Host Property

The host where the command should be executed.

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If a value for the Host property is specified, the adapter will try to execute commands remotely using the protocol specified by the Protocol property.

To use PowerShell Remoting, set the following options in the adapter properties:

• Host: The name or IP address of the remote computer
• Protocol: set to Remoting (0)
• User and Password: Optional; if not specified, the connection will be attempted using the user the adapter is running under

To use PowerShell Server, PowerShell Server must be installed and running in the remote machine, and it should be configured with the following properties:

• Host: The name or IP address of the remote computer
• Protocol: set to SSH (1)
• SSHAuthMode: Set to amPassword for username/password authentication or to amPublicKey for public key authentication. For the latter, this option needs to have been enabled in the remote PowerShell Server, and the task needs to have access to a certificate the server will accept
• User: The username to be used for authentication
• Password: Optional; the host key/certificate used to authenticate the server
• SSHCert: The certificate to use for public key authentication

Scripts executed remotely don't have access to input or output message variables or variables set through the PSVariables property.