The primary objective of the site is to integrate PowerShell Ops within a single code base for WordPress in the Aloha release and ServiceNow in the Bermuda release. This site tracks the step-by-step process as a blog when writing and maintaining code that will be used for two completely different target platforms. This inaugural version of a completely re-engineered Foundational Ops code base uses only past lessons learned to produce the Aloha release.
DataResources Container / FPS / Part 2: Containers
by j.dickey · Published February 4, 2025 · Last modified March 4, 2025
First and foremost KeePass is the heart of FPS and the API’s used will be tuned to operate within the FPS archecture with ease. There will be a Call/Core structure that is typical with most...
DataResources Container / FPS / Part 1: Architecture / Shortcuts
by j.dickey · Published February 2, 2025 · Last modified March 7, 2025
After developing the initial release of the KeePass open/close snippets, I wasn’t happy with the security surrounding the situation. Since these snippets are basically the key to all of the service accounts used by FPS...
I’m going as generic as possible and loading the base versions without a lot of extras. The concept is to create a dev environment on my client, a staging environment on my server, and...
The Show shortcut is the core of the help facility in that all the variblization within FPS Aloha will be available for review here. Initially the Show shortcut will display varibilization divisible by Module...
The FPS Aloha CICD (Continuous Implementation, Continuous Development) Shortcut (SC-CICD.ps1) will be used in two different ways. First will be interactively through the designed shortcut and secondly will be at a particular interval through...
After loading the profile.ps1, the more dynamic “Pro-Config” file is executed to set up the remaining foundational elements of the PowerShell session. With the FPS Aloha release, this process has been significantly automated, reducing maintenance...
The profile file, central to UI initialization, manages the fundamental structural initialization of the VMs FPS Aloha structure within a domain. This initialization typically remains unchanged throughout the lifecycle of the family release, as...
by j.dickey · Published September 16, 2024 · Last modified November 13, 2024
Foundational PowerShell (FPS) Operations leverages insights from prior support lessons learned which were improved upon previous ServiceNow implementations. I’ll be referring to all prior and current releases of the method as “Foundational Operations,” or...
