I'm wondering if you have any idea why I would see this error below. I've been using Get-Variable all day, but Update-Variable hasn't ever worked. (Started using these cmdlets today for the first time!)

• I've tried with other variables (in other projects), but the Update-Variable cmdlet always times out.
• I tried with a new server connection, but as you can see in the image below, I can run Get-Variable right after, and that one works, so I don't believe it's the connection.
• I tried with only -Project and -Id (and -Value) parameters (which I thought was the minimum), but that results in 'Bad Parameter Set' error, so I'm using them all, per the examples.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Maybe I'm doing something wrong here!

Looks like “Connect-OctoServer” does not work if calls are done between ps1 file and psm1 module, is that expected?

Using Octopus-CmdLets 0.4.4 and Powershell 5.1

Test.psm1

function Get-EnvironmentViaModule()
{
    "getting all environments..."
    Get-OctoEnvironment
}

Test.ps1

Import-Module .\Test.psm1

$ApiKey = "API-xxxx"
$Url = "https://octopus.xxx.com" 
Connect-OctoServer -Server $Url -ApiKey $ApiKey
"connected..."
Get-EnvironmentViaModule # this fails - but a direct "Get-OctoEnvironment" works

Execution:

> .\Test.ps1
connected...
getting all environments...
Get-OctoEnvironment : Connection not established. Please connect to your Octopus Deploy instance with
Connect-OctoServer
At C:\Users\andrew\Test.psm1:4 char:5
+     Get-OctoEnvironment
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-OctoEnvironment], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Octopus_Cmdlets.GetEnvironment

Thanks a lot for your submission. I have used this to automate synchronization between two Octopus instances (along with using Octopus Tools).

Add-OctoVariable throws an error when Steps parameter is not specified: null reference exception. Here is an example of my powershell script:

Add-OctoVariable -Project "Trend Reporting" -Name "TestVariable" -Value "TestValue"

I believe this is caused by the LINQ statement in file 'AddVariable.cs' on line 174 in the 'AddSteps' method.

Adding a one line 'guard' to this method resolves the problem:
if (Steps == null){ return; }

Note: I have also locally applied this change to the 'AddMachines' and 'AddEnvironments' methods.

Hope that helps -

I've probed with somenthing like that...

Get-OctoVariable -Project $proyectName | Where-Object { $.Name -like $nameVariable -and $.Machine -like $nameTarget } | Remove-OctoVariable -Project $proyectName

Hi Swoogan.

Sorry for writing you here, but can you hint me - is there any way to get only variable value using Get-OctoVariable from particular environment?

I used command:
Get-OctoVariable myproject myvarAPIJson | Where-Object { $_.Environment -eq "DEV" } | Export-Csv -Path c:\DataAPIJson.csv

But it grabs all, including variable name, value and a bunch of parameters.
Can I get only value to JSON file?

Hey

Thanks, Helps a lot !!!
Wondering if there is possibility to copy step between Projects

Many Thanks

Hi

These cmdlets are great but I'm having troubles with add-octomachine.

I’m running this line

Add-octoMachine -environment $environment -Name $Server -endpoint TentacleActive -Roles $roles

And getting this error

Add-OctoMachine : Cannot bind parameter 'Endpoint'. Cannot convert the "TentacleActive" value of type "System.String"

to type "Octopus.Client.Model.Endpoints.EndpointResource".

At C:\serverbuilds\OCTAddEnvironments.ps1:45 char:69

• ... ironment $environment -Name $Server -endpoint TentacleActive -Roles ...

• CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Add-OctoMachine], ParameterBindingException

• FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Octopus_Cmdlets.AddMachine

Any Ideas?

Cheers

Hello,
I need to get all the variables from a project.
Get-OctoVariable returns me just Project-Variables, no Templates, no Sets.
I use this command: Get-OctoVariable -Project ProjectName
Is there a way to get all the variables from a project?

Octopus Server version: 3.5.2

Example command:
Add-OctoVariable -Project API -Name TEST -Value TEST -Steps Deploy -Environments QA

This is creating a variable named TEST, with the value TEST in the QA environment. However, it's not being scoped to the step named 'Deploy'

Hi,

I am getting the following error when installing Octopus-Cmdlets.

