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Ben Power
Ben Power

Reputation: 1885

Executing VSTest.Console.exe test via Powershell Invoke-Command

So I'm trying to kick off test runs via VSTest.Console.exe using Powershell's Invoke-Command. I'm pretty new to powershell, but the script looks like this:

$secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString “P@ssword01” -AsPlainText -Force
$credentials = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential (“administrator”, $secpasswd)
$shareName = "testruns"

#Script block to execute on the remote machine
$scriptBlock = {
param($shareName, $testRunId, $myTestContainers, $testCategory)
$localFolder = "c:\$shareName\" + $testRunId
$exePath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\vstest.console.exe"

$argList = @()
#Add the containers
$myTestContainers.Split(",") | foreach {
    $argList += "`"$localFolder\$_`" "
}

$argList += "/logger:trx"
$argList += "/settings:$localFolder\remote.testsettings"
$argList += "/Platform:x64"
$argList += "/Framework:Framework45"

#Let everyone know whats happening
Write-Output "Args: $argList"

#Do it
& $exePath $argList
}

#Invoke the script block
Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $scriptBlock -Credential $credentials -ComputerName 10.123.123.12 -ArgumentList testruns, "1.2.3456", "CaiConTest.dll,CsiConTest.dll", ""

After 60 seconds this is returned:

Error: Failed to initialize client proxy: could not connect to test process .
+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (Error: Failed t... test process .:String) [], RemoteException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
+ PSComputerName        : 10.123.123.12

Error: There was no endpoint listening at net.pipe://mymachineFQDN/TestExecutor/5208 that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See 
InnerException, if present, for more details.

I've noticed that if I remove the "-Credential $credentials" and run it on the same machine I'm invoking the command on, it runs and we get test results back just fine. What might I be missing here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1210

Answers (1)

Ben Power
Ben Power

Reputation: 1885

OK, so I had been looking at this all wrong. The purpose of this exercise was to use a TeamCity metarunner to run tests. There's actually a Visual Studio Tests runner available which can do the heavy lifting instead. Just needed to step back and look at it with fresh eyes!

Upvotes: 1

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