How to query the result of a Deploy Release step?

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Hello. I am creating a project which has a Deploy Release step - that step triggers the deployment of another project. The Deploy Release step is defined to “Deploy if the selected release is not the current release in the environment.”

In a later process step, I want to check if that Deploy Release was actually executed and a deployment occurred. I was hoping that I could query an Output Variable or similar, but I can’t find one that tells me if a deployment actually occurred.

Is there another way I could query the result of the Deploy Release step? We are running Octopus Deploy v2018.9.8.

Thanks,

Christopher

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Hi Christopher,

Thanks for getting in touch!

The easiest way to achieve this would be to create your own Output Variable in the child project and then retrieve that value in a script within the ‘Deploy a Release’ project.

You may need to place that output into another output variable in your master project in order to be able to use it in a later step.

e.g.
Child Project
Deployment Step Post Deploy Script:
Set-OctopusVariable -name "Deployed" -value "True"

Master Project
Script Step:
Check value of $OctopusParameters["Octopus.Action[Deploy Web Project].Output.Deployment[ChildProject].Deployed"]

I hope this helps, let me know if you have any further questions.

Best regards,
Paul

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Thanks very much Paul - that’s a good solution. I’ve tried it out and it fits well with our release plans.

Christopher

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