I have a script on Machine A that checks to see if a port is open on Machine B. What I'm looking to do is somehow pass to Machine B which port Machine A will be testing. I've looked into things such as invoke-command as well as telnet but I'm curious what you guys think the best way to communicate between these two servers. same network, different domain. I do have admin access on both boxes
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If you are simply looking to "pass in" a variable with value ($testport) to a remote session, then you can accomplish that like this:
invoke-command -session $session -scriptblock {param($testport)
#create variable and assign it a value
set-variable -name:"testport" -value:$testport -force -erroraction silentlycontinue;
}
To send many variables at once (for example to initialize a remote session with all Global variables from parent session), gather them into a $hash and use something like this:
invoke-command -session $session -scriptblock {param($hash, $setAsGlobal)
#create global variable and assign value for each hash table entry
if ($setAsGlobal -eq $true) {
foreach ($key in $hash.keys) {
set-variable -name:$key -value:$hash.$key -scope:'global' -force -erroraction silentlycontinue;
}
} else {
foreach ($key in $hash.keys) {
set-variable -name:$key -value:$hash.$key -force -erroraction silentlycontinue;
}
}
To get a variable back from a remote session and assign to $result:
$varname = "testport";
$result = invoke-command -session $session -scriptblock {param($varname)
get-variable -name $varname -valueonly
} -argumentlist $varname
