I am trying to set up Instructions for a Manual Intervention that includes machine name, a folder path and the name of a command to run. All these are stored in variables.
When I click the icon that lists the variables I select the one that I want and the code is placed in the text box, e.g.
#{Octopus.Machine.Name}
When the task runs it displays {Octopus.Machine.Name} rather than the value.
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for reaching out. The variable #{Octopus.Machine.Name} will only hold a value when its used in a step that actually runs on a Tentacle. For example If you run your manual intervention step as a child step (see attached screenshot), It’ll be executed once on each machine, and the variable #{Octopus.Machine.Name} will have the machine name on it.
Now, if you run the Manual Intervention as a separate step, It’ll be executed from the Octopus Server and not from a Tentacle so the variable won’t be holding a value. In this case you’ll need to hardcode your Machine name in the description or in a project variable unfortunately.
Best regards,
Dalmiro
How do you create a child step?
It’s OK, I found out how it’s done.
