The following steps will help you get started working against a demo Docker container. If you have other servers setup such as on a domain then skip ahead.

• Ensure PS Remoting is enabled on the host machine (the machine running the Remoting Explorer tool)

  • Enable-PSRemoting - used to enable remoting on the host machine
  • winrm get winrm/config/client - check if basic authentication is allowed
  • winrm set winrm/config/client/auth @{Basic="true"} - enable basic authentication
  • winrm set winrm/config/client @{AllowUnencrypted="true"} - allow unencrypted traffic from the host to the container or VM
  • winrm set winrm/config/client @{TrustedHosts="*"} - trust every machine you try to connect to (use with caution)

• You might end up with something like the following:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> winrm get winrm/config/client
Client
    NetworkDelayms = 5000
    URLPrefix = wsman
    AllowUnencrypted = true
    Auth
        Basic = true
        Digest = true
        Kerberos = true
        Negotiate = true
        Certificate = true
        CredSSP = false
    DefaultPorts
        HTTP = 5985
        HTTPS = 5986
    TrustedHosts = *

• Run a neverending Windows container : docker-compose up -d
• Run the PSRemotingExplorer and connect.

Connecting to the Docker container using the default credentials provided.

Manage existing files on the server.

Note: The default port used for Winrm is 5985 and was changed to 55985 for Docker containers.

The settings in the interface are saved per user in the following directory: C:\Users\{CURRENT_USER}\AppData\Local\PSRemotingExplorer