ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1

ANSIBLE VERSION

2.1.2

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016

SUMMARY

Run this in a powershell console

Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.Webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1'))

The error is:

New-EventLog : The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.
At line:124 char:47
New-EventLog -LogName Application -Source $EventSource
~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [New-EventLog], ValidationMetadataException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewEventLogCommand

And points to the problem, $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name is an empty string when called like this

$EventSource = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
If ($EventSource -eq $Null)
{
    $EventSource = "Powershell CLI"
}

so the above could be easily changed to

$EventSource = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
If ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($EventSource))
{
    $EventSource = "Powershell CLI"
}