How to Deploy the SandBox Solutions in SharePoint 2013 Using PowerShell

Sathish Nadarajan
 
Solution Architect
December 6, 2015
 
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In the earlier article, we saw how to deploy the Farm Solution. In the same manner, there are certain changes required for the SandBox Solution. Let us have a look at them as well.

 ##================================================================================================
 ## Description	: To do the below two items.
     #1. Deploy the SandBox Solutions
 ## Author		: Sathish Nadarajan
 ## Date			: 20-Nov-2015
 ##================================================================================================
 
 ##============================================ Setup Input Paths ===========================================================
 
 cls
  
 $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = "-- Deploy the SandBox Solutions into Site Collection --"
 
 $StartDate = Get-Date
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "------------------------------------"
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "| Deploy the SandBox Solutions into Site Collection |"
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "| Started on: $StartDate |"
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "------------------------------------"
 
 $LogTime = Get-Date -Format yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm
 $LogFile = ".DeploySandBoxSolution-$LogTime.rtf"
 
 #start-transcript $logfile
 
 $scriptBase = split-path $SCRIPT:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -parent
 Set-Location $scriptBase
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
 function AddPowerShellSnapin()
 {
     try
     {
         Write-Host "Adding PowerShell Snap-in" -ForegroundColor Green
         # Try to get the PowerShell Snappin.  If not, then adding the PowerShell snappin on the Catch Block
         Get-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" 
     }
     catch
     {
         if($Error[0].Exception.Message.Contains("No Windows PowerShell snap-ins matching the pattern 'Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell' were found"))
         {
             Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"
         }
     }
     Write-Host "Finished Adding PowerShell Snap-in" -ForegroundColor Green
 }
 
  
 
  
  function WaitForTimerJobToFinish([string] $solutionName){
 	$jobname = "*solution-deployment*$solutionName*"
 	$job = Get-SpTimerJob | ?{ $_.Name -like $jobname }
 	if($job -eq $null){
 		write-host "timer job not found"
 	}
 	else {
 		$jobfullname = $job.Name
 		write-host -NoNewLine "waiting to finish job $jobfullname.."
 		while((Get-SPTimerJob $jobfullname) -ne $null){
 			write-host -NoNewLine .
 			Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
 		}
 		write-host "=|="
 	}
 }
 
 function Add-SandboxSolution([System.Xml.XmlElement]$solutionXml,[string]$solutionsFolder , [bool]$includeFeatures , [string]$siteurl) {
 Write-Host "deploying a sandbox solution $($solutionXml.Name) to $($siteurl)"
 	if($solutionsFolder -eq $null){
 		Write-Host "No solutions folder defined"
 		return
 	}
 	$path = $global:currPath + $solutionsFolder + "" + $solutionXml.Name + ".wsp"
 	$url = $solutionXml.Target
 	if($url -eq "this"){
 		$url = $global:thisUrl
 	}
 	if($url -eq "root"){
 		$url = $global:thisIISUrl
 		$includeFeatures = $true
 	}	
 	if($url -eq "site"){
 		$url = $siteurl
 	}	
 	
 	if($solutionXml.Sandbox -eq "True"){
 		Write-Host "deploying to target $($url)"
 	if($solutionXml.Name.length -gt 0){
 		$solutionFileName = $solutionXml.Name + ".wsp"
 		$solutionFileOldName = $solutionXml.OldName + ".wsp"
 		$solution = Get-SPUserSolution -Identity $solutionFileName -Site $url   -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue	
 		if($solutionXml.OldName -ne $null){
 			$oldsolution = Get-SPUserSolution -Identity $solutionFileOldName -Site $url   -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue	
 			write-host "Found solution $($oldsolution.Name) Guid = $($oldsolution.SolutionId) status = $($oldsolution.Status)"
 		}
 		if($solution -ne $null){
 			write-host "Found solution $($solution.Name) Guid = $($solution.SolutionId)  status = $($solution.Status)"	
 			if(($solutionXml.RemoveIfExists -eq "True") -or ($solutionXml.Upgrade -eq "False") ){	
 				Write-Host "removing sandbox solution "
 				Remove-SPUserSolution -Identity $solutionFileName -Site $url
 			}
 		}
 		Write-Host "adding sandbox solution from $($path)"
 		Add-SPUserSolution -LiteralPath $path -Site $url
 		
 		$solution = Get-SPUserSolution -Identity $solutionFileName -Site $url  
 		write-host "Successfully added solution $($solution.Name) Guid = $($solution.SolutionId)"
 	
 		if($solution -ne $null){
 			if($solutionXml.Target -ne $null){
 				if($solutionXml.Upgrade -eq "True"){		
 					if($oldsolution -ne $null){
 						write-host "Upgrading from solution $($solution.OldName) to $($solution.Name)"
 						Update-SPUserSolution -Identity $solutionFileOldName -ToSolution $solutionFileName -Site $url 
 					}
 					else{
 						write-host "COuld not open previous solution $($solution.OldName) "
 					}
 				}
 				else{
 					Write-Host "installing sandbox solution to $($url)"
 					Install-SPUserSolution -Identity $solution.Name -Site $url
 					WaitForTimerJobToFinish $solution.Name
 					if($includeFeatures -eq $true -and $url -ne $null){
 						$solutionXml.Features.Feature | ForEach-Object {
 							write-host "activating sandbox feature $($_.Name) in $($url)"
 							$x = Enable-SPFeature -Identity $_.Name -url $url -Force
 						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
 			else{
 					Write-Host "solution target not specified"
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	else{
 		if($includeFeatures -eq $true -and $url -ne $null){
 			$solutionXml.Features.Feature | ForEach-Object {
 				Add-Feature $_  $url
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	write-host "Finished deploying solution"
 	}
 	else{
 	write-host "Not a sandbox solution"
 	}
 }
 
 
 try
 {
     [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Sharepoint")
     [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Sharepoint.Administration")
 
     $ConfigXmlPath = $scriptBase + "..ConfigXMLDeployConfiguration.xml"
     Write-Host "Read the Config Values" -ForegroundColor Green 
     [Xml]$Config = Get-Content $ConfigXmlPath  
     
     AddPowerShellSnapin
 
     $solutionPath = $scriptBase + "..SandBoxSolutions"
 
     $Config.Configuration.Solutions.Solution | Where-Object {$_.Sandbox -eq "True" } | ForEach-Object{
 	Add-SandboxSolution $_ $solutionPath $false $Config.Configuration.PublishingSite.URL
 
  }
 
 }
 catch
 {
     Write-Host "Custom Exception Happened on Main : " + $Error[0].Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red  
 }
 

And the config file as below.

 <Configuration EnvironmentName="Dev5">
   <PublishingSite URL="http://spdev5.dev.cbre.eu/sites/CTSSchema" />
   <Solutions>
       <Solution Name="MYWSPName" Target="site" Sandbox="True"  RemoveIfExists="True" Upgrade="False" OldName=" MYWSPName "/>
     </Solutions>
   
    
 </Configuration>
 

 

 

Happy Coding,

Sathish Nadarajan.

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Sathish Nadarajan
 
Solution Architect
 
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Sathish is a Microsoft MVP for SharePoint (Office Servers and Services) having 15+ years of experience in Microsoft Technologies. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Aided Design and Business ...read more
 

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