powershell module error RemoteDesktopManager.PowerShellModule.PSOutputObject.PSConnection

Hello info01,


This error might be related to how you use or call the variable $session.
Without the whole script, it's hard to pinpoint the issue.

You also mentioned that this script is working manually on Windows.
Could you tell me if Ansible is running on Windows or another OS?

Best regards,

bellow is the complete script, ansible runs in linux and is using winrm to connect to the windows server where the remote desktop manager client is installed.
I also updated to the new powershell module 2025.1.5, i noticed that the latest version was released 5 days ago, but the result is the same

- name: Execute RDM PowerShell commands using Powershell 7
  ansible.windows.win_powershell:
    executable: pwsh.exe
    script: |
      $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
      Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object WindowsProductName, WindowsVersion, OsHardwareAbstractionLayer
      Write-Host "Dit script is uitgevoerd met PowerShell versie: $($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.ToString())"

      # Load the RDM PowerShell module
      Import-Module Devolutions.PowerShell # for powershell 7

      function Check-RDMFolders {
        param (
          [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)] $folders
        )

        $lookupFolder = "" 
        $parentFolder = ""

        foreach ($f in $folders.split('\')) {
            # Try to find the folder under the current parent
            $lookupFolder = $lookupFolder + $f

            Try { $existingFolder = Get-RDMSession -GroupName $lookupFolder -ErrorAction Stop } 
            catch { $existingFolder = "" }
            
            if ( $existingFolder ) {
              # If found, update parentFolder
              write-host "found folder $lookupFolder"
              $parentFolder = $lookupFolder + "\"
            } else {
              # If not found, create the folder under the current parentFolder
              write-host "create folder $lookupFolder"
              if ($parentFolder) {
                $newFolder = New-RDMSession -Name $f -Type Group -SetSession -Group $parentFolder.Substring(0,$parentFolder.Length-1) # Remove last '\' from parentFolder
              } else {
                $newFolder = New-RDMSession -Name $f -Type Group -SetSession
              }
              Set-RDMSession $newFolder -refresh
              $parentFolder = $lookupFolder + "\"
            }
            $lookupFolder = $lookupFolder + "\"
        }
      }

      $Name = "{{ serverNetbiosName }} - {{ target_role }}"
      $hostName = "{{ target_host }}"
      $folder = "{{ target_folder }}"
      
      # Check if folder structure exist where items needs to be added, create if not exists
      Check-RDMFolders -folders $folder

      # Check if host exist, if not create it
      $session = Get-RDMSession -Name $Name
      write-host "Session $($session)"

      if ($session.HostResolved) {
        Write-Host "RDP session '$Name' allready exists in Remote Desktop Manager." 
      } else { 
        $session = New-RDMSession -Host $hostName -Type "RDPConfigured" -Name $Name -Group $folder -SetSession

        # Update or refresh GUI so session is shown
        Update-RDMUI

        # Set connection properties
        $session.OpenEmbedded = $true
        Set-RDMSession -Session $session -Refresh

        Write-Output "RDP session '$Name' added to Remote Desktop Manager."
      }
  register: rdm_script_result

Hello info01,

This is related to your write-host.
Can you change it to something like:

$session = Get-RDMSession -Name
$Name $sessionName = $session.name
write-host "Session: $sessionName"

Let us know if this fixes the entry name under your message.

Best regards,

This does not work either, the output is now the contents of variable $Name. So if i lookup host MyHost, and do:
$Name = "MyHost"
$session = Get-RDMSession -Name $Name
$sessionName = $session.name
write-host "Session: $sessionName"

Ouputs MyHost while the host does not exist on our RDM, if i search for hostname TestHost the output is also TestHost. Totally weird i must say

Again in plain powershell under windows it works as expected, but running it using the ansible job does not. ChatGpt suggested something that the module might not work if not run interactively, can that be the case that the module only operates under interactive prompt ?

Hello info01,

Suppose you are looking for the Host, $session.Host should be the correct variable.
From my perspective, the module works just fine.Name is the entry name and the .Host is the configured host in the entry.

Could you try running it without Ansible on Linux and tell me if it still works as well as it does on Windows?
Also, could you run it without the PS-Session on Linux?

Best regards,