Trying to do a deployment where there is a parent virtual directory not tied to an app pool. Script failed with "Failed to ensure parent". I thought well thats odd as the physical path is there and it shoudln't need an app pool tied to that parent - I'll just update the script to handle it. Someone had handled it but there is a bug in the script.

Code in Question:

Write-Host "Getting web site $parentSite"
# Workaround to bug in Get-WebSite cmdlet which would return all sites
# See http://forums.iis.net/p/1167298/1943273.aspx / http://stackoverflow.com/a/6832577/785750
$site = Get-WebSite  | where { $_.Name -eq $parentSite }
if (!$site) {
    throw "The web site '$parentSite' does not exist. Please create the site first."
}

$path = $site.PhysicalPath;
$parts = $virtualPath -split "[/\\]"
$name = ""

for ($i = 0; $i -lt $parts.Length; $i++) {
    $name = $name + "/" + $parts[$i]
    $name = $name.TrimStart('/').TrimEnd('/')
    if ($i -eq $parts.Length - 1) {

    }
    elseif ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($name) -eq $false -and $name -ne "") {
        Write-Host "Ensuring parent exists: $name"

        $path = [IO.Path]::Combine($path, $parts[$i])  # yields something like %SystemDrive%\inetpub\wwwroot\SomeFolder
        $app = Get-WebApplication -Name $name -Site $parentSite

        if (!$app) {
            $vdir = Get-WebVirtualDirectory -Name $name -site $parentSite
            if (!$vdir) {
                Write-Verbose "The application or virtual directory '$name' does not exist"
                if([IO.Directory]::Exists($path) -eq $true) #Does not evaluate Environment Variables
                {
                    Write-Verbose "Using physical path '$path' as parent"
                }
                else
                {
                 #   New-WebVirtualDirectory -Site $parentSite -Name ContosoVDir -PhysicalPath c:\inetpub\contoso
                    throw "Failed to ensure parent"
                }
            }
            else
            {
                $path = $vdir.PhysicalPath
            }
        }
        else
        {
            $path = $app.PhysicalPath
        }
    }
}

The two lines in questions (with the comments i've added for visiblity) are

$path = [IO.Path]::Combine($path, $parts[$i])  # yields something like %SystemDrive%\inetpub\wwwroot\SomeFolder

if([IO.Directory]::Exists($path) -eq $true) #Does not evaluate Environment Variables

The problem is DirectoryExists won't evaluate the environment variables and instead return false when the physical path will indeed exist on the machine.

Easy Verification:

C:\Projects> [IO.Directory]::Exists("%SystemDrive%")
False
C:\Projects> [IO.Directory]::Exists("C:")
True
C:\Projects> [IO.Directory]::Exists([System.Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%SystemDrive%"))
True

Will submit pull request with fix.

The current step template does not work with Octopus 3.0 as it is using Octopus.Platform.dll which was removed as part of the 3.0 release.

Is there a default variable for the canonical URL where the Octopus instance is running?

I have a template where I want to send a link to a deployment task, and I'd like to have some variable like Octopus.Web.BaseUrl that would be equal to something like https://my-octopus.example.com/.

I suppose this would be difficult since by default Octopus allows multiple host headers and ports to be bound to it, but would make life simpler for me.

https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/Library/blob/master/step-templates/amazon-s3-upload.json

I'm terrible at powershell and have been trying for hours to fix this.

The script doesn't support nested folders. Only the first level of folders.

So:

./
./test.css
./folder/test.css
./folder/child/test.css

Results in S3 recieving:

./
./test.css
./folder/test.css

Where the folder child is ignored.

I've found a small error in the 'IIS Website - Add Release Number to Response Header' step template.

If $customHeadersCollection is empty $update will never be set to true.

[Updated] Will add another commit to my pull request to fix this.

When creating application pools on the servers, we have unchecked the box to install as a 32 bit application. Once the app pool is created, it is set to a 32 bit application. I have also modified the default value of the parameter to be equal to false. When I create a new release and deploy, the pool is still created as a 32 bit application. I am testing on my side to figure out how to create the pool as a 65 bit pool. Could someone look into this also?

