Update-Help cmdlet not able to update the help with https protocol.

Question

Hi all,
I am using powershell 3.0 and trying to implement this updatable feature for our custom powershell module. But I getting the below error:
PS C:\Users\scorchsvc> update-help -Module <modulename> -Force
update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'modulename' : HelpInfoURI
 https://10.65.182.141/dev_releases/modulename/onlinehelp does not start with http.
At line:1 char:1
+ update-help -Module modulename-Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (HelpInfoUri:Uri) [Update-Help], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidHelpInfoUriFormat,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateHelpCommand
I am able to get this work if I use "http". Error message clearly says that it only expects http. But in the Microsoft help topic for Update-Help cmdlet, it is mentioned that cmdlet works for both http and https both.
Here are my enteries:
•HelpInforURI entry in module manifest file is:
                    HelpInfoURI = "https://10.65.182.141/dev_releases/modulename/onlinehelp"
•HelpContentURI in HelpInfo.xml file is:
                   <HelpContentURI> https://10.65.182.141/dev_releases/modulename/onlinehelp </HelpContentURI>
I am running powershell as an administrator.
I am not behind any proxy.
Windows firewall is off.
I am mentioning it AGAIN that I am ABLE to update help for our custom module if I use http in HelpInfoURI.
I am also able to access the URI in IE with http/https.
Can any one please help?
Thanks,
Vinay Ravish

Answer 1

Hi vinay,
It seems the certificate issue.
Please access HelpInfoURI =
https://10.65.182.141/dev_releases/modulename/onlinehelp with https header to see if your computer could access that.
If it doesn't work, add it to your trusted site and download to see if there is related certification on that website to download and install it to trusted root certificate for test.
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support