System variables

This page lists built-in variables provided by Octopus that can be used in your deployment custom scripts.

Most of the variables listed here are available in modern versions of Octopus and Calamari. However, some are only available from a specific version. See Older versions for more detail on when variables became available.

Release

Release-level variables are drawn from the project and release being created.

Octopus.Release.Id

The ID of the release.

Example: releases-123

Octopus.Release.Number

The version number of the release.

Example: 1.2.3

Octopus.Release.Notes

Release notes associated with the release, in Markdown format.

Example: Fixes bugs 1, 2 & 3

Octopus.Release.Created

The date and time at which the release was created.

Example: Tuesday 10th September 1:23 PM

Release package build information

Octopus.Release.Package

Packages, including changes, associated with the release. See below. This is a collection.

Octopus.Release.Builds

Build and version control details associated with the release. This is a collection.

Octopus.Release.Package details

The Octopus.Release.Package variable is a collection of Package objects based on the following structures:

public class Package
{
  public string PackageId { get; set; }
  public string Version { get; set; }
  public WorkItemLink[] WorkItems { get; set; }
  public Commit[] Commits { get; set; }
}

public class WorkItemLink
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public string LinkUrl { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
}

public class Commit
{
    public string CommitId { get; set; }
    public string LinkUrl { get; set; }
    public string Comment { get; set; }
}

The packages in a release are available as a collection which can be iterated over. e.g.

#{each package in Octopus.Release.Package}
    This release contains #{package.PackageId} #{package.Version}
#{/each}

A particular package can be selected by indexing on the package ID:

#{Octopus.Release.Package[Acme.Web].Version}

The variables available for packages are:

On each package, the commits associated with that package are available as a collection which can be iterated over. e.g.:

#{each package in Octopus.Release.Package}
#{each commit in package.Commits}
- [#{commit.CommitId}](#{commit.LinkUrl}) - #{commit.Comment}
#{/each}
#{/each}

A particular commit can be selected by indexing on the commit ID (when using git the commit ID is the commit hash):

package.Commits[685afd4161d085e6e5f56a66e72e2298e402b114].Comment

The variables available for commits are:

If the Octopus instance has one or more of the Issue Tracker integrations enabled, the commit messages will be parsed for issues. Any issues found will be displayed with the build information, and also available as variables:

#{each issue in package.WorkItems}
- [#{issue.Id}](#{issue.LinkUrl})
#{/each}

A particular issue can be selected by indexing on the ID:

package.WorkItems[4465].LinkUrl

The variables available for issues are:

There is also a distinct list of issues across all packages available in:

#{each workItem in Octopus.Release.WorkItems}
- [#{workItem.Id}](#{workItem.LinkUrl}) - #{workItem.Description}
#{/each}

Octopus.Release.Builds details

The Octopus.Release.Builds variable is a collection of Build objects based on the following structures:

public class Build
{
  public BuildPackage[] Packages { get; set; }
  public string BuildUrl { get; set; }
  public string Branch { get; set; }
  public string BuildEnvironment { get; set; }
  public string BuildNumber { get; set; }
  public string VcsRoot { get; set; }
  public string VcsType { get; set; }
  public string VcsCommitNumber { get; set; }
  public string VcsCommitUrl { get; set; }
}

public class BuildPackage
{
  public string PackageId { get; set; }
  public string Version { get; set; }
}

The builds in a release are available as a collection which can be iterated over. e.g.

#{each build in Octopus.Release.Builds}
    This release contains resources contributed by the build #{build.BuildUrl}
#{/each}

Builds have a zero-based integer index, meaning the first build can be selected at index 0:

Octopus.Release.Builds[0].BuildUrl

The variables available for builds are:

Packages

A JSON array with the packages created by a build.

Example: #{build.Packages}

BuildUrl

A link to the CI build.

Example: #{build.BuildUrl}

Branch

The VCS branch associated with the build.

Example: #{build.Branch}

BuildEnvironment

The CI server that executed the build.

Example: #{build.BuildEnvironment}

BuildNumber

The build number associated with the build.

Example: #{build.BuildNumber}

VcsRoot

A link to the VCS repository associated with the build.

Example: #{build.VcsRoot}

VcsType

The type of VCS associated with the build (e.g. git).

Example: #{build.VcsType}

VcsCommitNumber

The VCS commit ID associated with the build.

Example: #{build.VcsCommitNumber}

VcsCommitUrl

A link to the commit associated with the build.

Example: #{build.VcsCommitUrl}

The variables available for build packages are:

PackageId

The ID of the package created by the build.