In github-tag-release.json we pass the string value of the checkboxes for draft and prerelease settings, this used to work but failed this morning when doing a release.

Fix is to use [bool]::Parse for the draft and prerelease values and pass that to the GitHub API.

Can someone provide a working example with the following Script Template?

https://library.octopusdeploy.com/#!/step-template/actiontemplate-variables-substitute-in-files

Thanks.

In the header:

• Octopus company site
• About

Unsure exactly what content we need linked via the footer, but at a minimum:

• Copyright notice
• Social
• Privacy policy
• Support link

https://developers.google.com/webmasters/ajax-crawling/docs/getting-started?hl=iw

E.g. following the "$", "$$" tokens in http://library.octopusdeploy.com/#!/step-template/actiontemplate-file-system-regular-expression-find-and-replace everything's "inside a string".

It's the small things! :)

Twitter, FB

Are there currently automated tests for Step templates?

Hi,

It seems a invalid variable has crept into this template that causes it to fail to create an SSL binding in certain scenarios.

This below line uses a variable that is never initialized or assigned to ($ipAddress). I think it is just a typo and should in fact be using this variable '$bindingIpAddress'.

$sslBindingsPath = (\"IIS:\\SslBindings\\\" + $ipAddress + \"!\" + $port)

Let me know if you want a pull request for this one.

Awesome product by the way!

Thanks,

Jon

I started working on a step template and got stuck on the recommended article: http://www.lavinski.me/making-great-octopus-powershell-step-templates/

I like the idea of testing the script outside of Octopus and providing parameter validation, but struggled a bit. In a nutshell:

• I didn't want to define my parameters in three different spots in my script
• I found a few problems specifying required parameters, then I noticed the basic script at the bottom doesn't work (run it without parameters and it doesn't throw an error).

So assuming I'm not missing anything, I created a function for testing. It sets up $OctopusParameters and then calls a tweaked/shortened version of the blog's example. See my Gist for an example.

I plan to create a pull request for my step when it is finished. If there is interest in adopting this style of testing, I was curious if there is a place I could through that script.

i have been using the SQL Database Backup step for quite a while in several projects. Now I see there's an update (I'm on v5 and the one here is v6). How do I update (re-import) my step in Octopus Deploy without having to re-add the step to all my projects?

I know I can change the Powershell script manually but I want to re-import so I know I'm getting the changes represented here.

Thx

The newrelic-complete-deployment template seems to cause an HTTP 422 when sending the POST to NewRelic. After debugging, looks like this is happening because the body is malformed. The $body hashtable is being declared by using &deployment. Removing the ampersand makes the request successful.

Hi,

We have been trying to use the step template to deploy SSRS reports and shared datasets found here: https://library.octopusdeploy.com/#!/step-template/actiontemplate-deploy-ssrs-reports-from-a-package

One problem we are getting is that the following piece of code which is located in the Update-ReportParameters function is failing:

$ExecutionInfo = $ReportExecutionProxy.LoadReportDefinition($ReportData, [ref] $ReportExecutionWarnings);

For some reason it can't find the method LoadReportDefinition on the $ReportExecutionProxy object. We have stepped through it using Powershell ISE and the method doesn't even appear in the code autocomplete. Is there any work around for this or maybe a missing namespace?

Currently we show the "script step" icon for all of them.

The below link was filtering the search result for "SQL Release" before but it seems to be broken now:

https://library.octopusdeploy.com/listing#!/listing/sql%20release

#128 has added the functionality for that.

The Chocolatey Install Template currently does not pass the required params when 0.9.9.5 or above is installed.

The -y or similar should be added from the Install Cmds

e.g.

Installing package conemu from the Chocolatey package repository...
Info    22:08:44
Chocolatey v0.9.9.5
Installing the following packages:
conemu
By installing you accept licenses for the packages.
Info    22:08:52
ConEmu v15.5.4.0
Info    22:08:54
The package ConEmu wants to run 'chocolateyInstall.ps1'.
Note: If you don't run this script, the installation will fail.
Do you want to run the script?
 1) yes
 2) no
 3) print

Will try to send a PR soon.

