Bits Transfer failed when using WinRM to execute Install-ContainerImage, Find-Package

[selvik]

Hi All,
Would you know why these commands (Find-Package, Install-ContanerImage) fail when executed via WinRM on a remote TP5 VM on Azure?

@jayshah-msft, @KrishnaV-MSFT : Any hints would greatly help us troubleshoot this. Thank you very much.

-Selvi

This is the error I see for Install-ContainerImage:

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powershell -command "& {&'Install-ContainerImage' -Name WindowsServerCore -Version 10.0.14300.1010}"

WARNING: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'fastPackageReference' because it is an empty string.
WARNING: The property 'version' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
WARNING: The property 'Name' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
WARNING: Cannot find path
'C:\Users\ubuntu\AppData\Local\ContainerImage\ContainerImageGallery_ContainerImageSearchIndex.txt' because it does not
exist.
WARNING: Cannot find drive. A drive with the name 'CleanUp' does not exist.
WARNING: Save-HTTPItem: Bits Transfer failed. Job State: ExitCode = -2147023651
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, stderr: PackageManagement\Save-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and package name
'WindowsServerCore'. Try Get-PackageSource to see all available registered package sources.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ContainerImage\0.6.4.0\ContainerImage.psm1:492 char:23

• ... $downloadOutput = PackageManagement\Save-Package @PSBoundParameters

•                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...ets.SavePackage:SavePackage) [Save-Package], Exceptio
    n
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.SavePackage

The property 'Name' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ContainerImage\0.6.4.0\ContainerImage.psm1:494 char:5

• $Destination = GenerateFullPath -Location $Location `
  

• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], PropertyNotFoundException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFoundStrict

Install-ContainerOSImage : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'WimPath' because it is an empty string.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ContainerImage\0.6.4.0\ContainerImage.psm1:502 char:39

• Install-ContainerOSImage -WimPath $Destination `
  

•                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Install-ContainerOSImage], ParameterBindingValidationException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorEmptyStringNotAllowed,Install-ContainerOSImage

Remove-Item : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ContainerImage\0.6.4.0\ContainerImage.psm1:512 char:8

• rm $Destination
  

•    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Remove-Item], ParameterBindingValidationException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand

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Error for Find-Package

powershell -command "& {&'Find-Package' –provider ContainerImage}"

WARNING: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'fastPackageReference' because it is an empty string.
WARNING: The property 'version' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
WARNING: The property 'Name' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
WARNING: Cannot find path
'C:\Users\ubuntu\AppData\Local\ContainerImage\ContainerImageGallery_ContainerImageSearchIndex.txt' because it does not
exist.
WARNING: Cannot find drive. A drive with the name 'CleanUp' does not exist.
WARNING: Save-HTTPItem: Bits Transfer failed. Job State: ExitCode = -2147023651

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[jayshah-msft]

@selvik Are you behind a Proxy?

[selvik]

@jayshah-msft Thanks for the reply.

Not that I know of. My VM is on Azure with these ports open:

• 5985,5986 (for WinRM)
• 3389 (RDP)
• 2376 (Docker)
  Do I need any other ports open?

Also these commands when directly executed on the hosts work well. Its only when they are invoked using WinRM do I get these errors.

[jayshah-msft]

@selvik
Ok thanks for the information, will investigate and let you know asap.

[selvik]

@jayshah-msft Thanks a lot for taking a look. Any hints for us to troubleshoot further will also be great.

I've attached a Golang file to reproduce the issue. Replace machineDnsName, username and password to valid values for an Azure VM deployed from TP5 (full UI) and its user-password credentials.

Can be run using go run install_containers.go after unzipping and replacing these values.

install_containers.zip

[selvik]

Is this a regression ? I see a note in this commit with two different alternatives for downloading a file:
654421d

[quoctruong]

Hi @selvik, can I ask what do you get if you run powershell -command "& {&'Find-ContainerImage'}" ?

[selvik]

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -command "& {&Find-ContainerImage}"

stdout: WARNING: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'fastPackageReference' because it is an empty string.
WARNING: The property 'version' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
WARNING: The property 'Name' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
WARNING: Cannot find path
'C:\Users\ubuntu\AppData\Local\ContainerImage\ContainerImageGallery_ContainerImageSearchIndex.txt' because it does not
exist.
WARNING: Cannot find drive. A drive with the name 'CleanUp' does not exist.
WARNING: Save-HTTPItem: Bits Transfer failed. Job State: ExitCode = -2147023651
, stderr:

[selvik]

@quoctruong @jayshah-msft
A workaround was posted here and it helps:
https://github.com/Microsoft/Virtualization-Documentation/issues/228#issuecomment-216251530

[quoctruong]

Hi @selvik, glad to know that there is a workaround. Can I ask do you have this issue if you use "New-PSSession" to create a remote session and then use Invoke-Command with -Session to invoke the command "Find-ContainerImage" on the remote machine?

[quoctruong]

Hi @selvik, I created an AzureVM and connected to a remote PSSession using these steps (http://www.techdiction.com/2016/02/11/configuring-winrm-over-https-to-enable-powershell-remoting/). I then ran Find-ContainerImage in the PSSession and everything worked. I also tried "Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock { Find-ContainerImage }" where $session is created using New-PSSession and it worked too. Do you mind providing more details in how ran your remote commands?

[selvik]

Hi @quoctruong, Thanks a lot for looking at this issue!
Our use case (like many others) is to connect to the Azure VM using a non-windows machine - in my case Linux (so there is no PSSession). So I use WinRM protocol and a Golang client for WinRM to do this.
If you look at my comment above: #9 (comment)
I have provided the Golang program to reproduce the error. You will have to replace the machineDnsName (say 'azuretest.cloudapp.net'), username (replace xxx) and password (replace zzz) variables in the code.