PowerShell on Target Machines v2.* logs

Question

I am trying to execute on powershell script while deployment on a server SO i used Azure CI/CD task named "PowerShell on Target Machines v2.*" but i am not getting any logs from that powershell script.

Do we have any command or way to receive all logs/output from powershell script executed on target server to CI/CD logging window.

Script is executing fine but whenever any error is thrown i want that error message to be shown in CI/CD logs.

i have tried version 1 and then moved to version 2, and under exception handling i had set Exit code 1 . but still exception is not getting received in pipeline logs

Answer 1

I can reproduce the same with you with task V2, you can use V3, it will show the output/error.

My powershell script:

try {
    # Create a new directory
    New-Item -Path C:\Users\Test -Name NewDir -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
    # Display the error details
    Write-Host "An error occurred:" -ForegroundColor Red
    Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red
    Write-Host $_.ErrorDetails.Message -ForegroundColor Red
}

In V2 task, the output is below:

On V3 task, the output is below:

Edit: The PowerShell on Target Machines task actually runs enter-pssession to connect to remote machine. If you are not able to run V3 task, you can use powershell task instead. Script sample below:

$username = 'username'
$password = 'password'
$computername = $(computernameorip)
$secureString = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force -String $password
$cred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $username,$secureString
$cred = [PSCredential]::New($username,$secureString)
$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $(computernameorip) -Credential $cred

Enter-PSSession -Session $session
Invoke-Command -FilePath C:\test\test2.ps1 -Session $session
Exit-PSSession

Pipeline result: