Download a file with powershell on Nano Server?
There is an example here of downloading a zip file using PowerShell on Nano, you might have to modify it a bit for your purposes;
(from here: https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/tutorials/nano-server.html#installing-the-asp-net-core-module-ancm)
$SourcePath = "https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/beta/Binaries/Latest/dotnet-win-x64.latest.zip"
$DestinationPath = "C:\dotnet"
$EditionId = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' -Name 'EditionID').EditionId
if (($EditionId -eq "ServerStandardNano") -or
($EditionId -eq "ServerDataCenterNano") -or
($EditionId -eq "NanoServer") -or
($EditionId -eq "ServerTuva")) {
$TempPath = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
if (($SourcePath -as [System.URI]).AbsoluteURI -ne $null)
{
$handler = New-Object System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler
$client = New-Object System.Net.Http.HttpClient($handler)
$client.Timeout = New-Object System.TimeSpan(0, 30, 0)
$cancelTokenSource = [System.Threading.CancellationTokenSource]::new()
$responseMsg = $client.GetAsync([System.Uri]::new($SourcePath), $cancelTokenSource.Token)
$responseMsg.Wait()
if (!$responseMsg.IsCanceled)
{
$response = $responseMsg.Result
if ($response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
$downloadedFileStream = [System.IO.FileStream]::new($TempPath, [System.IO.FileMode]::Create, [System.IO.FileAccess]::Write)
$copyStreamOp = $response.Content.CopyToAsync($downloadedFileStream)
$copyStreamOp.Wait()
$downloadedFileStream.Close()
if ($copyStreamOp.Exception -ne $null)
{
throw $copyStreamOp.Exception
}
}
}
}
else
{
throw "Cannot copy from $SourcePath"
}
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($TempPath, $DestinationPath)
Remove-Item $TempPath
}
Invoke-WebRequest
was added to nanoserver as part of the September 26, 2016 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016.
It's crazy that a server OS designed to power cloud workloads doesn't have in-built convenient method for a simple REST/Web request :O
Anyway, you can try this powershell script wget.ps1 which is a modification of the one from Microsoft. Copy-pasting here for convenience
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Downloads a file
.DESCRIPTION
Downloads a file
.PARAMETER Url
URL to file/resource to download
.PARAMETER Filename
file to save it as locally
.EXAMPLE
C:\PS> .\wget.ps1 https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe
#>
Param(
[Parameter(Position=0,mandatory=$true)]
[string]$Url,
[string]$Filename = ''
)
# Get filename
if (!$Filename) {
$Filename = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($Url)
}
Write-Host "Download: $Url to $Filename"
# Make absolute local path
if (![System.IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($Filename)) {
$FilePath = Join-Path (Get-Item -Path ".\" -Verbose).FullName $Filename
}
if (($Url -as [System.URI]).AbsoluteURI -ne $null)
{
# Download the bits
$handler = New-Object System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler
$client = New-Object System.Net.Http.HttpClient($handler)
$client.Timeout = New-Object System.TimeSpan(0, 30, 0)
$cancelTokenSource = [System.Threading.CancellationTokenSource]::new()
$responseMsg = $client.GetAsync([System.Uri]::new($Url), $cancelTokenSource.Token)
$responseMsg.Wait()
if (!$responseMsg.IsCanceled)
{
$response = $responseMsg.Result
if ($response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
$downloadedFileStream = [System.IO.FileStream]::new($FilePath, [System.IO.FileMode]::Create, [System.IO.FileAccess]::Write)
$copyStreamOp = $response.Content.CopyToAsync($downloadedFileStream)
# TODO: Progress bar? Total size?
Write-Host "Downloading ..."
$copyStreamOp.Wait()
$downloadedFileStream.Close()
if ($copyStreamOp.Exception -ne $null)
{
throw $copyStreamOp.Exception
}
}
}
}
else
{
throw "Cannot download from $Url"
}