How to run a PowerShell script as a job in Jenkins

Question

This sounds like a simple question, but I haven't been able to work it out after looking online. I basically want to execute a PowerShell script (e.g. script.ps1) in Jenkins and report success/failure.

Try 1: Run following as "Execute Windows Batch Command"

powershell -File c:\scripts\script.ps1

This starts up as expected, but it quits after a few seconds.

Try 2: Run following as "Execute Windows Batch Command"

powershell -NoExit -File c:\scripts\script.ps1

This runs the whole script successfully, but it never stops. I had to manually abort the script.

Answer 1

Well, there is a PowerShell plugin, which is wrapping the shell anyway. I use this on my server, executing scripts in standard notation:

powershell -File test001.ps1

It works without any quirks.

Answer 2

I found the problem came down to PowerShell managing the execution policy separately for 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Checkout http://www.gregorystrike.com/2011/01/27/how-to-tell-if-powershell-is-32-bit-or-64-bit/ to try launching both. Run Get-ExecutionPolicy in both and you will see they are different.

At least with version 1.4, it appears the plugin ends up using the 32-bit process.

Answer 3

If you run the 64 bit PowerShell you don't need run the '-ExecutionPolicy Bypass':

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -nologo -file 'c:\scripts\upgrade-Chrome.ps1' -WindowStyle Hidden