Update DSC error: Modules property 'Modules' in metadata.json missing from zip

DSC
1

Hi Guys,

I’ve deployed xWebAdmintration module into my Azure Automation Asset. and successfully complie the dsc config and upload to Azure blob as REDemoWebsite.ps1.zip.

then I tried to apply an update dsc configuration of a test machine like below, but getting the following error:

Publisher
Microsoft.Powershell
Version
2.13.2.0
Status
Error
Message
The Modules property 'Modules' in metadata.json includes System.Collections.Hashtable, which is missing from the ZIP package

Detailed status:
[
  {
    "status": "Ready",
    "name": null,
    "message": null,
    "code": null,
    "operation": null
  },
  {
    "status": "Error",
    "message": "The Modules property 'Modules' in metadata.json includes System.Collections.Hashtable, which is missing from the ZIP package",
    "code": 1000,
    "name": null,
    "operation": null
  }
]

the script I run:

PS C:\Windows\system32> # Set the new configuration to the vm
$vm = Get-AzureVM -Name 'testvm001' -ServiceName 'DEMO'

$vm = Set-AzureVMDSCExtension -VM $vm -ConfigurationArchive 'REDemoWebsite.ps1.zip' -ConfigurationName 'REDemoWebsite'

$vm | Update-AzureVM

OperationDescription OperationId                          OperationStatus
-------------------- -----------                          ---------------
Update-AzureVM       783d43be-e5c4-725b-8547-ff10ed8db067 Succeeded

Any suggestions or help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Nick

2

Well, without sitting next to you to help troubleshoot it, this’ll be tough. But, the error message is telling you that the ZIP file is missing some of the required metadata - specifically, the “Modules” property. This has more to do with Azure itself than with PowerShell; the Azure back-end expects certain things to exist. In other words, this isn’t actually a PowerShell error, but something that Azure is generating and handing to PowerShell to hand to you. Unfortunately, I’m not personally familiar with this piece, so I can’t offer more help than this. Sorry!