Running PowerShell command remotely from VB using remote runspaces / WSMAN

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Hi

I am trying to create a powershell remote runspace to another machine

Following examples here converted to VB - https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/developer/hosting/remote-runspace-samples?view=powershell-7.1

I get error as below on the "remoteRunspacePool.Open()" / "remoteRunspace.Open()" lines

System.Management.Automation.Remoting.PSRemotingTransportException: 'Connecting to remote server localhost failed with the following error message : Access is denied.

What am I missing?

Remoting is enabled on test machine (enable-psremoting) and winrm qc shows all running correctly

Accepted Answer

Solved, the intial samples I looked at were just for localhost and didn't mention how to do remote machine

After reply above and reading the below article as well I now have it working :)

https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/developer/hosting/creating-remote-runspaces?view=powershell-7.1

example snippet below which worked for me:-

 Dim creds As New PSCredential("username", GetSecurePassword("password"))  
      
    Dim uri As New System.Uri("http://192.168.1.15:5985/WSMAN")  
      
    Dim connectionInfo As New WSManConnectionInfo(uri, "http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell", creds)  
      
    Using remoteRunspace As Runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(connectionInfo)  
           remoteRunspace.Open()  
            .....  
    End Using  
      
      
    Private Function GetSecurePassword(ByVal password As String) As SecureString  
            Dim securePassword = New SecureString()  
            For Each c In password  
                securePassword.AppendChar(c)  
            Next c  
      
            Return securePassword  
    End Function

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