Using the command line to "block a release" from progressing down the life-cycle

Matt_Law · 5 February 2015 14:06

Hi

We’re using DDD, and as a results, we have almost 40 individual projects to be deployed at any given time.

I’ve using Powershell and the Octo.exe so far to automate:

Initiate a release of each project to the automated testing environment
Initiate a promotion of all releases on one environment to another i.e. test->staging

However, I want to be able to use the “Block Release” feature in a similar bulk fashion.In that I want to block “all” of the releases on any given environment.

I don’t need anything too fancy, just the ability to say

“Project 1” on “Test” -> Block.
“Project 2” on “Test” -> Block.
…
“Project 35” on “Test” -> Block.

This is just to prevent someone else down the pipeline from pulling a bad release up to their environment.

Regards,

Matt

Dalmiro · 6 February 2015 17:22

Hi Matt,

Thanks for reaching out. Such feature currently doesn’t exist on Octo.exe and its not on our immediate plans to add it. I wrote this quick Powershell snippet that should help you use the block feature using the REST API.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/Dalmirog/4b45994a2c5f782fd0b4

gistfile1.ps1

$apiKey = "Your API Key"
$OctopusURL = "Your Octopus URL"

$Header =  @{ "X-Octopus-ApiKey" = $apiKey }

#Release you want to block
$ReleaseID = "Your Release ID" #i.e.  releases-2610

$body = @{description="This is the description for the blocking"} | ConvertTo-Json

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Hope that helps!

Dalmiro