PowerShell

PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation framework and scripting language developed by Microsoft. Designed for system administrators and power users, it facilitates the automation of administrative tasks through a command-line shell and a scripting language, enabling efficient management of Windows and other operating systems.

Installation

Install powershell^AUR or powershell-bin^AUR.

PowerShell Core can also be installed via the .NET SDK if this is already configured.

PowerShell remoting over SSH

PowerShell has a built-in remote management system via the PSSession cmdlets. This system can run over SSH. In order to configure a Linux SSH host for this, the sshd_config file needs the following line added:

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

Subsystem powershell /usr/bin/pwsh -sshs

It is then possible to use the New-PSSession, Enter-PSSession and Invoke-Command cmdlets to control the host. This can also be done from Linux to Windows or vice versa. For an usage example, see the Microsoft documentation.

See also

• .NET
• Pleau, Rob. "Powershell + Arch Linux = AWESOME!". Retrieved 2024-02-13.
• Diaz, Kevin. "Powershell Remote Management From Linux". Retrieved 2024-02-13.
• "PowerShell remoting over SSH". Retrieved 2025-03-09.