Visual studio release management - deploy with ps/dsc encountered error with server certificate

Question

I'm trying to run a simple ps script on a target computer (my local machine) from our RM server through the RM client. However the release falls over when it reaches deploy using ps/dsc. The error message reads:

Connecting to remote server ### failed with the following error message : The server certificate on the destination computer (###:5985) has the following errors:
Encountered an internal error in the SSL library.

However as you can see by the winrm port number, I'm using HTTP not HTTPS to communicate with my machine, so surely SSL should not come into it. So has anyone else come across this or have any idea what I could be doing wrong?

UPDATE: the machines are part of the same domain.

Answer 1

In the deploy using DSC action keep UseHTTPS variable to false and skipCACheck to true, just in case.

BTW, how long does it take for the action to show this error message in the logs? Also, as someone mentioned in the comments, are you able to manually run the script using PS remoting?

If none of the above helps, we would need more details. Try looking into the event logs for the target machine right after your deployment failed and check for any errors.

Answer 2

I came across same issue ,On installing Azure service certification VM tailed,Resolved issue.