HCI Box Logon Script Failing when windowsAdminPassword parameter contains a $ character

[mmorrison57]

Is your issue related to a Jumpstart scenario, ArcBox, HCIBox, or Agora?
https://github.com/Azure/arc_jumpstart_docs/tree/main/docs/azure_jumpstart_hcibox

Describe the issue or the bug
Upon entering the VM produced a setup script should be run - but fails on the first step of importing the powershell data file.

To Reproduce

1. Follow guide from jumpstart listed above
2. Enable Bastion
3. Enter VM using Bastion
4. HCI setup logon script fails

Expected behavior
For the script to succeed and deploy remaining resources.

Environment summary

azure-cli : 2.56.0
bastion: 0.3.0
azd: 1.6.1

Have you looked at the Troubleshooting and Logs section?

Yes

Screenshots

Additional context
Powershell data file cannot be read in, seems to be invalid chars

[dkirby-ms]

Did your HCIBoxConfig.psd1 get corrupted somehow? I havent seen that before. Can you share the HCIBoxConfig.psd1 file contents?

I've done multiple deploys off main since then and haven't encountered this so I am suspecting its a one-off.

[mmorrison57]

It doesn't seem to be corrupted.

Here are the contents of the config psd1 file:
`
@{

# This is the PowerShell datafile used to provide configuration information for the HCIBox environment. Product keys and password are not encrypted and will be available on all hosts during installation.

# HCIBox Folders
Paths = @{
    VMDir = "C:\HCIBox\Virtual Machines"
    LogsDir = "C:\HCIBox\Logs"
    IconDir = "C:\HCIBox\Icons"
    VHDDir = "C:\HCIBox\VHD"
    SDNDir = "C:\HCIBox\SDN"
    KVDir = "C:\HCIBox\KeyVault"
    WACDir = "C:\HCIBox\Windows Admin Center"
    AgentScriptDir = "C:\HCIBox\agentScript"
    ToolsDir = "C:\Tools"
    TempDir = "C:\Temp"
    VMPath = "C:\VMs"
}

ChocolateyPackagesList = @(
    'az.powershell',
    'kubernetes-cli',
    'vcredist140',
    'microsoft-edge',
    'azcopy10',
    'vscode',
    'git',
    '7zip',
    'kubectx',
    'terraform',
    'putty.install',
    'kubernetes-helm',
    'dotnet-sdk',
    'setdefaultbrowser',
    'zoomit',
    'azure-data-studio'
)

# VSCode extensions
VSCodeExtensions        = @(
    'ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers',
    'ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl',
    'ms-vscode.powershell',
    'redhat.vscode-yaml',
    'ZainChen.json',
    'esbenp.prettier-vscode',
    'ms-kubernetes-tools.vscode-kubernetes-tools'
)

HostVMDriveLetter = "V"
HostVMPath        = "V:\VMs"                              # This value controls the path where the Nested VMs will be stored on all hosts.
guiVHDXPath       = "C:\HCIBox\VHD\gui.vhdx"              # This value controls the location of the GUI VHDX.              
azsHCIVHDXPath    = "C:\HCIBox\VHD\azshci.vhdx"           # This value controls the location of the Azure Stack HCI VHDX. \

MgmtHostConfig = @{
    Hostname = "AzSMGMT"
    IP       = "192.168.1.11/24"
}

NodeHostConfig = @(
    @{
        Hostname    = "AzSHOST1"
        IP          = "192.168.1.12/24"
        StorageAIP  = "10.71.1.10"
        StorageBIP  = "10.71.2.10"
    },
    @{
        Hostname    = "AzSHOST2"
        IP          = "192.168.1.13/24"
        StorageAIP  = "10.71.1.11"
        StorageBIP  = "10.71.2.11"
    }
)

# SDN Lab Admin Password
SDNAdminPassword                     = 'Aio_on_aks'
SDNAdminPassword                     = '%staging-password%'                  # Do not change - this value is replaced during Bootstrap with the password supplied in the ARM deploymentmmorrison'                  # Do not change - this value is replaced during Bootstrap with the password supplied in the ARM deployment

# VM Configuration
NestedVMMemoryinGB                   = 105GB                                 # This value controls the amount of RAM for each Nested Hyper-V Host (AzSHOST1-2).
AzSMGMTMemoryinGB                    = 28GB                                  # This value controls the amount of RAM for the AzSMGMT Nested VM which contains only the Console, Router, Admincenter, and DC VMs.
AzSMGMTProcCount                     = 20
InternalSwitch                       = "InternalSwitch"                      # Name of internal switch that the HCIBox VMs will use in Single Host mode.
FabricSwitch                         = "vSwitch-Fabric"
FabricNIC                            = "FABRIC"
ClusterVSwitchName                   = "hciSwitch"
ClusterName                          = "hciboxcluster"
WACVMName                            = "AdminCenter"
ClusterSharedVolumePath              = "C:\ClusterStorage\S2D_vDISK1"
LCMDeployUsername                    = "HCIBoxDeployUser"
LCMADOUName                          = "hcioudocs"
LCMDeploymentPrefix                  = "hcibox"

# ProductKeys
GUIProductKey                        = "WX4NM-KYWYW-QJJR4-XV3QB-6VM33"        # Product key for Windows Server 2019 (Desktop Experience) Datacenter Installation

