This script demonstrates how to programmatically add a Polling Tentacle. Polling Tentacles usually self-register during the installation process, but in cases where the Tentacle was deleted from the server and needs to be re-added, this script shows you how.
Usage
Provide values for the following:
- Octopus URL
- Octopus API Key
- Name of the space to work with
- Hostname of the machine to register
- Tentacle thumbprint
- Tentacle identifier
- Array of environments
- Array of roles
Script
PowerShell (REST API)
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop";
# Define working variables
$octopusURL = "https://your-octopus-url"
$octopusAPIKey = "API-YOUR-KEY"
$header = @{ "X-Octopus-ApiKey" = $octopusAPIKey }
$spaceName = "default"
$communicationsStyle = "TentacleActive" # Listening mode
$hostName = "MyHost"
$environmentNames = @("Development", "Production")
$roles = @("MyRole")
$environmentIds = @()
$tentacleThumbprint = "TentacleThumbprint"
$tentacleIdentifier = "PollingTentacleIdentifier" # Must match value in Tentacle.config file on tentacle machine; ie poll://RandomCharacters
# Get space
$space = (Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "$octopusURL/api/spaces/all" -Headers $header) | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $spaceName}
# Get environment Ids
$environments = (Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "$octopusURL/api/$($space.Id)/environments/all" -Headers $header) | Where-Object {$environmentNames -contains $_.Name}
foreach ($environment in $environments)
{
$environmentIds += $environment.Id
}
# Create unique URI for tentacle
$tentacleURI = "poll://$tentacleIdentifier"
# Create JSON payload
$jsonPayload = @{
Endpoint = @{
CommunicationStyle = $communicationsStyle
Thumbprint = $tentacleThumbprint
Uri = $tentacleURI
}
EnvironmentIds = $environmentIds
Name = $hostName
Roles = $roles
Status = "Unknown"
IsDisabled = $false
}
$jsonPayload
# Register new target to space
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "$octopusURL/api/$($space.Id)/machines" -Headers $header -Body ($jsonPayload | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10)
PowerShell (Octopus.Client)
# Load octopus.client assembly
Add-Type -Path "c:\octopus.client\Octopus.Client.dll"
# Octopus variables
$octopusURL = "https://your-octopus-url"
$octopusAPIKey = "API-YOUR-KEY"
$spaceName = "default"
$hostName = "MyHost"
$tentacleThumbprint = "TentacleThumbprint"
$tentacleIdentifier = "PollingTentacleIdentifier" # Must match value in Tentacle.config file on tentacle machine; ie poll://RandomCharacters
$environmentNames = @("Development", "Production")
$roles = @("MyRole")
$endpoint = New-Object Octopus.Client.OctopusServerEndpoint $octopusURL, $octopusAPIKey
$repository = New-Object Octopus.Client.OctopusRepository $endpoint
$client = New-Object Octopus.Client.OctopusClient $endpoint
try
{
# Get space
$space = $repository.Spaces.FindByName($spaceName)
$repositoryForSpace = $client.ForSpace($space)
# Get environment ids
$environments = $repositoryForSpace.Environments.FindAll() | Where-Object {$environmentNames -contains $_.Name}
# Create new polling tentacle resource
$newTarget = New-Object Octopus.Client.Model.Endpoints.PollingTentacleEndpointResource
$newTarget.Uri = "poll://$tentacleIdentifier"
$newTarget.Thumbprint = $tentacleThumbprint
# Create new machine resource
$tentacle = New-Object Octopus.Client.Model.MachineResource
$tentacle.Endpoint = $newTarget
$tentacle.Name = $hostName
# Add properties to host
foreach ($environment in $environments)
{
# Add to target
$tentacle.EnvironmentIds.Add($environment.Id)
}
foreach ($role in $roles)
{
# Add to target
$tentacle.Roles.Add($role)
}
# Add to machine to space
$repositoryForSpace.Machines.Create($tentacle)
}
catch
{
Write-Host $_.Exception.Message
}
C#
// If using .net Core, be sure to add the NuGet package of System.Security.Permissions
#r "path\to\Octopus.Client.dll"
using Octopus.Client;
using Octopus.Client.Model;
// Declare working variables
var octopusURL = "https://your-octopus-url";
var octopusAPIKey = "API-YOUR-KEY";
string spaceName = "default";
string hostName = "OctoTempTentacle";
string[] environmentNames = { "Development", "Production" };
string[] roles = { "MyRole" };
List<string> environmentIds = new List<string>();
string tentacleThumbprint = "TentacleThumbprint";
string tentacleIdentifier = "PollingTentacleIdentifier"; // Must match value in Tentacle.config file on tentacle machine; ie poll://RandomCharacters
// Create repository object
var endpoint = new OctopusServerEndpoint(octopusURL, octopusAPIKey);
var repository = new OctopusRepository(endpoint);
var client = new OctopusClient(endpoint);
try
{
// Get space
var space = repository.Spaces.FindByName(spaceName);
var repositoryForSpace = client.ForSpace(space);
// Get environments
foreach (var environmentName in environmentNames)
{
environmentIds.Add(repositoryForSpace.Environments.FindByName(environmentName).Id);
