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## Protobuf Serialization & Deserialization

# This is the process to serialize and deserialize data into/from protobuf
# Protobuf is supposed to be much smaller than JSON or XML and that's its main advantage

# Date: 09-Jun-2026

# you will need to following thing:
# - nuget tool (ex. scoop install nuget)

PanosGreg

## Protobuf Serialization & Deserialization

# This is the process to serialize and deserialize data into/from protobuf
# Protobuf is supposed to be much smaller than JSON or XML and that's its main advantage

# Date: 09-Jun-2026

# you will need to following thing:
# - nuget tool (ex. scoop install nuget)

PanosGreg

function Get-SslCertificate {
<#
.EXAMPLE
    Get-SslCertificate -Address devad2487dc3.ad.coupadev.net -Port 636

    Check the Active Directory service on a domain controller to get the certificate we deployed for use by LDAPS
#>
[OutputType([System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2])] # <-- default output
[OutputType([System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate])]  # <-- fallback output
[CmdletBinding()]                                                              #     if we can't convert it to X509Certificate2

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Commands to work with GitHub Actions

    This file contains these functions:
    - Get-GhaApiVersion
    - Get-GhaStep
    - Get-Workflow
    - Get-WorkflowJob
    - Get-WorkflowLog

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function Resolve-Error {
[OutputType([object],[string])]  # <-- by default [object], and [string] with AsString 
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
    [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, Mandatory)]
    [ValidateNotNull()]
    $ErrorRecord,

    [switch]$AsString
)

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Step-Wrapper script for GitHub Actions Workflows

    The main benefit is that it allows any variables defined in a step,
    to be accessible to all subsequent steps. As if the code from all the steps
    is running as a single script, without having to define the variables on each step.

.DESCRIPTION
    This script wraps the user's command on each step.

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name: Get Environment Variables and JWTs

# This workflow was tested on a self-hosted windows runner (Windows Server 2025)
# On the VM, PowerShell v7.5.4 was installed and was used for this workflow as the shell
# The GitHub Actions Runner service version was v2.331.0.0 (Jan-2026)

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

defaults:

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function ConvertFrom-JwtToken {
<#
.DESCRIPTION
    Decodes a JWT token. This was taken from link below. Thanks to Vasil Michev.
.LINK
    https://www.michev.info/Blog/Post/2140/decode-jwt-access-and-id-tokens-via-powershell
#>
[OutputType([System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary])]
[cmdletbinding()]
param(

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
    DNS Made Easy helper functions
    
    Context: I needed to do some bulk operations in DNS Made Easy at work,
             I didn't find anything adequate online and so I wrote this.

.DESCRIPTION
    This file exposes 3 functions, an enum and a class.

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# This file contains the following functions:

# Import-ServiceCertificate   - Import a PFX certificate to a service cert store
# Get-ServiceCertificate      - Get the certificates of a service
# Remove-ServiceCertificate   - Delete a certificate from a service

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

function Import-ServiceCertificate {