Akamai - resolve stage IP May 22, 2017 • weznagwama Here is a script which will: Resolve the IP for staging for your hostname Configure your host file Once you’ve tested, remove the entry \# Ensure elevated \# Get the ID and security principal of the current user account $myWindowsID=[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() $myWindowsPrincipal=new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($myWindowsID) \# Get the security principal for the Administrator role $adminRole=[System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator \# Check to see if we are currently running "as Administrator" if ($myWindowsPrincipal.IsInRole($adminRole)) { \# We are running "as Administrator" - so change the title and background color to indicate this $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition + "(Elevated)" $Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = "DarkBlue" clear-host } else { \# We are not running "as Administrator" - so relaunch as administrator \# Create a new process object that starts PowerShell $newProcess = new-object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo "PowerShell"; \# Specify the current script path and name as a parameter $newProcess.Arguments = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition; \# Indicate that the process should be elevated $newProcess.Verb = "runas"; \# Start the new process [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($newProcess); \# Exit from the current, unelevated, process exit } \# Run your code that needs to be elevated here Write-Host -NoNewLine "Press any key to continue…" $null = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown") cls ############## function remove-host([string]$hostname) { $rplaceStr = "" $rHost = "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" $items = Get-Content $rHost | Select-String $hostname foreach( $item in $items) { (Get-Content $rHost) -replace $item, $rplaceStr| Set-Content $rHost } } function Resolve-AkamaiStageIp($hostname) { $result = resolve-dnsname $hostname -NoHostsFile $result = $result | ? {$_.namehost -like "\*edgekey\*"} if ($result -notlike "\*edgekey\*") { $result = $result.namehost.insert(($result.namehost.Length)-4, "-staging") write-host "stage record is" $result "! Adding host file entry.." $stage = Resolve-DnsName -Name $result "$($stage.IP4Address) $hostname"| add-content "$env:windir\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" } else{write-host "thing was an ip instead" $result.namehost} } function Get-Hostname { $hostname = read-host "What's the hostname? order.domain.com.au for e.g." if ($hostname -match "(?=^.{4,253}$)(^((?!-)[a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,63}(?(open end square bracket here)!-)\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,63}$)") { Resolve-AkamaiStageIp -hostname $hostname read-host "do your testing, once done, press enter to restore host file" remove-host -hostname $hostname exit } else {write-host -ForegroundColor red "Hostname was incorrect! Try again" get-hostname } } get-hostname