Hi,
We using Octopus version 2.6.5.1010, and in the C:\Octopus\Applications.SQ-TWSYDSV633-1FF6A2BC\Octopus.Tentacle\2.6.5.1010\Octopus.Platform.dll' I can see the Octopus.Platform.dll but I'm getting the below error. Can anyone help?

Add-Type : Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Octopus\Applications.SQ-TWSYDSV633-1FF6A2BC\Octopus.Tentacle\2.6.5.1010\Octopus.Platform.dll' or one of its dependencies. This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded.

At C:\Users\sabiztalkdev\AppData\Local\Tentacle\Temp\a8924e8f-3e75-474e-aea8-42

• Add-Type <<<< -Path ($OctopusParameters['Octopus.Tentacle.Agent.ProgramDirecoryPath'] + "\Octopus.Platform.dll")
  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-Type], BadImageFormatException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.BadImageFormatException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddTypeCommand

Info 09:09:04

PowerShell exit code: 1

Fatal 09:09:04
PowerShell script returned a non-zero exit code: 1
Tentacle version 2.6.5.1010

whereas it was working on the description as well.

I.e. currenlty we use LastModifiedBy as the author; we should allow mapping to GitHub profiles somehow, so that a) we properly attribute authorship, and b) questions can be directed to the right person.

Right now the IIS WebSite - Create step template only allows selecting a single authentication option. However, some web sites might want to allow mixed authentication modes where some content is public and some content is secured. It should be possible to specify multiple authentication options via the step template to support this kind of scenario.

Current WebDeploy script wipes out the App_Data folder. The script should ensure that new changes are pushed into App_Data, but existing files are retained.

Hi,

I'm working on a PS script that generates step templates from DSC modules. I think it might be useful to someone but I didn't find any info on how to contribute something other than a step template. Any suggestions?

npm install --save-dev gulp-jsonlint

var jsonlint = require("gulp-jsonlint");

gulp.task('lint:step-templates', () => {
  return gulp.src('./step-templates/*')
    .pipe($.expect({ errorOnFailure: true }, glob.sync('step-templates/*.json')))
    .pipe(jsonlint())
    .pipe(jsonlint.reporter());
});

The UI is looking dated now after we've restyled https://octopus.com

I think the variable are declared incorrectly and the logic is flawed. The last if statement that removes the offline html doesn't make sense to me. If your taking the application offline why would you remove the existing offline file? I think instead the logic should be used when your moving the application online. If both the online and offline files exists - just remove the offline file. I attached what I think is the correct approach.

export.txt

@twerthi Thanks for the great step template (#150)

I found an issue with it that I’m trying to fix, but maybe you can help out.

When deploying a report with 2 datasets that each target a different shared data source, the targeted data sources get swapped:

I think the problem is in the script function Set-ReportDataSources, but I'm weak with powershell, so it's taking me some effort to debug it. Can you lend a hand?

Ideas for new templates are collated (informally) here. Before starting work on a new template, feel free to post an issue or comment asking for opinions This list isn't definitive - it's best to check the library site too.

• Azure: VIP swap between staging/production
• Git: Pull a repository
• Git: Push a repository
• Git: Tag a branch
• Services: Stop a Windows service
• Services: Start a Windows service
• Services: Restart a Windows service
• Services: Set service restart conditions
• File system: XPath poke a file
• File system: Find & replace in file
• Comms: Send a message to HipChat
• SQL: Create a database
• SQL: Backup a database
• SQL: Restore a database
• SQL: Run a SQL script
• SQL: Deploy a .dacpac
• IIS: Delete website
• IIS: Delete application pool
• IIS: Create an application pool
• IIS: Configure common application pool settings
• IIS: Create a website
• IIS: Create an application
• IIS: Create a virtual directory
• NuGet: Push a NuGet package
• Build & test: Run MSBuild
• Build & test: Run NUnit
• Octopus: Deploy/promote a release
• Chocolatey: Install Chocolatey
• Chocolatey: Install a package
• Windows: Ensure a set of Windows Features are installed (e.g., IIS)
• Windows: Create/configure a scheduled task
• Windows: Ensure a VPN connection is open
• Windows: Ensure a VPN connection is closed
• TFS: Update state of work items associated with a given team build
• TFS: Update "fixed in" field of work items associated with a given team build
• TFS: Update build quality of a given team build
• EC2: Remove machine from load balancer
• EC2: Add machine to load balancer
• Ensure a Windows user account exists
• Remove a user account
• Collect a file
• Collect a folder
• Push via WebDeploy
• Variables - Substitute in Files
• Install a TopShelf service
• Create an MSMQ message queue

