NetworkRestart

Console-based application that allows for the scripted restart, logoff, or shutdown of selected computers within a Windows Active Directory Domain

Getting Started

Simply clone the project to get your development enviornment started up. Once your solution is open, right click on the project, go to the Debug tab, and add a path to your json configuration file.

See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

Json configuration file used for providing correct data to application. Here is a sample config file.

{
  "Action": {
    "action": "restart",
    "installUpdates": "true",
    "forceAction": "true"
  },
  "ServerConfiguration": {
    "domain": "xxxx.local",
    "domainAdminUserName": "[email protected]",
    "domainAdminPassword": "xxxx",
    "rootOUdistinguishedName": "OU=xxxx,OU=Computers,OU=Production,DC=xxxx,DC=local",
    "includeSubfolders": "true"
  },
  "computersToIgnore": [
    "xxxx-SPAR0001",
    "xxxx-SPAR0002"
  ],
  "EmailConfiguration": {
    "Server": "xxx",
    "Port": 2525,
    "userName": "[email protected]",
    "password": "xxxx",
    "fromAddress": "[email protected]",
    "toAddresses": ["[email protected]","xxxx@xxxx;net"],
    "sendErrorsOnly": false
  }
}

Installing

Clone the application then install/restore all required packages.

Deployment

Please refer to the documents to deploy your application:

ClickOnce - Quick steps to Deploy, Install and Update Windows Based Client Applications. - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17003/ClickOnce-Quick-steps-to-Deploy-Install-and-Update

Deploying Windows applications using ClickOnce (Visual Studio 2008) - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/196537/Deploying-Windows-applications-using-ClickOnce-Vis

How-To: Use ClickOnce to deploy your Applications - https://weblogs.asp.net/shahar/how-to-use-clickonce-to-deploy-your-applications

Built With

• .NET Framework 4.6.1
• Console Application

Authors

• Chet Cromer - President, CEO, Lead Developer at C2IT Consulting, Inc
• Carr O'Connor - Jr. Developer at C2IT Consulting, Inc

Acknowledgments

• We thought this could be a useful tool for others trying to accomplish similar goals with automation of tasks through an active directory. We hope this helps future devs. Thank You.