Sitecore PowerShell Extensions Remoting Module Setup
Why Sitecore Stack Exchange recommends it
Sitecore Stack Exchange answerers point people to it for step-by-step setup of the SPE Remoting module when they have trouble running PowerShell scripts against a remote Sitecore server.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2017 to 2024.
What it is
A short 2015 screencast by Michael West, a Sitecore PowerShell Extensions (SPE) maintainer, showing how to install the SPE Remoting module and run a brief demo of interacting with a Sitecore instance remotely. It points to the SPE user guide for further reading.
What people said
Recommends Michael West · 2017-08 · Sitecore Stack Exchange · on “Having trouble remoting into Sitecore with Powershell”
I'm guessing that the version of the script stored in SPE is out of date. I'd prefer you not use it anyways. First download and install the SPE Remoting module from the marketplace; last one in the list. [LINK] Setup instructions on Youtube here [this video] . Then run this script. Import-Module -Name SPE $session = New-ScriptSession -Username admin -Password b -ConnectionUri [LINK] Invoke-RemoteScript -Session $session -ScriptBlock { // Do something remotely } Stop-ScriptSession -Session $session Helpful link to book for remoting [LINK]
Recommends ckhanna · 2024-06 · Sitecore Stack Exchange · on “How to perform rebuild link database from outside of sitecore server on a remote desktop”
You can download SPE and SPE Remoting module from the below location. [LINK] SPE module needs to be installed on the CM server and SPE Remoting needs to be extracted on your remote desktop. In order to rebuild link database through remoting script, you need to run following powershell snippet from the remote desktop. Import-Module -Name SPE $session = New-ScriptSession -ConnectionUri "{{Sitecore_InstanceUrl}}" -Username {{Sitecore_AdminUsername}} -Password {{Sitecore_AdminPassword}} $jobId = Invoke-RemoteScript -Session $session -ScriptBlock { "master", "web" | Get-Database | ForEach-Object { [Sitecore.Globals]::LinkDatabase.Rebuild($_) } } -AsJob -Verbose Wait-RemoteScriptSession -Session $
Cites NutsAndBolts · 2022-07 · Sitecore Stack Exchange · on “Sitecore PowerShell Remoting: how to”
Environment details : Sitecore 10 Azure PAAS hosting I am trying to automate a few things in an already running Sitecore set-up. For that, I wanted to utilize Sitecore Powershell remoting. I have gone through different blogs and videos. Still, I have a few questions: Almost all sample scripts start with Import-Module -Name SPE such as here [LINK] . So, from wherever this script has to be executed, the SPE module should be accessible. So, I can conclude that this script will be present in Sitecore. Is my understanding correct? But then why do we need to provide the Connection URI, as mentioned here [LINK] , if the script is being executed on the Sitecore instance? If the script is being execu