Configuring Power BI Server through Power shell

Hi,

If you want to install Power BI Server through powershell (SQL Server 2016 and PoweBI Server(March 2018))

you can use following commands

$rsConfig = Get-WmiObject –namespace "root\Microsoft\SqlServer\ReportServer\RS_PBIRS\v15\Admin" -class MSReportServer_ConfigurationSetting   -filter "InstanceName='PBIRS'"

$methResult = $rsConfig.GenerateDatabaseCreationScript($PowerBIDatabaseName, 1033, "true")

Invoke-SqlCmd

Set-Location SQLSERVER:\SQL\$SQLServerName\$InstanceName

invoke-sqlcmd -Query $methResult["Script"] -Username $UserName -Password $Password -OutputSqlErrors $true | Out-Null

Set-Location -Path C:\Windows\System32

$methResult = $rsconfig.GenerateDatabaseRightsScript("NT Service\PowerBIReportServer", $PowerBIDatabaseName, $false, $true)

Set-Location SQLSERVER:\SQL\$SQLServerName\$InstanceName

invoke-sqlcmd -Query $methResult["Script"] -Username $UserName -Password $Password -OutputSqlErrors $true | Out-Null

Set-Location -Path C:\Windows\System32

$rsConfig.SetDatabaseConnection($SQLServerInstanceName,$PowerBIDatabaseName, 2, "NT Service\PowerBIReportServer", "")

$rsConfig.SetVirtualDirectory("ReportServerWebService",$WebServiceVirtualDirectoryName,0)

$rsConfig.ReserveURL("ReportServerWebService", "http://+:80", 1033)

$rsConfig.SetVirtualDirectory("ReportServerWebApp",$WebPortalVirtualDirectoryName,0)

$rsConfig.ReserveURL("ReportServerWebApp", "http://+:80", 1033)

$rsConfig.ReserveURL("PowerBIWebApp", "http://+:80", 1033)

$rsConfig.ReserveURL("OfficeWebApp", "http://+:80", 1033)

$rsconfig.SetServiceState($false, $false, $false)

Restart-Service $rsConfig.ServiceName

$rsconfig.SetServiceState($true, $true, $true)

Older SQL 

The version in following command must be updated

$rsConfig = Get-WmiObject –namespace "root\Microsoft\SqlServer\ReportServer\RS_PBIRS\v15\Admin" -class MSReportServer_ConfigurationSetting   -filter "InstanceName='PBIRS'"
To get the version use following command:      

gwmi -namespace "root\Microsoft\SqlServer\ReportServer\RS_PBIRS" -class "__Namespace"

Also in following commands: 

$rsConfig.SetVirtualDirectory("ReportServerWebApp",$WebPortalVirtualDirectoryName,0)

$rsConfig.ReserveURL("ReportServerWebApp", "http://+:80", 1033)

"ReportServerWebApp"

should be changed to 

"ReportManager"