Reading output variables in step templates

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Hello,

I am trying to write a step-template that will depoy a package and install a windows service, and configure the service description using content from within the package being deployed.

What I would like to do, is run a PS deploy script (within the same step) that will read a file with description information, then output to a variable via the “Set-OctopusVariable” commandlet. Then in the windows service description field I need to bind to the output variable that was set in the deploy script. Because its in a step-template I cannot simply reference the output variable with a specific action name. So I have tried this:

#{Octopus.Action[#{Octopus.Action.Name}].Assembly.Product.Info}

But Octopus Deploy doesnt seem to support this nested variable syntax.

Any suggestions to solving my problem would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance!

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Hi There,

Thanks for reaching out! I’m afraid its not possible to do that using Set-OctopusVariable because the output variables created that way are only available after that step ended.

You could add a post-deployment script that fetches this info for you and then modifies the Service description. Something like this:

$ServiceName = "" #name of the service
$Description = #Put logic to read your file here

Set-Service -name $ServiceName -description $description #No need to stop or start the service for this

Hope that helps,
Dalmiro

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Thank you for your suggestion! This is the route I will go.