Better Warning, Replacement, or Removal or FHIR Admin User Password Generation

[mikaelweave]

Overview
I'm currently going through the FHIR OpenHack on my Mac. When running Create-FhirServerSamplesEnvironment.ps1 I get the below error.

I know there is already an issue around this, but I think changing the code to make the script usable without reading the issues would be a better experience for new developers using a *nix OS.

Thoughts for a fix

• Easiest solution would be to check for the existence of the library on the system and throw a more user friendly message if it cannot be found. This message should instruct the user to add the AdminPassword parameter.
• Second possible solution would be to replace it with a different, cross-platform approach. This may require adding another function to the module/script as there isn't a equal method in .NET Core (see below for more).
• Third solution would be to just remove the automatic password generation, and force the user to always supply it. I think the best arguments for this are in a .NET Core issue about replacing the Windows library.

[ginalee-dotcom]

Thank you for the feedback! Will work on this.