Example: #{build.Packages[0].PackageId}

Version

The version of the package created by the build.

Example: #{build.Packages[0].Version}

Release Branch information

For projects that have version control enabled, information about the branch and commit from which the release was created is also available.

Octopus.Release.Git.BranchName

The branch name.

Example: features/some-new-feature

Octopus.Release.Git.CommitHash

The commit hash.

Example: 0c708fdec272bc4446c6cabea4f0022c2b616eba

Octopus.Release.Git.Ref

The git reference.

Example: Version 1

Deployment

Deployment-level variables are drawn from the project and release being deployed.

Octopus.Acquire.MaxParallelism

This variable limits the maximum number of packages that can be concurrently deployed to multiple targets.

Default: 10

Example: 2

Octopus.Acquire.DeltaCompressionEnabled

Toggle whether delta compression is enabled when sending packages to targets.

Example: true

Octopus.Deployment.Comments

User-provided comments on the deployment.

Example: Signed off by Alice

Octopus.Deployment.Created

The date and time at which the deployment was created.

Example: Tuesday 10th September 1:23 PM

Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.DisplayName

The full name of the user who initiated the deployment.

Example: Alice King

Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.EmailAddress

The email address of the user who initiated the deployment | alice@example.com|

Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.Id

The ID of the user who initiated the deployment.

Example: users-123

Octopus.Deployment.CreatedBy.Username

The username of the user who initiated the deployment.

Example: alice

Octopus.Deployment.Error

This variable outputs the error/exit code for a failed deployment. See here.

Example: Script returned exit code 123

Octopus.Deployment.ErrorDetail

The error/exit code for the deployment along with the Octopus stack trace. See here

Example: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: file C:\Missing.txt does not exist (at…)

Octopus.Deployment.ForcePackageDownload

If true, the package will be freshly downloaded from the feed/repository regardless of whether it is already present on the endpoint (Boolean).

Example: False

Octopus.Deployment.Id

The ID of the deployment.

Example: deployments-123

Octopus.Deployment.Name

The name of the deployment.

Example: Deploy to Production

Octopus.Deployment.PreviousSuccessful.Id

The ID of the previous successful deployment of this project in the target environment.

Example: deployments-122

Octopus.Deployment.Machines

Ids of machines being targeted by the deployment.

Example: machines-123,machines-124

Octopus.Deployment.SpecificMachines

Specific machines being targeted by the deployment, if any (List).

Example: machines-123,machines-124

Octopus.Deployment.ExcludedMachines

Ids of machines that have been excluded from the deployment (generally for being unavailable).

Example: machines-123,machines-124

Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Id

The ID of the Tenant being deployed for. If the deployment is untenanted then this variable will not be present.

Example: Tenants-123

Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Name

The name of the Tenant being deployed for. If the deployment is untenanted then this variable will not be present.

Example: Acme Corp

Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Tags

Comma delimited list of tags that belong the Tenant being deployed for. If the deployment is untenanted then this variable will not be present.

Example: Tenant type/External, Upgrade ring/Early adopter

Octopus.Deployment.Trigger.Id

The ID of the Trigger that created the deployment. It is possible for a deployment to be triggered due to multiple triggers. In this case, the variable will contain the ID of one of the triggers.

Example: ProjectTriggers-522

Octopus.Deployment.Trigger.Name

The name of the Trigger that created the deployment. It is possible for a deployment to be triggered due to multiple triggers. In this case, the variable will contain the name of one of the triggers.

Nightly Deploy to Dev

Octopus.Deployment.WorkerLeaseCap

This is an opt-in variable to help distribute multiple steps referencing the same package (including container) across a worker pool. By setting this, a worker will be reused for steps up to the cap, after which another worker will be selected and reused in the same way. If all workers have reached the cap, additional steps will be spread out evenly. By default this behavior is disabled, and the same worker will be reused for all steps referencing the same package. Opt in by setting the variable to a number higher than 0.

Example: 1 - achieves a similar effect to round robin.
Example: 5 - a balance between reducing package transfer and distributing load.

Note: This value applies to both deployment processes and runbooks, as long as it’s scoped to the particular scenario.

Octopus.Endpoint.\_type\_.\_property\_

Properties describing the endpoint being deployed.

Example: ftp.example.com

Octopus.Environment.Id

The ID of the environment.

Example: environments-123

Octopus.Environment.MachinesInRole[\_role\_]

Lists the machines with a specified target tag being deployed to.

Example: machines-123,machines-124

Octopus.Environment.Name

The name of the environment.

Example: Production

Octopus.Environment.SortOrder

The ordering applied to the environment when it is displayed on the dashboard and elsewhere.

