Create new lifecycle using REST API

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HI
is there an example to create a new lifecycles? (with powershell)

I’ve tried following but get 400 bad request
$OctopusAPIKey = “”
$header = @{ “X-Octopus-ApiKey” = $OctopusAPIKey }
$body = @{
Name = “New Lifecycle”
}
$URI = “https://builder01:8080/api/lifecycles”
$json = invoke-restMethod -Method POST -Headers $header -Body (convertto-json $body) -uri $URI

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Hi,

Thanks for getting in touch. I’d recommend you to use the Octopus.client instead of the REST API to create lifecycles. Working with .NET objects makes this a lot easier and less error prone. Here’s a script that uses the Octopus.client library to create and configure a lifecycle: https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDeploy-Api/blob/master/Octopus.Client/PowerShell/Lifecycles/CreateLifecycleWithPhase.ps1

Hope that helps!

Dalmiro

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HI Damiro
Thanks for the reply

I have tried it but get an error msg. I have tested it using the latest octo.client.dll downloaded using nuget.

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Unable to find type [Octopus.Client.Model.RetentionPeriod]. Make sure that the assembly that contains this type is loaded.
At C:\Users\app\Desktop\Untitled1.ps1:34 char:1

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BTW, I need to run “create lifecycle” from non windows machine, if you could post example for REST API that would be much appreciated too.
Thanks

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Hi,

Here’s a Powershell snippet that only uses the REST API: https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDeploy-Api/blob/master/REST/PowerShell/Lifecycles/CreateLifecycle.ps1

Take a moment to read the whole request body, as it is quite big, but also pretty self-explanatory. If there’s something you don’t understand, let me know.

Dalmiro