Attempt to publish module to PowerShellGallery fails, with newly created Key

[plastikfan]

I'm trying to publish my first Module with Publish-Module to the gallery., and am getting a 403 response:

Write-Error: C:\program files\powershell\7\Modules\PowerShellGet\PSModule.psm1:10946
Line |
10946 | … Publish-PSArtifactUtility @PublishPSArtifactUtility_Param …
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Failed to publish module 'Krayola': 'nuget.exe failed to push Response status code does not indicate success: 403 (The specified API key is invalid, has expired, or does not have
| permission to access the specified package.). '.

My locally defined repository is to PowerShellGallery:

PS C:\Users\Plastikfan\dev\github\ps\Krayola> Get-PSRepository

Name InstallationPolicy SourceLocation

---

PSGallery Untrusted https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2

I've just created the key in my account, it has a name: PlastikfanKey, do I have to link this with the Publish command somehow. There is not enough information for me to fix this. Please can you assist.

What am I getting wrong?

I've been working from this documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/powershellget/publish-module?view=powershell-7

Actually, when I specify the name of the module, "Krayola", does this need to be preceded by my username, ie Plastikfan.Krayola?

[plastikfan]

I can provide more information but this just provokes more questions from me. The name of my module is Krayola, my user name is Plastikfan. There is a Krayola.psm1 and Krayola.psd1 file inside the Krayola module folder.

When I look at the key (PlastikfanKey), it has been created with a Glob pattern Plaskikfan.*.

So does this mean, that as it is, it does not apply to Krayola? And does that mean the module Krayola has to be called Plastikfan.Krayola? IE, is the glob pattern directing the name of the module or when I publish, do I specify Plastikfan.Krayola as the name of the module? And does that mean, to install it, a client would have t run install-module Plastikfan.Krayola instead of what I assumed was just Krayola? On disk, I still want the Module name to be Krayola, having a module folder name, Plastikfan.Krayola seems wrong, but is this what I have to do?

Still confused!

[plastikfan]

... and here is the verbose log with Whatif:

VERBOSE: Repository details, Name = 'PSGallery', Location = 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2'; IsTrusted = 'False'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Repository details, Name = 'PSGallery', Location = 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2'; IsTrusted = 'False'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Publish Location:'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/package/'.
VERBOSE: Module 'Krayola' was found in 'C:\Users\Plastikfan\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Krayola'.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Temp\454340782\Krayola\Krayola.psm1'.
VERBOSE: Repository details, Name = 'PSGallery', Location = 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2'; IsTrusted = 'False'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Using the provider 'PowerShellGet' for searching packages.
VERBOSE: Using the specified source names : 'PSGallery'.
VERBOSE: Getting the provider object for the PackageManagement Provider 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: The specified Location is 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/items/psscript' and PackageManagementProvider is 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: Searching repository 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/items/psscript/FindPackagesById()?id='Krayola'' for ''.
VERBOSE: Total package yield:'0' for the specified package 'Krayola'.
VERBOSE: Repository details, Name = 'PSGallery', Location = 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2'; IsTrusted = 'False'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Using the provider 'PowerShellGet' for searching packages.
VERBOSE: Using the specified source names : 'PSGallery'.
VERBOSE: Getting the provider object for the PackageManagement Provider 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: The specified Location is 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2' and PackageManagementProvider is 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: Searching repository 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?id='Krayola'' for ''.
VERBOSE: Total package yield:'0' for the specified package 'Krayola'.
What if: Performing the operation "Publish-Module" on target "Version '0.0.1' of module 'Krayola'".
PS C:\Users\Plastikfan\dev\github\ps\Krayola>

[bergmeister]

@plastikfan
When you created the key here, did you grant it access to push new packages by ticking the push radio button and one of the two checkboxes?

[plastikfan]

Hi again @bergmeister , yes I did: "Push new packages and package versions" is what appears next to the key.

Is this issue not related to the glob prefix?

[bergmeister]

@plastikfan How to you call Publish-Module (please replace the actual key value with a variable like e.g. $keyValue)?
Also, what is your working directory (if you don't use the parameter set with -Path, it assumes the current working directory I think)?

[plastikfan]

I thought the publish command published from its registered install location so I haven't been specifying the path:

Publish-Module -Name Krayola -NuGetApiKey <KEY>

and since its registered at: C:\Users\Plastikfan\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Krayola, this is where I thought it published from. I've been following the msdn documentation for Publish-Module

PS C:\Users\Plastikfan\dev\github\ps\Krayola> Get-Module Krayola | fl

Name              : Krayola
Path              : C:\Users\Plastikfan\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Krayola\Krayola.psm1
Description       : Colourful console writing with Powershell
ModuleType        : Script
Version           : 0.0.1
PreRelease        :
NestedModules     : {}
ExportedFunctions : {Show-ConsoleColours, Write-InColour, Write-RawPairsInColour, Write-ThemedColouredPairs}
ExportedCmdlets   :
ExportedVariables : KrayolaThemes
ExportedAliases   : {Show-ConsoleColors, Write-InColor, Write-RawPairsInColor, Write-ThemedColoredPairs}

