Remove-DBFirewallRule

DBSystems: Removes a Windows Firewall rule for a SQL Server instance

Script

#Requires -Version 5.0
#Requires -Modules SQLServer

[CmdLetBinding()]
Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]   
    [string]$ServerInstance,    
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] 
    [pscredential]$ServerCredential,
    [int]$RetryTimeout,
    [int]$ManagementPublicPort,
    [switch]$AutomaticallyAcceptUntrustedCertificates,
    [int]$ConnectionTimeout = 30
)

function Get-SqlServerInstanceInternal {
    [CmdLetBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]   
        [string]$ServerInstance,    
        [pscredential]$ServerCredential,
        [int]$ConnectionTimeout = 30
    )
    try {
        [hashtable]$cmdArgs = @{
            'ErrorAction' = 'Stop'
            'Confirm' = $false
            'ServerInstance' = $ServerInstance
            'ConnectionTimeout' = $ConnectionTimeout
        }
        if ($null -ne $ServerCredential) {
            $cmdArgs.Add('Credential', $ServerCredential)
        }
        return Get-SqlInstance @cmdArgs
    } catch {
        throw
    }
}

Import-Module SQLServer

try {
    $instance = Get-SqlServerInstanceInternal -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -ServerCredential $ServerCredential -ConnectionTimeout $ConnectionTimeout

    [hashtable]$cmdArgs = @{
        'ErrorAction' = 'Stop'
        'InputObject'  = $instance
        'Credential'   = $ServerCredential
        'AutomaticallyAcceptUntrustedCertificates' = $AutomaticallyAcceptUntrustedCertificates.ToBool()
        'Confirm'      = $false
    }
    
    if ($ManagementPublicPort -gt 0) {
        $cmdArgs.Add('ManagementPublicPort', $ManagementPublicPort)
    }
    if ($RetryTimeout -gt 0) {
        $cmdArgs.Add('RetryTimeout', $RetryTimeout)
    }
    
    Remove-SqlFirewallRule @cmdArgs
    Write-Output "Successfully removed firewall rule for instance '$ServerInstance'."
} catch {
    throw
}

Customize

ServerInstance string

Specifies the name of the target computer including the instance name, e.g. MyServer\Instance

ServerCredential pscredential

Specifies a PSCredential object for the connection to the SQL Server. ServerCredential is ONLY used for SQL Logins. When you are using Windows Authentication you don't specify -Credential. It is picked up from your current login.

RetryTimeout int

Specifies the time period to retry the command on the target server

ManagementPublicPort int

Specifies the public management port on the target machine

AutomaticallyAcceptUntrustedCertificates switch

Off

Indicates that this cmdlet automatically accepts untrusted certificates

ConnectionTimeout int

Specifies the time period to retry the command on the target server