Execute powershell command remotely to run in the background

Question

I'm connecting to windows machine using ssh and trying to execute command to run in the background. Running the following command from the terminal after ssh established works:

start PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock{"cd C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming pm ode_modules\myserver\; npm start > log.log 2>&1"}

But what I really need is to run the following command and it doesn't work:

ssh myuser@machine_ip "start PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock{\"cd C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming pm ode_modules\myserver\; npm start > log.log 2>&1\"}"

Running the second command without 'start' works but it 'holds' the terminal. And basically it's not a must to work with powershell if someone can tell how to execute the below command and make it run in the background: cd C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming pm ode_modules\myserver\; npm start > log.log 2>&1

thanks

user_9172695 · Answer

I can't test this piece of code, but Invoke-Command has a command called -asjob.

ssh myuser@machine_ip "start PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock{\"cd C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming
pm
ode_modules\myserver\; npm start > log.log 2>&1\"}" -AsJob

Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/invoke-command?view=powershell-5.1#example-8--run-a-background-job-on-several-remote-computers

Execute powershell command remotely to run in the background

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