Important that we're clear on the terms under which templates are provided.

Currently long lines in scripts or templates are cut off with an ellipsis. Rather than show ugly scroll bars (which are an option) it might be nicer to have a "full screen" button that opens an expanded/scrollable view over the top of the page.

The "Get-Website" cmdlet is used which has an active bug that ignores the -name parameter thus returning all websites. So the following check just checks if any website exist:

$site = Get-Website -name $parentSite
if (!$site) {
    throw "The web site '$parentSite' does not exist. Please create the site first."
}

It should instead be changed to:

try{
   **$site = Get-Website |?{$_.Name -eq $parentSite}**
} 
catch [System.IO.FileNotFoundException]{
   $site = Get-Website |?{$_.Name -eq $parentSite}
} 
finally {
    Write-Host $site.name # or do whatever meaningful thing we want to do...
}

Or similar.

See for example MSMQ - Create Transactional Queue.

The base sizing seems to be off, so the entire site is shrunk into a narrow column.

The "IIS Application - Create" template will set app pool when it creates an application but does not update the value if the applications already exists. I see that it will change the physical path but was there a reason for not updating the application pool? If this was simply an omission I can provide a PR.

I believe this template has a bug? If I try to assign a domain user to a local group that contains a local account on the workstation (ie the local administrator account) I receive the following error:

foreach : Error while invoking GetType. Could not find member.
At line:67 char:30

• ... ($members | foreach {$_.GetType().InvokeMember("Name", 'GetProperty', ...

$isInGroup = ($members | foreach {$.GetType().InvokeMember("Name", 'GetProperty', $null, $, $null)}) -contains "$($user.Name)"

I think it has trouble parsing local account objects? I found this while trying to use it to add an IIS virtual account (IIS AppPool\AppPoolName) to a local group (having problems with this too).

Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you,
Chris

just tried getting the website up and running locally to make a few small contributions, but unable to get it up and running. I am presuming it's an angular express js app. What commands should I be running to get it started? (npm start?) Tried a few things but just ending up with this error

Error: ENOENT, stat '/Users/u/github/library/public/index.html'

This script (iis-app-create.json) must be tested better.
I tried to used it as-is but it failed multiple times, because powershell is case sensitive (at least on my servers).

On a scaled display (e.g. my RMBP with Win8) the clickable area of the button is only the 100% size, leaving 3/4 of the surface area "dead" (at 200% in Chrome).

Great library. I ran into an issue when I needed to create a new Application Pool that specifically didn't use a .NET CLR, instead using the "No managed code" option.

The correct way to set this in the library is to just set the ManagedRuntimVersion to an empty string. So I modified the step template on my own Octopus server and added in an option;

None|No Managed Code

And then in the relevant section of the script;

    IF ($appPoolManagedRuntimeVersion -ne "None")
    {
        Write-Output "Setting: ManagedRuntimeVersion = $appPoolManagedRuntimeVersion"
        $pool.ManagedRuntimeVersion = $appPoolManagedRuntimeVersion
    }
    else 
    {
        Write-Output "Setting: ManagedRuntimeVersion = None"
        $pool.ManagedRuntimeVersion = ""
    }

Not entirely sure how to push changes to public repos on GitHub, so posting it here.

Currently there is no way to bind multiple protocols for an application. There could be sites that have applications supporting different protocols like 'http,net.msmq' for example. The IIS Application - Create step template should support customizing the supported protocols.