Powershell Invoke-WebRequest The request was aborted Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

# Powershell Invoke-WebRequest The request was aborted Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

The PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest error "The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel" occurs because PowerShell uses TLS 1.0 when connecting to websites by default but the site you are making a request to requires TLS 1.1 or TLS 1.2 or SSLv3.

To solve the error, use the SecurityProtocol property to specify that all protocols are supported.

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[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls, [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls11, [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12, [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Ssl3
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = "Tls, Tls11, Tls12, Ssl3"

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You can copy the commands and paste them into PowerShell by pressing Ctrl + V.

Once you paste the commands, rerun your Invoke-WebRequest command.

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Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://nasa.gov

issue web request

When you run the command you might get another error:

"The response content cannot be parsed because the Internet Explorer engine is not available, or Internet Explorer's first-launch configuration is not complete. Specify the UseBasicParsing parameter and try again."

If you get the error rerun the command with the -UseBasicParsing parameter.

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Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://nasa.gov -UseBasicParsing

Setting the parameter is necessary on machines where Internet Explorer is not installed or configured.

Note that you should be able to only use a single command to specify that all security protocols should be used.

The following should be sufficient.

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[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = "Tls, Tls11, Tls12, Ssl3"

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://nasa.gov -UseBasicParsing

enable all protocols for http request

If you decide to use the alternative, more verbose command, you can wrap it into multiple multiple lines by ending each line with a backtick `.

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[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol =
  [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 -bor `
  [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls11 -bor `
  [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls -bor `
  [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Ssl3

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://nasa.gov -UseBasicParsing

wrap command that enables all protocols into multiple lines

The Invoke-WebRequest PowerShell command is used to get the content of a web page on the internet.

You can view examples of using the command in this section of the Microsoft docs.

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Powershell Invoke-WebRequest The request was aborted Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

# Powershell Invoke-WebRequest The request was aborted Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

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