How to Install/Update a Powershell Module from a Local Folder - Set up an Internal Module Repository
I Need to Install a Powershell Module (I. E. Sqlserver) on One Production Box, However, the Production Server Does Not Have Any Internet Connection. an...
I need to install a PowerShell module (i.e. sqlserver) on one production box, however, the production server does not have any internet connection.
An alternative way I am using is to use save-module to save module files onto a shared folder and then copy the files from the shared folder directly to production server's PS module path
c:\program files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
It works, but I am just wondering whether we can use the existing approach, i.e. install-module, something like
install-module -name sqlserver -repository "my shared folder"
This requirement extends to update-module as well.
Using save-module and then copy & paste seems very unreliable because I have no idea whether install-module will actually do some DLL file registration or installation.
Can any PS gurus please give some idea how to do this, i.e. using install-module without internet connection?
Thanks in advance for your time.
PS: I know there is a post at SO but it does not help me.
2 Answers
In any shell (elevated or not):
Register-PSRepository -Name 'myRepositoryName' -SourceLocation 'C:\MyExampleFolder'All
.nupkgfiles inside your folder are now discoverable byInstall-Module.In an elevated shell (Run as Administrator):
Install-Module 'Some-Module' -Repository 'myRepositoryName'
Eric's answer was helpful for me. I also added:
-InstallationPolicy Trusted
to the Register-PSRepository call.
Taking a module and publishing it as a nuget package looks like this:
Publish-Module -Name myModuleName -Repository myRepositoryName
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