Powershell: New-PSSession fails - WSMan client library not found

[JMOSSAU]

Steps to reproduce

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

Actual behavior

New-PSSession : This parameter set requires WSMan, and no supported WSMan client library was found. WSMan is either not installed or unavailable for this system.
At line:1 char:12
+ $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -Conne ...
+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [New-PSSession], PSRemotingTransportException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Management.Automation.Remoting.PSRemotingDataStructureException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewPSSessionCommand

Environment data

Fresh installation on my macOS Sierra 10.12.6 without any previous versions.
powershell-6.0.0-beta.5-osx.10.12-x64.pkg

> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value                                                                                                 
----                           -----                                                                                                 
PSVersion                      6.0.0-beta                                                                                            
PSEdition                      Core                                                                                                  
GitCommitId                    v6.0.0-beta.5                                                                                         
OS                             Darwin 16.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0: Thu Jun 15 17:36:27 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.70.16~2/REL...
Platform                       Unix                                                                                                  
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                               
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                                                                                   
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1                                                                                               
WSManStackVersion              3.0     

[iSazonov]

Do you install psl-omi-provider? https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/b25b8df7cae323c376fe4770882ebbfd805fdbf4/docs/KNOWNISSUES.md#remoting-support

[JMOSSAU]

Doesn't look like this is for macOS. Is there an install package or some way to install this on a mac?

[iSazonov]

Not yet. 😕 Today you should use OpenSSH based remoting.

[mariuspana]

Hi, same issue on a macOS 10.13 with fresh install. Is openwsman a supported transport?

[fbaptista]

Just started a new Nano Server instance in AWS and this seems to be the only way to access the server... any suggestion on how to achieve it from MacOS?

thanks!

[iSazonov]

Please see remoting docs
https://github.com/PowerShell/psl-omi-provider (no MacOS)
https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/demos/SSHRemoting/README.md

[fbaptista]

That means that the Nano server needs to be running the ssh server, and that is not enabled by default:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/connecting_to_windows_instance.html#connecting-nano

[kai-h]

This could be related to the issues I was seeing that are documented on #4029
As it stands, PowerShell 6.0.0-rc requires the use of OpenSSL libraries installed by Homebrew

[ssstonebraker]

Installing PowerShell v6.0.4 on OSX 10.13.3 fixed the problem for me.

Install Link:
https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v6.0.4/powershell-6.0.4-osx.10.12-x64.pkg

[iSazonov]

@JMOSSAU @kai-h Can you confirm?

[kai-h]

@iSazonov - Yes, 6.0.4 seems to work correctly.

PS /Users/kai> $PSVersionTable                                                  

Name                           Value                                           
----                           -----                                           
PSVersion                      6.0.4                                           
PSEdition                      Core                                            
GitCommitId                    v6.0.4                                          
OS                             Darwin 17.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.7.0: T...
Platform                       Unix                                            
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                         
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                             
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1                                         
WSManStackVersion              3.0                                             


PS /Users/kai> office365.ps1                                                    

PowerShell credential request
Enter your credentials.
User: [email protected]
Password for user [email protected]: ***************

WARNING: The names of some imported commands from the module 'tmp_fhijji2e.j4w' include unapproved verbs that might make them less discoverable. To find the commands with unapproved verbs, run the Import-Module command again with the Verbose parameter. For a list of approved verbs, type Get-Verb.                                                                                                       ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands      ---------- -------    ----                                ----------------      
Script     1.0        tmp_fhijji2e.j4w                    {Add-AvailabilityA...


PS /Users/kai> 

[kai-h]

Oh, and I should include the contents of the office365.ps1 script I'm running:

$UserCredential = Get-Credential
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $Session

[kai-h]

Will whatever works for remote sessions to Office 365 in 6.0.4 be brought forward into 6.1?

[iSazonov]

Yes, you can test with latest nightly builds.