Adding new powershell_execute mixin

Signed-off-by: Stuart Preston <stuart@chef.io>

2 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/dsl/universal.rb b/lib/chef/dsl/universal.rb
index 6e3d162b6f..bdf48e3371 100644
--- a/lib/chef/dsl/universal.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/dsl/universal.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 require "chef/dsl/platform_introspection"
+require "chef/mixin/powershell_execute"
 require "chef/mixin/powershell_out"
 require "chef/mixin/shell_out"
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class Chef
     #
     module Universal
       include Chef::DSL::PlatformIntrospection
+      include Chef::Mixin::PowershellExecute
       include Chef::Mixin::PowershellOut
       include Chef::Mixin::ShellOut
     end
diff --git a/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_execute.rb b/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_execute.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffa925c056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_execute.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Author:: Stuart Preston (<stuart@chef.io>)
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2018, Chef Software, Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+require "win32ole"
+require "json"
+
+class Chef
+  module Mixin
+    module PowershellExecute
+
+      # Run a command under PowerShell via a managed (.NET) COM interop API.
+      # This implementation requires the managed dll to be registered on the target machine.
+      # Required: .NET Framework 4.0 or compatible, 64 bit platform.
+      # 
+      # Typical command used to install the interop assembly into the registry:
+      # C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe Chef.PowerShell.dll /codebase
+      #
+      # @param script [String] script to run
+      # @return [String] JSON containing output
+      def powershell_execute(*command_args)
+        script = command_args.first
+        options = command_args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? command_args.last : nil
+
+        ps = WIN32OLE.new('Chef.PowerShell')
+        outcome = ps.ExecuteScript(script)
+
+        JSON.parse(outcome)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end