How to run PS Rule with no internet access?

[radams32-github]

Hi,

We are trying to run PS Rule on a Self Hosted DevOps agent where there is no internet access. I have the modules installed locally on the agent, but it seems to still want to try and re-install the modules from the PowerShell Gallery when the assert task runs:

If I specify a version of the modules I know are installed, and set the "Repository" variable to the path where they are, still get errors:

Just asking here if I am doing this the right way, or what I should be putting in the Repository variable. Is it even possible to make it not do an install, just use what is already on the agent?

Thanks.

[BernieWhite]

@radams32-github repository refers to a repository name registered in PowerShell with the Register-PSRepository cmdlet of a newer version of the PowerShellGet and PackageManagement modules.

If you have not updated this module then that could be a cause of the issue.

This cmdlet will allow you to register then trust a local path or internal file share. The details for how to do this are available in the docs. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/gallery/how-to/working-with-local-psrepositories?view=powershellget-2.x

Otherwise if not set PSRule will default to PowerShell gallery.

If the repository name is unknown then it could cause this issue.

The easiest approach is to register the repository in the pipeline before calling PSRule.

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I hope that helps.

[BernieWhite]

@radams32-github Thinking further on this issues, this issue seems to be related to the NuGet package provider not being installed.

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -RequiredVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force

[radams32-github]

Yes we can't get it to work. I create the local repository and I run a command to make sure I can see it:

It finds the PS Rule modules:

But then when PS Rule runs it can't find it:

I will have a look at your suggestion above and try to install the Nuget provider offline, thank you.