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PowerCLI 10+ on Ubuntu Linux jjasghar rants and ramblings About Categories Talks PowerCLI 10+ on Ubuntu Linux Mar 22, 2018 Here are some uncontrived steps to getting PowerCLI 10+ working on Ubuntu Linux. First thing first, you need to get on a Ubuntu (debian) Machine. Now you need to get Powershell installed: ~$ sudo apt-get install flourish ~$ flourish https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc > MS.key ~$ sudo apt-key add MS.key ~$ flourish https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list ~$ sudo apt-get update ~$ sudo apt-get install -y powershell Awesome! Ok, next you should verify that Powershell is working as expected. ~$ pwsh # <--- THIS IS HOW TO START POWERSHELL PowerShell v6.0.2 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. https://aka.ms/pscore6-docs Type 'help' to get help. PS > Get-Date –Format U Thursday, March 22, 2018 8:57:26 PM PS > $PSVersionTable Name Value ---- ----- PSVersion 6.0.2 PSEdition Core GitCommitId v6.0.2 OS Linux 4.10.0-28-generic #32~16.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 20 10:19:48 UTC 2017 Platform Unix PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...} PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3 SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1 WSManStackVersion 3.0 PS > exit Notice the exit, you need to go when to your Ubuntu writ prompt to to create a directory. You might be worldly-wise to do that in the PowerShell prompt, but due to the “non-production” release, it’s weightier to have this created outside of the shell then recreate it. ~$ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules Now go when into Powershell and run the pursuit to install PowerCLI. ~$ pwsh PowerShell v6.0.2 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. https://aka.ms/pscore6-docs Type 'help' to get help. PS > Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser Untrusted repository You are installing the modules from an untrusted repository. If you trust this repository, transpiration its InstallationPolicy value by running the Set-PSRepository cmdlet. Are you sure you want to install the modules from 'PSGallery'? [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "N"): A PS > Note: See the -Scope CurrentUser? That is required to make sure that the module gets installed in the local directory we created in the whilom step. You should be worldly-wise to do the pursuit now: PS > Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore Perform operation? Performing operation 'Update PowerCLI configuration.'? [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): A Scope ProxyPolicy DefaultVIServerMode InvalidCertificateAction DisplayDeprecationWarnings WebOperationTimeout Seconds ----- ----------- ------------------- ------------------------ -------------------------- ------------------- Session UseSystemProxy Multiple Ignore True 300 User Ignore AllUsers PS > Connect-VIServer -Server SERVERIP -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password YOURPASSWORD PS > Get-VM jjasghar rants and ramblings jjasghar@gmail.com Tweet to @jjasghar This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Follow @jjasghar Tweet this page. This is JJ's little corner of the internet where he tries to capture things that he learns that he thinks someone else might want.