PackageManagement\Install-Package : A command with name 'Get-Variable' is already available on this
system. This module 'Octopus-Cmdlets' may override the existing commands. If you still want to install
this module 'Octopus-Cmdlets', use -AllowClobber parameter.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1772 char:21

• ... $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters

•                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Ins
    tall-Package], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandAlreadyAvailable,Validate-ModuleCommandAlreadyAvailable,Microsoft.
    PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

Get-OctoVariable "project" | ? {$_.Name -like "IIS.AppPool*"}  | Add-OctoLibraryVariable "variableset"

Add-OctoLibraryVariable : Octopus Server returned an error: String reference not set to an instance of a String.
Parameter name: s
Server exception:
System.ArgumentNullException: String reference not set to an instance of a String.
Parameter name: s
   at System.Text.Encoding.GetBytes(String s)
   at Octopus.Platform.Security.MasterKey.MasterKeyEncryptionExtensions.StringToCiphertext(IMasterKeyEncryption
encryption, String plaintext) in
y:\work\refs\heads\release\source\Octopus.Platform\Security\MasterKey\MasterKeyEncryptionExtensions.cs:line 13
   at Octopus.Server.Web.Api.Actions.VariableSetUpdateAction.Execute() in
y:\work\refs\heads\release\source\Octopus.Server\Web\Api\Actions\VariableSetUpdateAction.cs:line 100
   at Octopus.Platform.Web.Api.Responder`1.Respond(TDescriptor options, NancyContext context) in
y:\work\refs\heads\release\source\Octopus.Platform.Web\Api\Responder.cs:line 163
   at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute3[T0,T1,T2,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1, T2 arg2)
   at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Object , Object , NancyContext )
   at Octopus.Server.Web.Api.OctopusRestApiModule.<>c__DisplayClass5.<.ctor>b__2(Object o) in
y:\work\refs\heads\release\source\Octopus.Server\Web\Api\OctopusRestApiModule.cs:line 47
   at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Func`2 , Object )
   at Nancy.Routing.Route.<>c__DisplayClass4.b__3(Object parameters, CancellationToken context)
-----------------------
At line:1 char:69
+ Get-OctoVariable "d2d server" | ? {$_.Name -like "IIS.AppPool*"}  | Add-OctoLibr ...
+                                                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-OctoLibraryVariable], OctopusServerException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Octopus.Client.Exceptions.OctopusServerException,Octopus.Cmdlets.AddLibraryVariable

The module should support some basic certificate oprations like:

Add-OctoCertificate
Get-OctoCertificate
Remove-OctoCertificate

I get the following error when using Get-Machine (I import using an 'Octo-' prefix) using MachineName. Using an Id works fine.

Get-OctoMachine -Id Machines-82 works fine.

Get-OctoMachine -Name 'Server1' gives:

Get-OctoMachine : Error converting value "CalamariNeedsUpgrade" to type 
'Octopus.Client.Model.MachineModelStatus'. Path 'Items[0].Status', line 22, position 39.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-OctoMachine Server1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-OctoMachine], JsonSerializationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException,Octopus_Cmdlets.GetMachine

Ps: The PowerShell Gallery version is still 0.1.0

There are two Add-OctoLibraryVariable commands that this project supports:

# Method 1
Add-OctoLibraryVariable [-VariableSet] <string> [-InputObject] <VariableResource[]>  [<CommonParameters>]

# Method 2
Add-OctoLibraryVariable [-VariableSet] <string> [-Name] <string> [[-Value] <string>] [-Environments <string[]>] [-Roles <string[]>] [-Machines <string[]>] [-Sensitive]  [<CommonParameters>]

I am trying to bulk copy variables (including sensitive ones) from a project to a variable set. For this purpose I am using Method 1 above, however, it doesn't currently support the -Sensitive flag.

Just raising it as a feature request to add to this project.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Import-Module Octopus-Cmdlets
Import-Module : Could not load file or assembly
'file:///C:\Users\mukhin_s\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Octopus-Cmdlets\Octopus-Cmdlets.dll' or one of its
dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515)
At line:1 char:1

• Import-Module Octopus-Cmdlets

• - CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-Module], FileLoadException
  - FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileLoadException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
  
  

Tried with both 0.1.0 and 0.2.24 versions.

PS C:\Windows\system32> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
Major Minor Build Revision

4 0 -1 -1