Using PowerApps CLI in an Azure Runbook on Hybrid Worker

[zhead13]

I'm trying to use the PowerApps CLI in an Azure Runbook running a Windows Hybrid Worker. The "pac" commands are recognised when directly on the Windows Server, but I cannot get them to be recognized in the Hybrid Runbook.

When I run Find-Package -Name "Microsoft.PowerApps.CLI" it finds it ok, but still fails on any pac commands:
pac : The term 'pac' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.

Do I need to import the package into Runbook session somehow, like you do with Modules?
Any help appreciated.

[devkeydet]

It's probably not on the path. Have you tried (Get-Command pac).Source? If running this command doesn't result in a location, then it's not on the path. You could add it $env:PATH += ";PathToPac"

An alternative might be to install pac using dotnet. When you do that, it automatically adds it to the path.
dotnet tool install --global Microsoft.PowerApps.CLI.Tool
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/developer/cli/introduction#install-power-platform-cli-for-windows

[zhead13]

Thanks for you reply..No luck,,,Tried both ways installed via dotnet and also tried manually converting the nupkg file to zip and added to $ENV:PSMODULEPATH
Has anyone got this working in an Azure Runbook (Running on Hybrid)?

[petrochuk]

Microsoft.PowerApps.CLI nuget package is used purely as a zip file and compiled with full .net framework. If you need to use cross platform version compiled with .Net 6 then use Microsoft.PowerApps.CLI.Tool

[imenos-wouter-forrier]

@zhead13, @petrochuk,
Did you find a solution? When I run "dotnet tool install --global Microsoft.PowerApps.CLI.Tool" in a runbook, it returns:

Since you just installed the .NET SDK, you will need to reopen the Command Prompt window before running the tool you installed.
You can invoke the tool using the following command: pac
Tool 'microsoft.powerapps.cli.tool' (version '1.29.11') was successfully installed.

When I run "dotnet tool list --global" or "dotnet tool list" is doesn't show any installed tools...
Is there a way to "restart" the automation account of runbook in Azure Automation after an installation?

[zhead13]

I never got it working

[Manju5137]

Hello zhead13,

I even tried to use it in the runbook but the modules are missing out in the azure to make it use in the runbook.