How do I configure or set up the tridion-powershell-modules in PowerShell?

Question

I came across the tridion-powershell-modules project. It offers some handy PowerShell commands which help setting up a CoreService connection and some examples like listing the publication.

What do I need to do to be able to use those commands in PowerShell

Answer 1

Install the module

• Get the .psm1, .psd1 and DLL files from the project. You can also copy the CoreService DLL from the %TRIDION_HOME%bin\client\CoreService folder on your Content Manager
• Create a directory C:\Users\username\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\CoreService C:\Users\username\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Tridion-CoreService
• Copy the .psm1, .psd1 and .dll files in that directory
• Restart any open PowerShell consoles and the Modules are available
• Run Import-Module CoreService Import-Module Tridion-CoreService
• Run the Get-TridionCoreServiceInfo Get-TridionCoreServiceSettings to test if you can use the CoreService module. This will not yet contact the Core Service.

Test the connection to the Core Service

• Set the Tridion Content Manager server hostname with Set-TridionCoreServiceHost cme.server.hostname Set-TridionCoreServiceSettings cme.server.hostname 2013-SP1 where "cme.server.hostname" is your server's hostname. The module will default to localhost.
• See if you can access the Core Service by doing a simple operation: Get-TridionUser -Verbose. The "-Verbose" will output in verbose mode so you can see what is going on in more detail...
• Now the connection works you can try more commands like Get-TridionPublications | Select-Object Id, Title to list the publication id and title of all publications.

MSDN explains the options we have to install the module.

EDIT: updated answer with steps to install and steps to test try the module and the connection to the Core Service

EDIT: added Import-Module CoreService to the instructions, the module will not work without that

EDIT: updated commands to match new version of the tridion-powershell-modules

Answer 2

The tridion-powershell-modules project moved to GitHub: https://github.com/pkjaer/tridion-powershell-modules

It now is a one-liner to install the module

 wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pkjaer/tridion-powershell-modules/master/Installation/Install.ps1" | iex

Antother thing which changed is the prerequisites: the new version requires Powershell 3.0.

Answer 3

For completeness, (but not a method officially supported by Peter Kjaer). If you are comfortable with getting things running your own way, you might find it interesting to pull directly from GIT. I have my WindowsPowerShell directory in a GIT repository anyway, and I've blogged here about how to manage the module as a GIT submodule.