How to install a GSX Robot Manager on Microsoft Windows 7
Prerequisites
PowerShell 4.0+
.Net Framework 4.7.1 minimum
PowerShell x86 and x64
Applies to GSX Gizmo Boston | Robot Manager | Windows 7
This article describes the steps required to deploy a GSX Robot Manager on Windows 7.
We will download a Microsoft PowerShell tool to leverage the most modern APIs to generate a self-signed certificate, then proceed to the GSX Robot Manager installation.
Instructions
You might face the following issue if you do not use the Windows Management Framework v5.1.
You can download it here.
Symptoms
“Failed to create the certificate with the following error: The term ‘New-SelfSignedCertificate' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet.” error.
Download the "Microsoft self-signed certificate generator (PowerShell)".
Unblock and extract the ZIP file.
Open PowerShell as Administrator.
CD to the folder when the generator has been unzipped.
Enter the following PowerShell commands:
. .\New-SelfSignedCertificateEx.ps1 New-SelfsignedCertificateEx -Subject "CN=Localhost" -EKU "Server Authentication" -KeySpec "Signature" -KeyUsage "DigitalSignature" -FriendlyName "GSX Robot Manager" -NotAfter $([datetime]::now.AddYears(5)) -StoreLocation "LocalMachine"
Install the GSX Robot Manager.
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