Github user aledsage commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-docs/pull/36#discussion_r57471083
--- Diff: guide/yaml/winrm/index.md ---
@@ -289,11 +289,24 @@ When a script is run over WinRM, the credentials
under which the script are run
solution is to obtain a new set of credentials within the script and use
those credentials to
required commands.
-Certain Windows registry keys must be reconfigured in order to support
re-authentication. For
-clouds that support an init script, Brooklyn can take care of this at
instance boot time, as part
-of the setup script. For clouds where an init script is not (currently)
supported, such as Azure,
-it is assumed that the VM is already correctly configured. Please ensure
that Brooklyn's changes
-are compatible with your organisation's security policy.
+The WinRM client uses Negotiate+NTLM to authenticate against the machine.
+This mechanism applies certain restrictions to executing commands on the
windows host.
+
+For this reason you should enable CredSSP on the windows host which grants
all privileges available to the user.
+ https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849719.aspx#sectionSection4
+
+To use `Invoke-Command -Authentication CredSSP` the Windows Machine has to
have:
+- Up and running WinRM over http
--- End diff --
So can you change the wording so that it does not imply that it must be
http?
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