So is this not correct then? And could you comment on the glob issue with the key? thanks

[bergmeister]

@plastikfan The glob pattern is to specify the module names to allow publishing for. In your case I think it should be set to Krayola and not Plaskikfan.*.. I think the module name and the name of the module to be published have to be the same. If you want the module name to be Plaskikfan.Krayola, then I think you probably have to change the name of your module as well. Since there is no other Krayola module published already, I don't think the name should be an issue.
A lazy option for the glob pattern would also be just * but for enhanced security I suggest you specify the exact module name.
If you want to experiment a bit before publishing there is also the https://www.poshtestgallery.com/ where you could test publish your module before:

try {
    Register-PackageSource -Name PoshTestGallery -Location https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2/ -ProviderName PowerShellGet
    Publish-Module -Name Krayola -NuGetApiKey $NuGetApiKey
}
finally {
    Unregister-PSRepository -Name PoshTestGallery
}

[plastikfan]

Ok thanks, I will first try the test gallery. The Publish-Module documentation on the msdn does not say that the Path has to be specified. In fact it says that the module is published from it's registered location, which is why I didn't specify the Path.

And as for the glob pattern and keys. I do not want to have the burden of managing lots of keys, one for each module, so I should probably use a prefix and then make my module name Plastikfan.Krayola. I have a suite of other modules that I'll be building and having a key for each one would be extremely error prone and tedious.

[bergmeister]

Ok, then in that case you would just specify * in the glob. Using a Plastikfan. prefix is optional though but I think module and publish name have to match.

[plastikfan]

I registered a new repository locally:

$parameters = @{
  Name               = "TestGallery"
  SourceLocation     = "https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2"
  PublishLocation    = "https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2/Packages"
  InstallationPolicy = 'Trusted'
}

Register-PSRepository @parameters

then check:

PS C:\Users\Plastikfan\dev\github\ps\Krayola> Get-PSRepository

Name                      InstallationPolicy   SourceLocation
----                      ------------------   --------------
TestGallery               Trusted              https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2
PSGallery                 Untrusted            https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2

Then I'm using * as the glob for a new key generated on poshtestgallery.com.

Then I publish with:

PS C:\Users\Plastikfan\dev\github\ps\Krayola> Publish-Module -Name Krayola -Repository TestGallery -NuGetApiKey <KEY>
Write-Error: C:\program files\powershell\7\Modules\PowerShellGet\PSModule.psm1:10946
 Line |
10946 |  …             Publish-PSArtifactUtility @PublishPSArtifactUtility_Param …
      |                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      | Failed to publish module 'Krayola': 'nuget.exe failed to push Response status code does not indicate success: 404 (Not Found). '.

PS C:\Users\Plastikfan\dev\github\ps\Krayola>

I then tried to use Path instead of name:

PS C:\Users\Plastikfan\dev\github\ps\Krayola> Publish-Module  -Repository TestGallery -NuGetApiKey <KEY> -Path C:\Users\Plastikfan\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Krayola
Write-Error: C:\program files\powershell\7\Modules\PowerShellGet\PSModule.psm1:10946
 Line |
10946 |  …             Publish-PSArtifactUtility @PublishPSArtifactUtility_Param …
      |                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      | Failed to publish module 'Krayola': 'nuget.exe failed to push Response status code does not indicate success: 404 (Not Found). '.

PS C:\Users\Plastikfan\dev\github\ps\Krayola>

So its failing on PoshTestGallery with a 404 instead of a 403.

I suppose, the 404 might be because now I'm using * as the glob, as the 404 being returned is a reflection of this change, so another problem. (I just changed the glob to Plastikfan.* to match what I was doing on powershellgallery, but this makes no difference, I'm still getting a 404). So PoshTestGallery and PowerShellGallery are behaving in a similar way, except for the HTTP result code being returned.

[bergmeister]

Can you help @edyoung ?

[plastikfan]

Ok, I have more interesting info. I turned on the verbose flag and got some very strange messages:

