New Environment Creation

questionmorc · 6 November 2014 20:31

Hello,
Ive been trying to automate my install.

So far everything is easy except for adding new environments. The octo.exe command line tool requires and API key to create environments and the only way to get a key is through the web console.

The solution I have come up with is to add the entry directly into RavenDB
So far this is what I have and it works,

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/questionmorc/ee85e59700e5e0956c2b

addEnvironment.ps1

#Adding libraries. Make sure to modify these paths acording to your environment setup.
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Octopus\Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Octopus\Octopus.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Octopus\Octopus.Platform.dll"
 
#Connection variables
$OctopusURI = "http://localhost:80/"
 
#Creating a connection
$endpoint = new-object Octopus.Client.OctopusServerEndpoint $OctopusURI

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However when I add it from the web console there seems to be more then on document created
Are their any other documents I should add or update in RavenDB when creating a new environment?

questionmorc · 6 November 2014 20:34

Whoops, wrong link.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/questionmorc/ee85e59700e5e0956c2b

addEnvironment.ps1

#Adding libraries. Make sure to modify these paths acording to your environment setup.
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Octopus\Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Octopus\Octopus.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Octopus\Octopus.Platform.dll"
 
#Connection variables
$OctopusURI = "http://localhost:80/"
 
#Creating a connection
$endpoint = new-object Octopus.Client.OctopusServerEndpoint $OctopusURI

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Dalmiro · 6 November 2014 23:05

Hi Questionmorc,

I’ve replied to your question about creating an API Key to use along Octo.exe, i hope you find it useful:
http://help.octopusdeploy.com/discussions/questions/3553-generate-api-key-from-command-line

Now about automatically creating environments:

The following article explains how to programatically create environments using Powershell and the Octopus client.

Let us know if this is what you’re looking for.

Dalmiro

questionmorc · 7 November 2014 16:42

Your other post was exactly what I needed.

Thanks for the quick response!