AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Command Reference

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Synopsis

Calls the AWS Secrets Manager GetRandomPassword API operation.

Syntax

Get-SECRandomPassword
-ExcludeCharacter <String>
-ExcludeLowercase <Boolean>
-ExcludeNumber <Boolean>
-ExcludePunctuation <Boolean>
-ExcludeUppercase <Boolean>
-IncludeSpace <Boolean>
-PasswordLength <Int64>
-RequireEachIncludedType <Boolean>
-Select <String>
-ClientConfig <AmazonSecretsManagerConfig>

Description

Generates a random password. We recommend that you specify the maximum length and include every character type that the system you are generating a password for can support. Secrets Manager generates a CloudTrail log entry when you call this action. Do not include sensitive information in request parameters because it might be logged. For more information, see Logging Secrets Manager events with CloudTrail. Required permissions: secretsmanager:GetRandomPassword. For more information, see IAM policy actions for Secrets Manager and Authentication and access control in Secrets Manager.

Parameters

-ClientConfig <AmazonSecretsManagerConfig>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.SEC.AmazonSecretsManagerClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ExcludeCharacter <String>
A string of the characters that you don't want in the password.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesExcludeCharacters
-ExcludeLowercase <Boolean>
Specifies whether to exclude lowercase letters from the password. If you don't include this switch, the password can contain lowercase letters.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ExcludeNumber <Boolean>
Specifies whether to exclude numbers from the password. If you don't include this switch, the password can contain numbers.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesExcludeNumbers
-ExcludePunctuation <Boolean>
Specifies whether to exclude the following punctuation characters from the password: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~. If you don't include this switch, the password can contain punctuation.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ExcludeUppercase <Boolean>
Specifies whether to exclude uppercase letters from the password. If you don't include this switch, the password can contain uppercase letters.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-IncludeSpace <Boolean>
Specifies whether to include the space character. If you include this switch, the password can contain space characters.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-PasswordLength <Int64>
The length of the password. If you don't include this parameter, the default length is 32 characters.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-RequireEachIncludedType <Boolean>
Specifies whether to include at least one upper and lowercase letter, one number, and one punctuation. If you don't include this switch, the password contains at least one of every character type.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is 'RandomPassword'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.SecretsManager.Model.GetRandomPasswordResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.SecretsManager.Model.GetRandomPasswordResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

System.String or Amazon.SecretsManager.Model.GetRandomPasswordResponse
This cmdlet returns a System.String object. The service call response (type Amazon.SecretsManager.Model.GetRandomPasswordResponse) can also be referenced from properties attached to the cmdlet entry in the $AWSHistory stack.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z