PS C:\Users\Plastikfan\dev\github\ps\Krayola> Publish-Module -Name Krayola -Repository TestGallery -NuGetApiKey oy2bpy74jdtvblxigomq5raxkoa52rnufbaq24frxl7swa -Verbose
VERBOSE: Repository details, Name = 'TestGallery', Location = 'https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2'; IsTrusted = 'True'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Repository details, Name = 'TestGallery', Location = 'https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2'; IsTrusted = 'True'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Publish Location:'https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2/Packages'.
VERBOSE: Module 'Krayola' was found in 'C:\Users\Plastikfan\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Krayola'.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Temp\375351725\Krayola\Krayola.psm1'.
VERBOSE: Repository details, Name = 'TestGallery', Location = 'https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2'; IsTrusted = 'True'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Using the provider 'PowerShellGet' for searching packages.
VERBOSE: Using the specified source names : 'TestGallery'.
VERBOSE: Getting the provider object for the PackageManagement Provider 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: The specified Location is 'https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2/items/psscript/' and PackageManagementProvider is 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: Searching repository 'https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2/items/psscript/FindPackagesById()?id='Krayola'' for ''.
VERBOSE: Total package yield:'0' for the specified package 'Krayola'.
VERBOSE: Repository details, Name = 'TestGallery', Location = 'https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2'; IsTrusted = 'True'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Using the provider 'PowerShellGet' for searching packages.
VERBOSE: Using the specified source names : 'TestGallery'.
VERBOSE: Getting the provider object for the PackageManagement Provider 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: The specified Location is 'https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2' and PackageManagementProvider is 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: Searching repository 'https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?id='Krayola'' for ''.
VERBOSE: Total package yield:'0' for the specified package 'Krayola'.
VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Publish-Module" on target "Version '0.0.1' of module 'Krayola'".
VERBOSE: Calling Publish-PSArtifactUtility
VERBOSE: Calling New-NuspecFile
VERBOSE: Calling New-NugetPackage
VERBOSE: Calling C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PowerShellGet\NuGet.exe pack "C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Temp\375351725\Krayola\Krayola.nuspec" -outputdirectory "C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Temp\375351725\Krayola" -noninteractive
VERBOSE: C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PowerShellGet\NuGet.exe output:
VERBOSE:        Attempting to build package from 'Krayola.nuspec'.
VERBOSE:        Successfully created package 'C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Temp\375351725\Krayola\Krayola.0.0.1.nupkg'.
VERBOSE:        WARNING: NU5110: The script file 'Internal\split-key-value-pair-formatter.ps1' is outside the 'tools' folder and hence will not be executed during installation of this package. Move it into the 'tools' folder.
VERBOSE:        WARNING: NU5110: The script file 'Public\show-console-colours.ps1' is outside the 'tools' folder and hence will not be executed during installation of this package. Move it into the 'tools' folder.
VERBOSE:        WARNING: NU5110: The script file 'Public\themes.ps1' is outside the 'tools' folder and hence will not be executed during installation of this package. Move it into the 'tools' folder.
VERBOSE:        WARNING: NU5110: The script file 'Public\write-in-colour.ps1' is outside the 'tools' folder and hence will not be executed during installation of this package. Move it into the 'tools' folder.
VERBOSE:        WARNING: NU5110: The script file 'Public\write-raw-pairs-in-colour.ps1' is outside the 'tools' folder and hence will not be executed during installation of this package. Move it into the 'tools' folder.
VERBOSE:        WARNING: NU5110: The script file 'Public\write-themed-coloured-pairs.ps1' is outside the 'tools' folder and hence will not be executed during installation of this package. Move it into the 'tools' folder.
VERBOSE:        WARNING: NU5111: The script file 'Internal\split-key-value-pair-formatter.ps1' is not recognized by NuGet and hence will not be executed during installation of this package. Rename it to install.ps1, uninstall.ps1 or init.ps1 and place it directly under 'tools'.
VERBOSE:        WARNING: NU5111: The script file 'Public\show-console-colours.ps1' is not recognized by NuGet and hence will not be executed during installation of this package. Rename it to install.ps1, uninstall.ps1 or init.ps1 and place it directly under 'tools'.
VERBOSE:        WARNING: NU5111: The script file 'Public\themes.ps1' is not recognized by NuGet and hence will not be executed during installation of this package. Rename it to install.ps1, uninstall.ps1 or init.ps1 and place it directly under 'tools'.
VERBOSE: finished running C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PowerShellGet\NuGet.exe with exit code 0
VERBOSE: Created Nuget Package C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Temp\375351725\Krayola\Krayola.0.0.1.nupkg
VERBOSE: Successfully created nuget package at C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Temp\375351725\Krayola\Krayola.0.0.1.nupkg
VERBOSE: Calling Publish-NugetPackage -NupkgPath C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Temp\375351725\Krayola\Krayola.0.0.1.nupkg -Destination https://www.poshtestgallery.com/api/v2/Packages -NugetExePath C:\Users\Plastikfan\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PowerShellGet\NuGet.exe -UseDotnetCli:False
Write-Error: C:\program files\powershell\7\Modules\PowerShellGet\PSModule.psm1:10946
 Line |
10946 |  …             Publish-PSArtifactUtility @PublishPSArtifactUtility_Param …
      |                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      | Failed to publish module 'Krayola': 'nuget.exe failed to push Response status code does not indicate success: 404 (Not Found). '.

There are many warnings from NuGet about files not being in a location. Why is this the case? Lots of the .ps1 are supposed to be in a 'tools' folder, why? And asking for a files to be renamed to install.ps1. This just all seems wrong.

How do I fix this?

[edyoung]

I don't work on the gallery at the moment and unfortunately too busy to investigate. @alerickson may have some thoughts

[scrthq]

I've had weird experiences with Publish-Module and using a version number not starting at at least 0.1.0. Been a bit but I've standardized my own module start point as version 0.1.0 because of it.

Does this happen on Windows PowerShell as well?