PowerCLI within APS.NET

[Daithi_N]

Hi,

need some help with regards to calling powercli from the ASP.NET C#

Even if i do a Get-VM nothing shows: p

        protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var shell = PowerShell.Create();
            string vmware = "";
            string impcred = "C:\\user\\demo\\desktop\\demo.cred";
            shell.Commands.AddScript("$creds = import-clixml -Path" + impcred + "| Connect-viserver -server" + vmware + "-Credential $creds | Remove-VM testimage -DeletePermanently | out-string");
            var results = shell.Invoke();
            if (results.Count > 0)
            {
                var builder = new StringBuilder();
                foreach (var psObject in results)
                {
                    builder.Append(psObject.BaseObject.ToString() + "\r\n");
                }
                ResultBox.Text = Server.HtmlEncode(builder.ToString());
}        
    }

[LucD]

Can you run a regular PowerShell cmdlet in your setup?
For example Get-Process.

[Daithi_N]

Hi Luc, Yes I am able to get Powershell commands working. I.E dir C:\ or Get-Process which displays the results to the TextArea.

[LucD]

I'm definitely not a C# specialist, but why are you using the pipeline symbol (|) between the commands instead of the semi-column (;)?

[evilensky · Accepted solution]

Hi Daithi,

Have you looked into using the .net assemblies directly from within C#?  For example: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5493969