.NET: no repository.TagResource[.FindByName()] support?

[EelkonioCM (Eelko de Vos)]

Hi there,

I’m trying to create a tenant-copy script in .NET, which works fine apart from the tags.

When I retrieve the tags from the source tenant, I get a ReferenceCollection back:

        var refColTags = template_tenant.TenantTags;

When I retrieve one of the items from this collection, I get a string back:

            var tag_str = refColTags.ElementAt(q);

It contains the tag-set name and the name of the tag itself, e.g. “Hosting/Staging env”

Now, when I want to add this tag to the new tenant, all I can use is:

            new_tenant.WithTag(tagResourceObject);

But I cannot retrieve the tagResource object from the repository through the name of the tag I received! There is no repository.TagResource let along repository.TagResource .FindByName(“foobar/bla”)

It looks like I will have to:

• strip the tag string up to the “/” and only keep “Hosting”,
• retrieve the matching TagSetResource (which is available through repository.TagSetResource.FindByName()),
• walk through the set of TagResources that are returned
• when I finally find the matching TagResource, add it to the new tenant.

Is there a simpler way to do this?

Thanks for you advice!

Cheers,
Eelko

[Shane_Gill]

Hi Eelko,

Thanks for getting in touch.

I think your assessment is correct, you need to go through your tag sets and find the matching tags in order to get a TagResource. Here is how I would approach the problem:

var templateTenant = repository.Tenants.FindByName("Template tenant");
var templateTags = templateTenant.TenantTags;

var newTenant = repository.Tenants.CreateOrModify("New tenant");

var tagSets = repository.TagSets.GetAll();
var tags = tagSets.SelectMany(tagSet => tagSet.Tags.Where(tag => templateTags.Contains(tag.CanonicalTagName)));
foreach (var tag in tags) {
	newTenant.WithTag(tag);
}
newTenant.Save();

I hope this helps!

Cheers,
Shane

[EelkonioCM (Eelko de Vos)]

Hi Shane,

That’s a lot shorter. Me like!

I’ll use and study your version.

Thanks!
Eelko

[EelkonioCM (Eelko de Vos)]

Hi Shane,

On the same branch, I’m now trying to set the common variables of the new (target) tenant, according to the template (source) tenant’s common variables. The only thing: I also want to adjust these common variables before storing them into the target-tenant.

Here’s what I have so far. I can see each id and value of the variables of the source tenant.

TenantResource source_tenant = repository.Tenants.FindByName(template_tenant_name);
TenantResource target_tenant = repository.Tenants.FindByName(new_tenant_name);
TenantVariableResource list = repository.Tenants.GetVariables(source_tenant);
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, TenantVariableResource.Library> kvp in list.LibraryVariables)
{
    foreach (KeyValuePair<string, PropertyValueResource> varkvp in kvp.Value.Variables)
    {
         string variable_id = varkvp.Key;
         PropertyValueResource propvalres = varkvp.Value;

          // Now set these variables in the target_tenant..!?
         // Can we use:  repository.Tenants.ModifyVariables(target_tenant, list);

      }
 }

With the variable’s id I would like to retrieve the name of the variable and then -according to the name- adjust the value and store it as one of the target tenant’s common variables.

I’m stuck at this point. I can’t seem to retrieve the variableResource with the ids I found, and I can’t store them into the target tenant. #sob Can you help me out?

Thanks!
Eelko

[Shane_Gill]

Hi Eelko,

This is how I would approach adding common variables:

var templateTenant = repository.Tenants.FindByName("Template tenant");
var templateTenantVariables = repository.Tenants.GetVariables(templateTenant);

var newTenant = repository.Tenants.CreateOrModify("New tenant");
var newTenantVariables = repository.Tenants.GetVariables(newTenant.Instance);

foreach (var variableSetValue in templateTenantVariables.LibraryVariables.Values)
{
	var variableSet = repository.LibraryVariableSets.Get(variableSetValue.LibraryVariableSetId);

	foreach (var variable in variableSetValue.Variables)
	{
		var variableTemplate = variableSet.Templates.Single(t => t.Id.Equals(variable.Key));
		Console.WriteLine($"{variableTemplate.Name}: {variable.Value.Value}");
		newTenantVariables.LibraryVariables[variableSetValue.LibraryVariableSetId].Variables[variable.Key] = $"New value for {variableTemplate.Name}";
	}	
}
repository.Tenants.ModifyVariables(newTenant.Instance, newTenantVariables);

When you have finished your tenant cloning script would you mind sharing it so others can benefit? I would like to add it to https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDeploy-Api.

Cheers,
Shane

[EelkonioCM (Eelko de Vos)]

Thanks again, Shane. You saved the world again.

I’ve shared it with you in a personal thread, so you can add it to the repository.

Cheers & thanks & happy waves to other Octopus power users,
Eelko