases, you may need to switch the IP address of a server from static back to DHCP. The server may have had a static IP address based on the role it used to perform a role, but you plan to repurpose this server and want to reconfigure the server to obtain IP configuration from DHCP.

Getting ready

This recipe uses SRV1 which, at the start of the recipe, has manual IP configuration, such as what you created in the Configure IP addressing recipe. In this recipe, you changed from static to DHCP configuration. Also, this recipe assumes that you have DHCP running based on the Installing and authorizing a DHCP server and the Configuring DHCP scopes recipes.

How to do it...

  1. Get the existing IP address' information:
    $IPType = 'IPv4'
    $Adapter = Get-NetAdapter |
                 Where-Object Status -eq 'up'
    $Interface = $Adapter |
                   Get-NetIPInterface -AddressFamily $IPType
    $IfIndex = $Interface.ifIndex
    $IfAlias = $Interface...

Configuring DHCP failover and load balancing

The basic installation and configuration of a single DHCP server, as shown in the two previous recipes, is straightforward. However, a single DHCP server represents a single point of failure. A standard solution to this shortcoming is to implement DHCP Failover and Load Balancing. Microsoft added this to DHCP with Windows 2012. This feature, and indeed DHCP, is still provided with Server 2019.

Getting ready

This recipe requires two servers, with one server (DC1) set up with a working and configured DHCP scope. You achieved this by using the Configuring and authorizing a DHCP server and Configure DHCP scopes recipes. This recipe needs a second server (in this case, DC2.Reskit.Org).

How to do it...

  1. Install the DHCP server feature on DC2:
    $FHT = @{
      Name         = 'DHCP','RSAT-DHCP'
      ComputerName = 'DC2.Reskit.Org'
    }
    Install-WindowsFeature @FHT
  2. Let DHCP know it's all configured on DC2:
    $IPHT = @{
      Path   = 'HKLM...

Configuring DNS servers, zones, and resource records

In Chapter 3, Managing Windows Active Directory, in the Installing Active Directory with DNS recipe, you installed a DNS server as part of the installation of AD. This enabled DC1 to be an initial DNS server that provided a home for the various DNS records that were created by AD for the Reskit.Org domain. Adding a DHCP scope with DHCP options that specify 10.10.10.10 (the IP address of DC1.Reskit.Org) means that DHCP clients use DC1 as their DNS server (and register their IP addresses with DC1).

After you perform these two recipes, DHCP clients receive IP address configuration, which includes a DNS server. Thus, DHCP clients can easily resolve IP address for each other and for the domain forest infrastructure (DNS resolution provides AD clients with IP address details for the domain controller and global catalog servers).

The DC installation process, combined with DNS auto registration, means that basic DNS operations just work for DHCP...

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Key benefits

  • Leverage PowerShell to automate complex Windows server tasks
  • Explore new features such as DevOps and containers, and speed up their performance using PowerShell
  • Improve PowerShell's usability and manage Windows-based environments by working through exciting recipes

Description

Windows Server 2019 is the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship server operating system. It also comes with PowerShell Version 5.1 and offers a number of additional features that IT professionals will find useful. This book is designed to help you learn how to use PowerShell and manage the core roles, features, and services of Windows Server 2019. You will begin by creating a PowerShell Administrative Environment that features updated versions of PowerShell, the Windows Management Framework, .NET Framework, and third-party modules. Next, you will learn to use PowerShell to set up and configure Windows Server 2019 networking and understand how to manage objects in the Active Directory (AD) environment. The book will also guide you in setting up a host to utilize containers and deploying containers. Further along, you will be able to implement different mechanisms to achieve Desired State Configuration. The book will then get you up to speed with Azure infrastructure, in addition to helping you get to grips with setting up virtual machines (VMs), websites, and file share on Azure. In the concluding chapters, you will be able to deploy some powerful tools to diagnose and resolve issues with Windows Server 2019. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with a number of useful tips and tricks to automate your Windows environment with PowerShell.

Who is this book for?

If you are a systems administrator, engineer, or an architect working with Windows Server 2016 who wants to upgrade to Windows Server 2019 and automate tasks with PowerShell, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of PowerShell is expected.

What you will learn

  • Perform key admin tasks on Windows Server 2019
  • Employing best practices for writing PowerShell scripts and configuring Windows Server 2019
  • Use the .NET Framework to achieve administrative scripting
  • Set up VMs, websites, and shared files on Azure
  • Report system performance using built-in cmdlets and WMI to obtain single measurements
  • Know the tools you can use to diagnose and resolve issues with Windows Server

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1. Establishing a PowerShell Administrative Environment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Managing Windows Networking Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Managing Windows Active Directory Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Managing Windows Storage Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Managing Shared Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Managing Windows Update Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Managing Printing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Introducing Containers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Managing Windows Internet Information Server Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Managing Desired State Configuration Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Managing Hyper-V Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
12. Managing Azure Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
13. Managing Performance and Usage Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
14. Troubleshooting Windows Server Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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This book is the single resource to take an intermediate PowerShell user and supercharge their career into a Professional Windows Server Administer. You will learn how to work with remote management environments, custom repositories, package management, code-signing, JEA (Just Enough Administration), IP Address, DHCP, and DNS management, AD management, File share automation, DFS management, WSUS management, practical Container operations, IIS Administration, DSC (Desired State Configuration), Hyper-V management, Performance monitoring, Event logs, and some Azure, all with PowerShell. Even if you are a veteran PowerShell expert with Windows Server, you will learn some new ways to do things with Windows Server 2019.
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Don't pass this book up, seriously! From soup to nuts, Thomas gives you the recipes to excel in the world of Powershell and automation. If you're not automating your server tasks on ANY version of Windows server, you're at least 15+ years behind the times. I was doing it with PERL in the early 2000s and doing it now with Powershell. Thomas gives you the tools to be ahead of your peers when it comes to Powershell. I knew this would be a great asset to have in my toolbox because I also have his Windows Server 2016 Cookbook.
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