Generate Machine Key using Power shell

Question

I am trying to generate machine key to share between a few machine, after a quick google search i found this article KB 2915218, Appendix A .

1. I copied the code and save as .ps1 extension which i believe is power shell extension.
2. Open power shell
3. Move to the location of the file
4. run the script.

PS E: ./Generate-MachineKey -validation sha1

It runs fine but it doesn't output the keys. Any reason why? Am i doing something wrong in Powershell?

Thanks,

Answer 1

The script contains a function so you'll have to first load the script and then run the function for it to work.

First we'll have to load the file, i called my ps1 "MachineKey" so this is how i load it

PS E:\> . .\MachineKey.ps1

Once i've loaded the file if i want to run the function called "Generate-MachineKey" i have to type this in afterwards

PS E:\> Generate-MachineKey -validationAlgorithm SHA1