View or export automation account modules

Question

Is there a way to read/view or even export the code within a custom module created within an Azure automation account. I've inherited this account and it's runbooks, and there's a custom module being used that I don't have the source code for. I'd like to peak under the hood but I can't see a way to access the existing codebase.

Answer 1

Hi @Ryan Shaw

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! Thanks for posting the question.

Option to Export custom module is not readily available in Azure Automation account. I am reaching out to my team and will update this thread in case there is an alternate way.

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Edit: 01/12/2022

To get the custom modules uploaded to Azure Automation account, you can create a support ticket and we can help get it from backend.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Answer 2

Microsoft support helped me create a script that saves the Module to a container.

1. Create the container within the Storage Account first
2. Then create a Runbook within the Automation Account
3. Fill in the variables at the top of this script and run

      $ModulesRequired = @("Enter the module names you need to retrieve")
   $StorageAccountName = "Enter the storage account name"
   $StorageAccountKey = "Enter the storage account Access Key"
   $ContainerName = "Enter an existing container for the storage account"
   
   $Context = New-AzureStorageContext -StorageAccountName $StorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $StorageAccountKey
   
   "Searching for modules: $($ModulesRequired -join '|')"
   $Modules = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Modules\User" | ?{$_.Attributes -eq "Directory"} | where Name -match $($ModulesRequired -join '|') 
   
   Foreach($Module in $Modules)
   {
       $ModuleName = $Module.Name
       "Retrieving files from module: $ModuleName to save to container: $ContainerName"
       $files = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Modules\User\$ModuleName"
   
       Foreach($File in $Files)
       {
            Set-AzureStorageBlobContent -File $File.FullName -Container $ContainerName -Blob $($ModuleName + "\" + $File.name) -Context $Context | Out-Null
            "File saved: $($File.Fullname)" 
       }
   }
   "Done"
   

Answer 3

Due to infrastructure changes with Azure runbooks, I have created an updated script based on the original output from @Ryan Shaw

This was specifically made with exporting custom modules in mind.

$ModulesRequired = @("Enter the module names you need to retrieve")
$StorageAccountName = "Enter the storage account name"
$StorageAccountKey = "Enter the storage account Access Key"
$ContainerName = "Enter an existing container for the storage account"

$Context = New-AzureStorageContext -StorageAccountName $StorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $StorageAccountKey

"Searching for modules: $($ModulesRequired -join '|')"
$Modules = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\usr\src\PSModules" | ?{$_.Attributes -eq "Directory"} | where Name -match $($ModulesRequired -join '|') 

Foreach($Module in $Modules)
{
    $ModuleName = $Module.Name
    "Retrieving files from module: $ModuleName to save to container: $ContainerName"
    $files = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\usr\src\PSModules\$ModuleName"

    Foreach($File in $Files)
    {
         Set-AzureStorageBlobContent -File $File.FullName -Container $ContainerName -Blob $($ModuleName + "\" + $File.name) -Context $Context | Out-Null
         "File saved: $($File.Fullname)" 
    }
}
"Done"