[Project is in Preview mode]

Deploy and Manage a Private PowerShell Gallery

Prerequisites:

Windows 10 / Windows OS containing WMF 5.1 [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/wmf/5.1/install-configure]

Steps

Clone this project locally
Deploy Gallery DSC Resources $env:PSModulePath
- Copy ~\Modules folder contents to $env:ProgramFiles\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
Generate Credential files - ~\Configuration\GalleryAdminCredFile.clixml, ~\Configuration\GalleryUserCredFile.clixml
- Get-Credential –Credential GalleryUser | Export-Clixml .\GalleryUserCredFile.clixml
- Get-Credential –Credential GalleryAdmin | Export-Clixml .\GalleryAdminCredFile.clixml
Update Configuration Data for your needs
- ~\Configuration\PSPrivateGalleryEnvironment.psd1
- ~\Configuration\PSPrivateGalleryPublishEnvironment.psd1
Deploy the Gallery
- ~\Configuration\PSPrivateGallery.ps1
Populate the local instance of the Gallery with specified PowerShell modules
- ~\Configuration\PSPrivateGalleryPublish.ps1
Register the Private PSGallery as an internal PowerShell repository, using Register-PSRepository.
- Register-PSRepository –Name PSPrivateGallery –SourceLocation “http://localhost:8080/api/v2” –InstallationPolicy Trusted –PackageManagementProvider NuGet
Add inbound firewall rule permitting access to the gallery
- New-NetFirewallRule -Name PSGallery -DisplayName "PSGallery" -Description "Allow access to the PSGallery" -Protocol TCP -RemoteAddress Any -LocalPort 8080 -Action Allow -enabled True
Discovery, Installation and Inventory of module using the internal/private PowerShell repository
- Find-Module –Name PSScriptAnalyzer
- Install-Module –Name PSScriptAnalyzer
- Get-Module –Name PSScriptAnalyzer