Is that possible to add script on octopus variable added action?

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Hello,

Considering that many users can add\remove\change Octopus variables - it would be nice to be able to log actions like this to some separate place. I mean to catch action when smth happened to variable and run some script for it or smth like this.
Is that possible?

Thanks in advance,
Elena

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Hi Elena,

This info should be available under Configuration > Audit on the Octopus server. If you visit that page you’ll find entries like:

a day ago	 admin	Variables for Storefront were changed (hide details)
{
  "OwnerId": "projects-1",
  "Variables": [
    {
      "Id": "8560cfba-3bd6-48d9-a4bb-6416c125c2b6",
      "Name": "Octopus.Action.Package.CustomInstallationDirectory",
      "Prompt": null,
      "CleartextValue": "X:\\Nothing Here",
      "Scope": {}
    }
  ],
  "ModifiedSinceLastSnapshot": falstrue,
  "LastSnapshotNumber": 1,
  "Version": 01,
  "LastSnapshotId": "variableset-projects-1-snapshot-1",
  "IsFrozen": false,
  "Octopus.Platform.Documents.Model.IDocument.Name": "Variables",
  "ScopeValueDefinitions": null
}

This all comes from the Octopus API, so if you wanted to write a script that watched the /api/events resource you could take further action on it.

Hope this helps,
Nick

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Hi Nick,

Thank you for your answer. I got the idea.

Regards,
Elena