Problem
You’re attempting to install VMware PowerCLI with the Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI cmdlet from within Powershell but notice that it fails with:
PS C:scriptsvCheck-vSphere-master> Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI
NuGet provider is required to continue
PowerShellGet requires NuGet provider version ‘2.8.5.201’ or newer to interact with NuGet-based repositories. The NuGet
provider must be available in ‘C:Program FilesPackageManagementProviderAssemblies’ or
‘C:UserstlukAppDataLocalPackageManagementProviderAssemblies’. You can also install the NuGet provider by running
‘Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force’. Do you want PowerShellGet to install and import
the NuGet provider now?
[Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is “Y”): y
WARNING: Unable to download from URI ‘https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409’ to ”.
WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.
PackageManagementInstall-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider
‘NuGet’. The package provider requires ‘PackageManagement’ and ‘Provider’ tags. Please check if the specified package
has the tags.
At C:Program FilesWindowsPowerShellModulesPowerShellGet1.0.0.1PSModule.psm1:7405 char:21
+ … $null = PackageManagementInstall-PackageProvider -Name $script:N …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power…PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-Pac
kageProvider], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider
PackageManagementImport-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name
‘NuGet’. Try ‘Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable’ to see if the provider exists on the system.
At C:Program FilesWindowsPowerShellModulesPowerShellGet1.0.0.1PSModule.psm1:7411 char:21
+ … $null = PackageManagementImport-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProvider
PS C:scriptsvCheck-vSphere-master>
Solution
If you’re in a hurry and need to get the module installed, a quick workaround is to configure TLS 1.2 for the PowerShell session with the following command:
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
The NuGet provider will install once the above is executed:
PS C:scriptsvCheck-vSphere-master> [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
PS C:scriptsvCheck-vSphere-master> Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI
NuGet provider is required to continue
PowerShellGet requires NuGet provider version ‘2.8.5.201’ or newer to interact with NuGet-based repositories. The NuGet
provider must be available in ‘C:Program FilesPackageManagementProviderAssemblies’ or
‘C:UserstlukAppDataLocalPackageManagementProviderAssemblies’. You can also install the NuGet provider by running
‘Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force’. Do you want PowerShellGet to install and import
the NuGet provider now?
[Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is “Y”): y
Untrusted repository
You are installing the modules from an untrusted repository. If you trust this repository, change its
InstallationPolicy value by running the Set-PSRepository cmdlet. Are you sure you want to install the modules from
‘PSGallery’?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is “N”): y
PS C:scriptsvCheck-vSphere-master>
To permanently correct the issue, open the registry and navigate to the following path for the 64 bit .Net Framework:
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWOW6432NodeMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv4.0.30319
Add the chUseStrongCrypto key with the following PowerShell cmdlet:
Set-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKLM:SOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoft.NetFrameworkv4.0.30319’ -Name ‘SchUseStrongCrypto’ -Value ‘1’ -Type DWord
Repeat the same for the 32 bit .Net Framework:
Set-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKLM:SOFTWAREMicrosoft.NetFrameworkv4.0.30319’ -Name ‘SchUseStrongCrypto’ -Value ‘1’ -Type DWord
