I'm currently trying to remotely invoke a PowerShell script via my C# code but somehow I´m constantly failing to achieve my goal and my Google searches have so far turned up unsuccessful.
I have tried adding each parameter as "command.AddParameter" and by using ".AddParameter" but I'm still getting the same problem and I´m running out of ideas.
PSCredential credential = new PSCredential(LSUUser, password);
var command = new PSCommand();
command.AddCommand("Invoke-Command")
.AddParameter("ComputerName", computerName)
.AddParameter("Credential", credential)
.AddParameter("ScriptBlock", ScriptBlock.Create(@"param(${process}) Stop-Process ${process}"))
.AddParameter("Argumentlist", new object[] { process });
//Tried this as well, but no success :(
//command.AddParameter("Scriptblock", ScriptBlock.Create(@"param($comp, $cred, $pro) -Computername $comp -Credential $cred Stop-Process $pro"));
//command.AddParameter("ArgumentList", new object[] {computerName, credential, process});
The error-message: ("vid" is the swedish word for "at", no idea why my debugger translates parts of my error messages since I run VS in English)
Could not run PS-script: System.Management.Automation.PSInvalidOperationException: No commands are specified. at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Prepare[TInput,TOutput](PSDataCollection`1 input, PSDataCollection`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings, Boolean shouldCreateWorker) at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.CoreInvokeHelper[TInput,TOutput](PSDataCollection`1 input, PSDataCollection`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings) at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.CoreInvoke[TInput,TOutput](PSDataCollection`1 input, PSDataCollection`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings) at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.CoreInvoke[TOutput](IEnumerable input, PSDataCollection`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings) at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Invoke(IEnumerable input, PSInvocationSettings settings) at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Invoke() at <projectname>.TerminateProcess(String computerName, String process)
Any ideas to what I´m doing wrong would be greatly appreciated! Sidenote: I would rather not use an external PS-file but I may be forced to if no solution is found.
Edit: Whole function for clarification. Currently i´m just logging the PSOutputs to see what´s going on.
public void TerminateProcess(string computerName, string process)
{
SecureString password = new SecureString();
foreach(char c in LSUPass)
{
password.AppendChar(c);
}
try
{
//using (Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace())
//{
using (PowerShell powerShellInstance = PowerShell.Create())
{
PSCredential credential = new PSCredential(LSUUser, password);
ScriptBlock scriptBlock = ScriptBlock.Create(@"param(${process}) Stop-Process ${process}");
var command = new PSCommand();
command.AddCommand("invoke-command");
command.AddParameter("ComputerName", computerName);
command.AddParameter("Credential", credential);
command.AddParameter("ScriptBlock", scriptBlock);
command.AddParameter("Argumentlist", new object[] { process });
//Tried this as well, but no success :(
//command.AddParameter("Scriptblock", ScriptBlock.Create(@"param($comp, $cred, $pro) -Computername $comp -Credential $cred Stop-Process $pro"));
//command.AddParameter("ArgumentList", new object[] {computerName, credential, process});
string PSDebug = "";
foreach(object com in command.Commands)
{
PSDebug = PSDebug + com.ToString();
}
Logger("INFO", PSDebug);
Collection<PSObject> PSOutput = powerShellInstance.Invoke();
if (powerShellInstance.Streams.Error.Count > 0)
{
foreach(ErrorRecord error in powerShellInstance.Streams.Error)
{
Logger("ERROR", error.ToString());
}
}
foreach (PSObject outputItem in PSOutput)
{
if (outputItem != null)
{
Logger("INFO", outputItem.BaseObject.GetType().FullName);
}
}
}
//}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Logger("ERROR", "Could not run PS-script: " + e.ToString());
}
}
As PetSerAI pointed out in the comments, I had forgot to hook the command to the instance itself. After adding the last line of code it seems to be working (well still got access errors but that´s something I should be able to figure out). :)
PSCredential credential = new PSCredential(LSUUser, password);
ScriptBlock scriptBlock = ScriptBlock.Create(@"param(${process}) Stop-Process ${process}");
var command = new PSCommand();
command.AddCommand("invoke-command");
command.AddParameter("ComputerName", computerName);
command.AddParameter("Credential", credential);
command.AddParameter("ScriptBlock", scriptBlock);
command.AddParameter("Argumentlist", new object[] { process });
powerShellInstance.Commands = command;