WINRM_SETUP.md

WinRM Test Environment Setup

Automated setup for Windows Server with WinRM and Active Directory for testing.

Quick Start

# From your Mac/Linux, via SSH
cat scripts/setup-winrm.ps1 | ssh Administrator@<IP> "powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command -"

Server reboots after AD DS install. Run again after reboot to complete setup.

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
-InstallADDS	true	Install AD DS + Domain Controller
-DomainName	testdom.local	AD domain name
-TestUserName	winrmtest	Test user account
-TestUserPassword	TestPassword123!	Test user password
-SkipHTTPS	false	HTTP only (skip HTTPS)
-InstallOpenSSH	false	Install SSH server

After Setup

AWS Security Group - Allow inbound: 5985 (HTTP), 5986 (HTTPS)

Test credentials (if AD installed):

• User: TESTDOM\winrmtest
• Password: TestPassword123!

.env.test config:

JEST_WINRM_HOST=<public-ip>
JEST_WINRM_USER=Administrator
JEST_WINRM_PASS=<password>

JEST_WINRM_DOMAIN_HOST=<public-ip>
JEST_WINRM_DOMAIN_USER=TESTDOM\winrmtest
JEST_WINRM_DOMAIN_PASS=TestPassword123!

Run NTLM Authentication tests

npx jest tests/e2e/ntlm-auth.e2e.test.ts

Troubleshooting

# Check config
winrm get winrm/config/service/auth
winrm enumerate winrm/config/listener