Generic mail templates

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With the new version 1.3, a send email step is introduced. I have used it for 1 project now with the following html template:

Deployment status

Project: #{OctopusProjectName}
Version number: #{OctopusReleaseNumber}
Environment: #{OctopusEnvironmentName}

As you can see, this email is very generic and sending the email after a deployment works like a charm. But I want to define this email on a higher level so every project can make use of this email template.

Is there a way to do this?

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Hi Pascal,

Currently there is no way to reuse the template. This is a feature we’ll try to add in a future release.

Paul

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I was creating an email template as a variable set - so that thet body of the email could be generic across the board - looks like this doent work as expected, would be nice to be able to share an email template across all projects

Thanks
Gregor

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Can an email template really only be used within a step - was hoping to reuse a variable but it doesn’t seem to work - even though im selecting it as HTML - it doesn’t parse correctly.

5

Are you still using version 1.3? In version 2.4 you can use the Step Templates feature to handle this. We’ve been doing it for a while now works great and would do what you are wanting.

If you are in 2.0+ (with Step Templates) here’s what we use as an example:

Subject: #{Octopus.Project.Name} has been deployed to #{Octopus.Environment.Name}
Body: Deployed #{Octopus.Project.Name} to #{Octopus.Environment.Name}.

That’s just a simple example and works for us. But you should be able to do the html style you are wanting.

6

Hi Gregor,

As David has suggested using a Step Template would be a better idea than using a variable. Currently email steps cannot use bound variables (variables that expand others).
Step templates are reusable.

Vanessa

7

Hi Folks

I will use a stem template, is it possible to see the step template for Send Email which is built in?

Thanks
Gregor

8

Hi Gregor,

Sorry I don’t know if I understand the question? Could you explain this with a little more detail please.

Vanessa

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Hi Vanessa

Yes sorry - when I am creating my process, I can add a new step, one of the available ones is called Send Email, is it possible to see the PowerShell behind this step.

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Hi Gregor,

Unfortunately not - this isn’t a step template or PowerShell, there’s actually C# code in Octopus that sends the email.

Hope this helps,

Paul