Creat Project Variable via Powershell

Tudor_Pastor · 9 August 2018 14:29

Hi,

Is there any way to create a Project variable with, let’s say, multiple values (one for each environment) via a Powershell step, or any kind of step?

I want to take an output of an ARM template deployment and make it visible in the Octopus UI for everyone in the team,and I was thinking that the Project Variables section might be the only way.

Kenneth_Bates · 10 August 2018 01:19

Hi Tudor,

Thanks for getting in touch! You can certainly create project variables based on the values of output variables you create during deployment. This would require some API scripting in your process to define them, and we have an example script that would be a good starting point.

github.com

OctopusDeploy/OctopusDeploy-Api/blob/master/REST/PowerShell/Variables/CreateEnvironmentScopedVariables.ps1

$baseUri = "http://output.url"           # the address of your octopus server

$apiKey = "API-APIKEYAPIKEYAPIKEY"           # an api-key from an account with permissions to create
                                             # variables on the environment you specify

$projectName = "Project Name" # If you don't know your project Id add your project name here
                              # and the script will print out your project Id on the first run,
                              # then you can add it below

$projectId = ""               # set this if you know it, the script will run faster if it has
                              # a projectId, otherwise it will look up the project using its name

$environment = "Production"   # the name of the environment you want to scope the variables to

$variablesToAdd = "First", "Second", "Third"  #all the variables you want to createe

function Get-OctopusResource([string]$uri) {
    Write-Host "[GET]: $uri"
    return Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "$baseUri/$uri" -Headers $headers
}

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Thinking out of the box, perhaps a better option would be to generate an artifact txt file which would provide a link to download it from the UI. I’ve tested this, and I created an output variable in a script step, deployed a package with the Substitute variables in files feature enabled to target the file to perform variable substitution in, and created the artifact with another script step. The link to download the resulting artifact is shown in the UI like the following.

Would an approach like this help achieve what you’re after? Let me know what you think and if you have any further questions moving forward.

Best regards,

Kenny

Tudor_Pastor · 13 August 2018 12:48

I will try to solve the issue with the script you linked. Thank you very much!

Kenneth_Bates · 14 August 2018 00:32

Hi Tudor,

You’re very welcome! Let me know how you go with this approach or if you have any further questions moving forward.

Best regards,

Kenny

system · 13 September 2018 00:40

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