Use Case

When I use bolt with the Cisco IOS module I need to manually install the net-ssh-telnet gem by running /opt/puppetlabs/bolt/bin/gem install --user-install net-ssh-telnet. This isn't a great user experience - it causes friction for new users of the module (as reported by early users of the module). It would help on boarding new users if dependent gems are included in the bolt dependencies meaning their installation is done on behalf of customers.

Describe the Solution You Would Like

It would be great if the following gems could be included in the bolt package.

• net-ssh-telnet - required by the Cisco IOS module
• cisco_node_utils - required by the Cisco Nexus module
• builder - required by the PANOS module

Describe Alternatives You've Considered

Even better, but probably a lot more involved would be to add gem dependencies into module metadata, and automatically download/install the required gems.

A different approach could be to allow installing additional gems into a cache directory in the user's home directory.

Additional Context

This was previously https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/BOLT-1377

Describe the Bug

When loading the the Bolt PowerShell module I receive a warning that it contains functions with restricted charaters. Specifically bolt-inventory-pdb

WARNING: Some imported command names contain one or more of the following restricted characters: # , ( ) {{ }} [ ] & - / \ $ ^ ; : " ' < > | ? @ ` * % + = ~
VERBOSE: The command name 'bolt-inventory-pdb' from the module 'PuppetBolt' contains one or more of the following restricted characters: # , ( ) { } [ ] & - / \ $ ^ ; : " ' < > | ? @ ` * % + = ~
VERBOSE: Importing function 'bolt-inventory-pdb'.

Expected Behavior

No warnings should be thrown

Steps to Reproduce

Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Bolt\share\Powershell\Modules\PuppetBolt\PuppetBolt.psd1"

Environment

• Version1.41.0
• Platform WIndows 10 x64 1903

Additional Context