How to import custom PowerShell module into the remote session?

Question

I\'m developing a custom PowerShell module, which I\'d like to use in context of a remote session to a different computer. The following code (which obviously doesn\'t work)

Answer 1

Here's another approach: Recreate the module in a remote session, without copying any files.

I've made no attempt to cope with dependencies between modules, but this seems to work ok for simple self contained modules. It relies on the module being available in the local session, as this makes determining exports easier, but with a bit of extra work it would also work with a module file.

function Import-ModuleRemotely([string] $moduleName,[System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PSSession] $session)
{
    $localModule = get-module $moduleName;
    if (! $localModule) 
    { 
        write-warning "No local module by that name exists"; 
        return; 
    }
    function Exports([string] $paramName, $dictionary) 
    { 
        if ($dictionary.Keys.Count -gt 0)
        {
            $keys = $dictionary.Keys -join ",";
            return " -$paramName $keys"
        }
    }
    $fns = Exports "Function" $localModule.ExportedFunctions;
    $aliases = Exports "Alias" $localModule.ExportedAliases;
    $cmdlets = Exports "Cmdlet" $localModule.ExportedCmdlets;
    $vars = Exports "Variable" $localModule.ExportedVariables;
    $exports = "Export-ModuleMember $fns $aliases $cmdlets $vars;";

    $moduleString= @"
if (get-module $moduleName)
{
    remove-module $moduleName;
}
New-Module -name $moduleName {
$($localModule.Definition)
$exports;
}  | import-module
"@
    $script = [ScriptBlock]::Create($moduleString);
    invoke-command -session $session -scriptblock $script;
}