Logging in with a Service Principal does not work

[Frank-Geisler]

Problem description

When you try to log in with a service principal, this does not work. It will give you the error "Connect-FabricAccount: Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'ServicePrincipalSecret'. Cannot convert the value of type "System.String" to type "System.Security.SecureString"."

Verbose logs

Connect-FabricAccount: Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'ServicePrincipalSecret'. Cannot convert the value of type "System.String" to type "System.Security.SecureString".

How to reproduce

Connect-FabricAccount -TenantId $TenantID -ServicePrincipalId $ServicePrincipalId -ServicePrincipalSecret $ServicePrincipalSecret

Expected behavior

Just logging in my Service Principal ;)

Current behavior

Not logging in - giving me an error

Suggested solution

The problem is that the $ServicePrincipalSecret is not converted to a Secure String, so we have to do this.

Operating system you are running FabricTools on

OsName               : Microsoft Windows 11 Business
OsOperatingSystemSKU : 48
OsArchitecture       : 64-Bit
WindowsVersion       : 2009
WindowsBuildLabEx    : 26100.1.amd64fre.ge_release.240331-1435
OsLanguage           : de-DE
OsMuiLanguages       : {de-DE, en-US}

PowerShell version and build the target node is running

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.5.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Module version used

FabricTools 0.30.0  C:\Users\fgeisler\OneDrive - GDS Business Intelligence GmbH\Dokumente\PowerShell\Modules\FabricTools\0.30.0\FabricTools.psd1
FabricTools 0.29.0  C:\Users\fgeisler\OneDrive - GDS Business Intelligence GmbH\Dokumente\PowerShell\Modules\FabricTools\0.29.0\FabricTools.psd1
FabricTools 0.10.0  C:\Users\fgeisler\OneDrive - GDS Business Intelligence GmbH\Dokumente\PowerShell\Modules\FabricTools\0.10.0\FabricTools.psd1