# WinRM configuration script error **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [June 4, 2015, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401 "2015-06-04T10:36:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rene\_Metery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Rene\_Metery](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Metery)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/1 "2015-06-04T10:36:37Z")
Hi, I am currently configuring a windows computer to accept remote access from ansible and I am having a problem while running the script ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1. Here is the error : PS D:\Ansible\Power Shell 3\> .\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1 Unable to establish an HTTP or HTTPS remoting session. Au caractère D:\Ansible\Power Shell 3\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1:129 : 5 - Throw “Unable to establish an HTTP or HTTPS remoting session.” - ```auto ``` - CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (Unable to estab…moting session.:String) , RuntimeException - FullyQualifiedErrorId : Unable to establish an HTTP or HTTPS remoting session. I have checked my authentication configuration an it seems ok. PS D:\Ansible\Power Shell 3\> winrm get winrm/config Config MaxEnvelopeSizekb = 500 MaxTimeoutms = 60000 MaxBatchItems = 32000 MaxProviderRequests = 4294967295 Client NetworkDelayms = 5000 URLPrefix = wsman AllowUnencrypted = false Auth Basic = true Digest = true Kerberos = true Negotiate = true Certificate = true CredSSP = false If you have any idea about the problem it will greatly help me. I can’t find any post about that problem. Cheers, René METERY ---
**Author:** ![benno\_joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@benno\_joy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/benno_joy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/2 "2015-06-04T16:10:18Z")
not sure here but are you using the latest version of the configure script ? [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1) also is the winrm server running on port 5985 5986, iirc ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/3 "2015-06-04T19:01:34Z")
Do you have windows management framework installed? ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Tanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Bob\_Tanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Tanner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/4 "2015-06-05T04:22:13Z")
What does $PSVersionTable return for you? PS \> $PSVersionTable Name Value * * * PSVersion 4.0 WSManStackVersion 3.0 SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1 CLRVersion 4.0.30319.34209 BuildVersion 6.3.9600.16406 PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0} PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.2 ---
**Author:** ![Rene\_Metery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Rene\_Metery](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Metery)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/5 "2015-06-05T08:35:04Z")
Here is the output of : PS \> $PSVersionTable Name Value * * * PSVersion 3.0 WSManStackVersion 3.0 SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1 CLRVersion 4.0.30319.34209 BuildVersion 6.2.9200.16398 PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0} PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.2 I have downloaded the latest version of the script and have the windows management framework installed. The server is up and running because I’ve already managed to run a command remotely on my own computer through a winrs command. In fact, I’ve managed to run the ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1 script completely by just bypassing the Test a remoting connection to localhost, which should work. by commenting the lines 115 to 130. I know this is not elegant. After that operation, I did a simple “ansible windows -m win\_ping” command from my server to the windows client and it worked ! Still don’t know why this test during the configuration script execution failed. ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/6 "2015-06-05T11:34:58Z")
My guess would be firewall configuration on the windows machine is stopping the remoting to localhost from working. The other place to look would be in the winrm configuration. Sometimes checking the windows event log can be helpful - have you looked there? Jon ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Tanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Bob\_Tanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Tanner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/7 "2015-06-05T12:59:49Z")
Any helpful info here? [http://powershell.com/cs/media/p/7257.aspx#windows-powershell-remoting](http://powershell.com/cs/media/p/7257.aspx#windows-powershell-remoting) Similar to the firewall check, check the trusted hosts. That was my problem. ---
**Author:** ![Rene\_Metery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Rene\_Metery](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Metery)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/8 "2015-06-08T07:09:59Z")
Checking the windows evetn log was so obvious that I didn’t think about it. While running the script and getting the error, the event has recorded this event (sorry this is in french but I think it is understandable) : 08/06/2015 08:34:20 142 Erreur L’opération WSMan CreateShell a échoué, code d’erreur 5 08/06/2015 08:34:20 254 Information Transfert d’activité 08/06/2015 08:34:20 162 Erreur L’authentification de l’utilisateur a échoué. Les informations d’identification n’ont pas fonctionné. When I dig into the authentication error information I can see that the user listed is ITEM-81502\efibtf. This is the local user (with admin rights) that I am using to run the configuration script. On the Control Machine I am using the same user but without the computer prefix and it works fine. Maybe I should run the script as admin instead of running it as an user with admin rights ? Otherwise, do you have any idea how can I manage to authenticate without having the user prefixed with the computer name ? ---
**Author:** ![Rene\_Metery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Rene\_Metery](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Metery)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/9 "2015-06-08T07:12:03Z")
Thanks for the link, I will check into it. ---
**Author:** ![Snehit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Snehit](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Snehit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-configuration-script-error/18401/10 "2018-02-15T08:53:27Z")
Hi Rene , Have you able to resolve this issue ? I am also have same problem. \<\< Unable to establish an HTTP or HTTPS remoting session. At C:\Users\snehit.rahate\Desktop\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1:404 char:5 - Throw “Unable to establish an HTTP or HTTPS remoting session.” - ```auto ``` - CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (Unable to estab…moting session.:String) , RuntimeException - FullyQualifiedErrorId : Unable to establish an HTTP or HTTPS remoting session. > > Thanks, Snehit On Monday, 8 June 2015 12:42:03 UTC+5:30, Rene Metery wrote: