The Octopus CLI can be used to clean all offline Workers from a Worker pool.
Cleans all Offline Workers from a WorkerPool.
Usage: octo clean-workerpool [<options>]
Where [<options>] is any of:
WorkerPool Cleanup:
--workerPool=VALUE Name of a worker pool to clean up.
--health-status=VALUE Health status of Workers to clean up. Valid
values are Healthy, Unavailable, Unknown,
HasWarnings and Unhealthy. Can be specified many
times.
--disabled=VALUE [Optional] Disabled status filter of Worker to
clean up.
--calamari-outdated=VALUE
[Optional] State of Calamari to clean up. By
default ignores Calamari state.
--tentacle-outdated=VALUE
[Optional] State of Tentacle version to clean u-
p. By default ignores Tentacle state.
Common options:
--help [Optional] Print help for a command.
--helpOutputFormat=VALUE
[Optional] Output format for help, valid options
are Default or Json
--outputFormat=VALUE [Optional] Output format, valid options are
Default or Json
--server=VALUE [Optional] The base URL for your Octopus Server,
e.g., 'https://octopus.example.com/'. This URL
can also be set in the OCTOPUS_CLI_SERVER
environment variable.
--apiKey=VALUE [Optional] Your API key. Get this from the user
profile page. You must provide an apiKey or
username and password. If the guest account is
enabled, a key of API-GUEST can be used. This
key can also be set in the OCTOPUS_CLI_API_KEY
environment variable.
--user=VALUE [Optional] Username to use when authenticating
with the server. You must provide an apiKey or
username and password. This Username can also be
set in the OCTOPUS_CLI_USERNAME environment
variable.
--pass=VALUE [Optional] Password to use when authenticating
with the server. This Password can also be set
in the OCTOPUS_CLI_PASSWORD environment variable.
--configFile=VALUE [Optional] Text file of default values, with one
'key = value' per line.
--debug [Optional] Enable debug logging.
--ignoreSslErrors [Optional] Set this flag if your Octopus Server
uses HTTPS but the certificate is not trusted on
this machine. Any certificate errors will be
ignored. WARNING: this option may create a
security vulnerability.
--enableServiceMessages
[Optional] Enable TeamCity or Team Foundation
Build service messages when logging.
--timeout=VALUE [Optional] Timeout in seconds for network
operations. Default is 600.
--proxy=VALUE [Optional] The URL of the proxy to use, e.g.,
'https://proxy.example.com'.
--proxyUser=VALUE [Optional] The username for the proxy.
--proxyPass=VALUE [Optional] The password for the proxy. If both
the username and password are omitted and
proxyAddress is specified, the default
credentials are used.
--space=VALUE [Optional] The name or ID of a space within
which this command will be executed. The default
space will be used if it is omitted.
--logLevel=VALUE [Optional] The log level. Valid options are
verbose, debug, information, warning, error and
fatal. Defaults to 'debug'.
Basic examples
Octopus Samples instance
Many of the examples we use, reference the samples instance of Octopus Deploy. If you’d like to explore the samples instance, you can log in as a guest.
This example cleans all workers in the Default Worker Pool which have a health-status of Unhealthy in the Pattern - Rolling space:
octo clean-workerpool --workerPool="Default Worker Pool" --health-status="Unhealthy" --space="Pattern - Rolling" --server="https://samples.octopus.app/" --apiKey="MyApiKey"
This example cleans all workers from the Default Worker Pool where they are disabled and have one of the following health-status values:
HealthyUnhealthyUnknown
octo clean-workerpool --workerPool="Default Worker Pool" --health-status="Healthy" --health-status="Unhealthy" --health-status="Unknown" --disabled=True --space="Pattern - Rolling" --server="https://samples.octopus.app/" --apiKey="MyApiKey"
Learn more
Help us continuously improve
Please let us know if you have any feedback about this page.
Page updated on Sunday, January 1, 2023