How to run a PowerShell Script task with specific user account in Bamboo
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Summary
Bamboo runs the Script tasks as the user account which Bamboo runs as. If you require to run a PowerShell Script task as a different user other than Bamboo you do not have a way to specify in the Script Task configuration.
Environment
A Script Task in your plan requires running as a specific user other than the Bamboo user.
Solution
Run remote agent as a different user: Run a remote agent on the Windows server as the user you would like to run the script as and run the build plan with that agent.
Run multiple agents as different users: Split the Plan into different stages and use different agent capabilities that may indicate which agent would run each task. This way, you can have agents running over different users and still have control over the same Plan
Run PowerShell Script: If you could run a PowerShell Script to switch to a different user and perform a command, you could use the same script in the Bamboo Script task
eg: PowerShell Script New-PSSession
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$password = ConvertTo-SecureString $Env:bamboo_test_password -AsPlainText -Force
$username = $Env:bamboo_test_username
echo "Password From Bamboo variable ::: " $password
echo "Username From Bamboo variable ::: " $username
$Cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($username, $password)
echo $Cred
New-PSSession -Credential $Cred | Enter-PSSessionWas this helpful?