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Package Installation Instructions

MSI:

To install PowerShell on Windows Full SKU (works on Win8 and above - x64 based systems), download either the MSI from AppVeyor for a nightly build, or a released package from our GitHub releases page. The MSI file looks like this - PowerShell_6.0.0.buildversion.msi

Once downloaded, double-click the installer and follow the prompts.

There is a shortcut placed in the Start Menu upon installation.

By default the package is installed to $env:ProgramFiles\PowerShell\

You can launch PowerShell via the Start Menu or $env:ProgramFiles\PowerShell\powershell.exe

Note: On Windows 8.1 / Windows 2012R2, ensure Visual C++ Redistributable for VS2015 is installed from here:

Instructions to Create a Remoting Endpoint

Beginning with 6.0.0-alpha.9, the PowerShell package for Windows includes a WinRM plugin (pwrshplugin.dll) and an installation script (Install-PowerShellRemoting.ps1). These files enable PowerShell to accept incoming PowerShell remote connections when its endpoint is specified.

Motivation

An installation of PowerShell can establish PowerShell sessions to remote computers using New-PSSession and Enter-PSSession. To enable it to accept incoming PowerShell remote connections, the user must create a WinRM remoting endpoint. This is an explicit opt-in scenario where the user runs Install-PowerShellRemoting.ps1 to create the WinRM endpoint. The installation script is a short-term solution until we add additional functionality to Enable-PSRemoting to perform the same action. For more details, please see issue #1193.

Script Actions

The script

  1. Creates a directory for the plugin within %windir%\System32\PowerShell
  2. Copies pwrshplugin.dll to that location
  3. Generates a configuration file
  4. Registers that plugin with WinRM

Registration

The script must be executed within an Administrator-level PowerShell session and runs in two modes.

  • Executed by the instance of PowerShell that it will register
Install-PowerShellRemoting.ps1
  • Executed by another instance of PowerShell on behalf of the instance that it will register.
<path to powershell>\Install-PowerShellRemoting.ps1 -PowerShellHome "<absolute path to the instance's $PSHOME>" -PowerShellVersion "<the powershell version tag>"

For Example:

C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6.0.0.9\Install-PowerShellRemoting.ps1 -PowerShellHome "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6.0.0.9\" -PowerShellVersion "6.0.0-alpha.9"

How to Connect to the New Endpoint

Create a PowerShell session to the new PowerShell endpoint by specifying -ConfigurationName "some endpoint name". To connect to the PowerShell instance from the example above, use either:

New-PSSession ... -ConfigurationName "powershell.6.0.0-alpha.9"
Enter-PSSession ... -ConfigurationName "powershell.6.0.0-alpha.9"

Note that New-PSSession and Enter-PSSession invocations that do not specify -ConfigurationName will target the default PowerShell endpoint, microsoft.powershell.

Artifact Installation Instructions

We publish an archive with CoreCLR and FullCLR bits on every CI build with AppVeyor.

CoreCLR Artifacts

  • Download zip package from artifacts tab of the particular build.
  • Unblock zip file: right-click in File Explorer -> Properties -> check 'Unblock' box -> apply
  • Extract zip file to bin directory
  • ./bin/powershell.exe