# SDN Lab Domain
SDNDomainFQDN                        = "jumpstart.local"                      # Limit name (not the .com) to 14 characters as the name will be used as the NetBIOS name. 
DCName                               = "jumpstartdc"                          # Name of the domain controller virtual machine (limit to 14 characters)

# NAT Configuration
natHostSubnet                        = "192.168.128.0/24"
natHostVMSwitchName                  = "InternalNAT"
natConfigure                         = $true
natSubnet                            = "192.168.46.0/24"                      # This value is the subnet is the NAT router will use to route to  AzSMGMT to access the Internet. It can be any /24 subnet and is only used for routing.
natDNS                               = "8.8.8.8"                     # Do not change - can be configured by passing the optioanl natDNS parameter to the ARM deployment.

# Global MTU
SDNLABMTU                            = 9014                                   # Controls the MTU for all Hosts. 

#SDN Provisioning
ProvisionNC                          = $false                                 # Provisions Network Controller Automatically.
ConfigureBGPpeering                  = $true                                  # Peers the GW and MUX VMs with the BGP-ToR-Router automatically if ProvisionNC = $true

################################################################################################################
# Edit at your own risk. If you edit the subnets, ensure that you keep using the PreFix /24.                   #
################################################################################################################

# AzSMGMT Management VM's Memory Settings
MEM_DC                               = 2GB                                     # Memory provided for the Domain Controller VM
MEM_BGP                              = 2GB                                     # Memory provided for the BGP-ToR-Router
MEM_WAC                              = 10GB                                    # Memory provided for the Windows Admin Center VM

# Cluster S2D Storage Disk Size (per disk)
S2D_Disk_Size                        = 170GB                                    # Disk size for each of the 4 dynamic VHD disks attached to the 3 AzSHOST VMs that will be used to create the SDNCLUSTER

# Physical Host Internal IP
PhysicalHostInternalIP               = "192.168.1.20"                          # IP Address assigned to Internal Switch vNIC in a Single Host Configuration

# SDN Lab DNS
SDNLABDNS                            = "192.168.1.254" 

# SDN Lab Gateway
SDNLABRoute                          = "192.168.1.1"

# Management IPs for Console and Domain Controller
DCIP                                 = "192.168.1.254/24"
WACIP                                = "192.168.1.9/24"
WACMAC                               = "10155D010B00"

# Router Config
BGPRouterName                        = "vm-router"
BGPRouterIP_MGMT                     = "192.168.1.1/24"
BGPRouterIP_ProviderNetwork          = "172.16.0.1/24"
BGPRouterIP_VLAN110                  = "10.10.0.1/24"
BGPRouterIP_VLAN200                  = "192.168.200.1/24"
BGPRouterIP_SimulatedInternet        = "131.127.0.1/24"
BGPRouterASN                         = "65534"

# VLANs
providerVLAN                         = 12
vlan110VLAN                          = 110
vlan200VLAN                          = 200
mgmtVLAN                             = 0
simInternetVLAN                      = 131
StorageAVLAN                         = 711
StorageBVLAN                         = 712

# Subnets
MGMTSubnet                           = "192.168.1.0/24"
storageAsubnet                       = "255.255.255.0"
storageBsubnet                       = "255.255.255.0"

# VIP Subnets
PublicVIPSubnet                      = "40.40.40.0/24"

# SDN ASN
SDNASN                               = 64512
WACASN                               = 65533

# Windows Admin Center HTTPS Port
WACport                              = 443

# AKS and Resource bridge variables
rbCustomLocationName                 = "jumpstart"
AKSworkloadClusterName               = "hcibox-aks" # lowercase only
AKSvnetname                          = "akshcivnet"
AKSNodeStartIP                       = "10.10.0.101"
AKSNodeEndIP                         = "10.10.0.199"
AKSVIPStartIP                        = "10.10.0.10"
AKSVIPEndIP                          = "10.10.0.100"
AKSIPPrefix                          = "10.10.0.0/24"
AKSControlPlaneIP                    = "10.10.0.5"
AKSGWIP                              = "10.10.0.1"
AKSDNSIP                             = "192.168.1.254"
AKSVLAN                              = "110"
# rbVipStart                           = "192.168.200.200"
# rbVipEnd                             = "192.168.200.249"
# rbDHCPExclusionStart                 = "192.168.200.200"
# rbDHCPExclusionEnd                   = "192.168.200.209"
dcVLAN200IP                          = "192.168.200.205"
rbSubnetMask                         = "255.255.255.0"
clusterIpRangeStart                  = "192.168.1.100"
clusterIpRangeEnd                    = "192.168.1.199"
vmGateway                            = "192.168.200.1"
vmIpPrefix                           = "192.168.200.0/24"
vmDNS                                = "192.168.1.254"
vmVLAN                               = "200"

}
`

[mmorrison57]

I did find a link to this issue just now which indicates it could be a problem with the password I was using - it did in fact have a '$' in it which may be causing the powershell files to misread the env variables

#1590

[mmorrison57]

The dollar sign in the password was in fact the issue, the script is executing now just fine.

[dkirby-ms]

ah ha, interesting find. I will look for a way to mitigate or at least warn users.

[UUovovovovovo]

nb