}
// Create new polling tentacle resource
var newTarget = new Octopus.Client.Model.Endpoints.PollingTentacleEndpointResource();
newTarget.Uri = string.Format("poll://{0}", tentacleIdentifier);
newTarget.Thumbprint = tentacleThumbprint;
// Create new machine resource
var tentacle = new Octopus.Client.Model.MachineResource();
tentacle.Endpoint = newTarget;
tentacle.Name = hostName;
// Fill in details for target
foreach (string environmentId in environmentIds)
{
// Add to target
tentacle.EnvironmentIds.Add(environmentId);
}
foreach (string role in roles)
{
tentacle.Roles.Add(role);
}
// Add machine to space
repositoryForSpace.Machines.Create(tentacle);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
return;
}
Python3
import json
import requests
octopus_server_uri = 'https://your-octopus-url/api'
octopus_api_key = 'API-YOUR-KEY'
headers = {'X-Octopus-ApiKey': octopus_api_key}
def get_octopus_resource(uri):
response = requests.get(uri, headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
return json.loads(response.content.decode('utf-8'))
def get_by_name(uri, name):
resources = get_octopus_resource(uri)
return next((x for x in resources if x['Name'] == name), None)
space_name = 'Default'
environment_names = ['Development', 'Test']
target_name = 'your-target-name'
target_tentacle_thumbprint = 'your-tentacle-thumbprint'
# The subscription id is a random 20 character id that is used to queue messages from the server to the Polling Tentacle.
# This should match the value in the Tentacle config file.
target_polling_subscription_identifier = 'your-target-subscription'
space = get_by_name('{0}/spaces/all'.format(octopus_server_uri), space_name)
environments = get_octopus_resource('{0}/{1}/environments/all'.format(octopus_server_uri, space['Id']))
environment_ids = [environment['Id'] for environment in environments if environment['Name'] in environment_names]
target = {
'Endpoint': {
'CommunicationStyle': 'TentacleActive',
'Thumbprint': target_tentacle_thumbprint,
'Uri': 'poll://{0}'.format(target_polling_subscription_identifier)
},
'EnvironmentIds': environment_ids,
'Name': target_name,
'Roles': ['your-target-role'],
'Status': 'Unknown',
'IsDisabled': False
}
uri = '{0}/{1}/machines'.format(octopus_server_uri, space['Id'])
response = requests.post(uri, headers=headers, json=target)
response.raise_for_status()
Go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"net/url"
"github.com/OctopusDeploy/go-octopusdeploy/octopusdeploy"
)
func main() {
apiURL, err := url.Parse("https://your-octopus-url")
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
}
APIKey := "API-YOUR-KEY"
spaceName := "Default"
hostName := "MyPollingTentacle"
environments := []string{"Development", "Test"}
roles := []string{"MyRole"}
tentacleThumbprint := "PollingTentacleThumbprint"
tentacleIdentifier := "PollingTentacleIdentifier"
// Get the space object
space := GetSpace(apiURL, APIKey, spaceName)
// Create client for space
client := octopusAuth(apiURL, APIKey, space.ID)
// Get the environment ids
environmentIds := GetEnvironmentIds(client, environments)
pollingUrl, err := url.Parse("poll://" + tentacleIdentifier + "/")
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
}
newDeploymentTargetEndPoint := octopusdeploy.NewPollingTentacleEndpoint(pollingUrl, tentacleThumbprint)
newDeploymentTargetEndPoint.CommunicationStyle = "TentacleActive"
newDeploymentTarget := octopusdeploy.NewDeploymentTarget(hostName, newDeploymentTargetEndPoint, environmentIds, roles)
machine, err := client.Machines.Add(newDeploymentTarget)
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
}
fmt.Println(machine)
}
func octopusAuth(octopusURL *url.URL, APIKey, space string) *octopusdeploy.Client {
client, err := octopusdeploy.NewClient(nil, octopusURL, APIKey, space)
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
}
return client
}
func GetSpace(octopusURL *url.URL, APIKey string, spaceName string) *octopusdeploy.Space {
client := octopusAuth(octopusURL, APIKey, "")
spaceQuery := octopusdeploy.SpacesQuery{
Name: spaceName,
}
// Get specific space object
spaces, err := client.Spaces.Get(spaceQuery)
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
}
for _, space := range spaces.Items {
if space.Name == spaceName {
return space
}
}
return nil
}
func GetEnvironmentIds(client *octopusdeploy.Client, environmentNames []string) []string {
environmentIds := []string{}
for _, environmentName := range environmentNames {
environmentsQuery := octopusdeploy.EnvironmentsQuery {
Name: environmentName,
}
environments, err := client.Environments.Get(environmentsQuery)
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
}
// Loop through results
for _, environment := range environments.Items {
if environment.Name == environmentName {
environmentIds = append(environmentIds, environment.ID)
}
}
}
return environmentIds
}
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