Dynamics CRM: Get-CrmSetting SSL/TLS error

Question

I am getting an error when trying to enable Tracing in one of our servers.

Commands used:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Crm.PowerShell
Get-CrmSetting TraceSettings 

Error:

Get-CrmSetting : The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the 
SSL/TLS secure channel.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-CrmSetting TraceSettings
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Crm.P...rmSettingCmdlet:GetCrmSettingCmdlet) [Get- 
   CrmSetting], WebException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CRM Deployment Cmdlet Error,Microsoft.Crm.PowerShell.GetCrmSettingCmdlet

This is a multi-server environment where Web and Application are separate.

Answer 1

The error indicates that the certificate used on the end point you are trying to connect to is an un-trusted certificate.

I recommend ensuring that a valid and trusted certificate is used on the endpoint.

However if this is not possible you can set PowerShell to allow un-trusted certificates once per session with this function.

However be warned that running this function will disable ALL certificate checks that PowerShell would normally preform and the only way to reset this is to close and re-open PowerShell.

function Disable-SSLValidation
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Disables SSL certificate validation
.DESCRIPTION
    Disable-SSLValidation disables SSL certificate validation by using reflection to implement the System.Net.ICertificatePolicy class.
    Author: Matthew Graeber (@mattifestation)
    License: BSD 3-Clause
.NOTES
    Reflection is ideal in situations when a script executes in an environment in which you cannot call csc.ese to compile source code. If compiling code is an option, then implementing System.Net.ICertificatePolicy in C# and Add-Type is trivial.
.LINK
    http://www.exploit-monday.com
#>

    Set-StrictMode -Version 2

    # You have already run this function
    if ([System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy.ToString() -eq 'IgnoreCerts') { Return }

    $Domain = [AppDomain]::CurrentDomain
    $DynAssembly = New-Object System.Reflection.AssemblyName('IgnoreCerts')
    $AssemblyBuilder = $Domain.DefineDynamicAssembly($DynAssembly, [System.Reflection.Emit.AssemblyBuilderAccess]::Run)
    $ModuleBuilder = $AssemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicModule('IgnoreCerts', $false)
    $TypeBuilder = $ModuleBuilder.DefineType('IgnoreCerts', 'AutoLayout, AnsiClass, Class, Public, BeforeFieldInit', [System.Object], [System.Net.ICertificatePolicy])
    $TypeBuilder.DefineDefaultConstructor('PrivateScope, Public, HideBySig, SpecialName, RTSpecialName') | Out-Null
    $MethodInfo = [System.Net.ICertificatePolicy].GetMethod('CheckValidationResult')
    $MethodBuilder = $TypeBuilder.DefineMethod($MethodInfo.Name, 'PrivateScope, Public, Virtual, HideBySig, VtableLayoutMask', $MethodInfo.CallingConvention, $MethodInfo.ReturnType, ([Type[]] ($MethodInfo.GetParameters() | % {$_.ParameterType})))
    $ILGen = $MethodBuilder.GetILGenerator()
    $ILGen.Emit([Reflection.Emit.Opcodes]::Ldc_I4_1)
    $ILGen.Emit([Reflection.Emit.Opcodes]::Ret)
    $TypeBuilder.CreateType() | Out-Null

    # Disable SSL certificate validation
    [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object IgnoreCerts
}

Special thanks to Matt Graeber for authoring the code.