Example: 3

Octopus.Machine.Id

The ID of the machine.

Example: machines-123

Octopus.Machine.Name

The name that was used to register the machine in Octopus. Not the same as Hostname.

Example: WEBSVR01

Octopus.Machine.Roles

The target tags associated with the machine (List).

Example: web-server,frontend

Octopus.Machine.Hostname

The host part of the URI that was used to register the machine, could be an IP, hostname depending on what was supplied. Only set for Listening Tentacles.

Example: Database01, Database01.local, 192.168.200.100

Octopus.Project.Id

The ID of the project.

Example: projects-123

Octopus.Project.Name

The name of the project.

Example: OctoFx

Octopus.ProjectGroup.Id

The ID of the project group.

Example: project-groups-123

Octopus.ProjectGroup.Name

The name of the project group.

Example: Public Web Properties

Octopus.Release.Channel.Name

The Channel name associated with the release.

Example: 2.x Feature Branch

Octopus.Release.Notes

Release notes associated with the release, in Markdown format.

Example: Fixes bugs 1, 2 & 3

Octopus.Release.Number

The version number of the release.

Example: 1.2.3

Octopus.Release.Id

The ID of the release.

Example: releases-123

Octopus.Release.Previous.Id

The ID of the last release of the project.

Example: releases-122

Octopus.Release.Previous.Number

The version number of the last release of the project.

Example: 1.2.2

Octopus.Release.PreviousForEnvironment.Id

The ID of the last release of the project to the current environment.

Example: releases-122

Octopus.Release.PreviousForEnvironment.Number

The version number of the last release of the project to the current environment.

Example: 1.2.2

Octopus.Release.CurrentForEnvironment.Id

The ID of the release of the last successful deployment to the current environment.

Example: releases-122

Octopus.Release.CurrentForEnvironment.Number

The version number of the release the last successful deployment to the current environment.

Example: 1.2.2

Octopus.Release.Created

The date and time at which the release was created.

Example: Tuesday 10th September 1:23 PM

Octopus.Space.Id

The ID of the Space.

Example: Spaces-1

Octopus.Space.Name

The name of the Space .

Example: Dev Space

Octopus.Task.Argument[_name_]

Argument values provided when creating the task.

Example: deployments-123

Octopus.Task.Id

The ID of the task.

Example: server-tasks-123

Octopus.Task.Name

The name of the task.

Example: Deploy release 1.2.3 to Production

Octopus.Task.QueueTime

The date and time the task should be queued for execution.

Example: Tuesday 10th September 1:30 PM

Octopus.Task.QueueTimeExpiry

The date and time before which the task must start.

Example: Tuesday 10th September 2:30 PM

Octopus.Tentacle.CurrentDeployment.PackageFilePath

The path to the package file being deployed.

Example: C:\Octopus\Tentacle\Packages\OctoFx.1.2.3.nupkg

Octopus.Tentacle.CurrentDeployment.TargetedRoles

The intersection of the target tags targeted by the step, and those associated with the machine.

Example: web-server

Octopus.Tentacle.PreviousInstallation.CustomInstallationDirectory

The directory into which the previous version of the package was deployed.

Example: C:\InetPub\WWWRoot\OctoFx

Octopus.Tentacle.PreviousInstallation.OriginalInstalledPath

The directory into which the previous version of the package was extracted.

Example: C:\Octopus\Tentacle\Apps\Production\OctoFx\1.2.2

Octopus.Tentacle.PreviousInstallation.PackageFilePath

The path to the package file previously deployed.

Example: C:\Octopus\Tentacle\Packages\OctoFx.1.2.2.nupkg

Octopus.Tentacle.PreviousInstallation.PackageVersion

The previous version of the package that was deployed to the Tentacle.

Example: 1.2.3

Octopus.Web.ProjectLink

A path relative to the Octopus Server URL at which the project can be viewed.

Example: /app/projects/projects-123

Octopus.Web.ReleaseLink

A path relative to the Octopus Server URL at which the release can be viewed.

Example: /app/releases/releases-123

Octopus.Web.DeploymentLink

A path relative to the Octopus Server URL at which the deployment can be viewed.

Example: /app/deployment/deployments-123

Deployment changes

Octopus.Deployment.Changes

A JSON array of ReleaseChanges objects. These can be iterated over and the properties accessed using regular Octopus variable expressions (see below). This will be JSON (see below).

Octopus.Deployment.WorkItems

The distinct list of issues across all changes in the deployment. This is a JSON array of WorkItemLink objects, defined below. This data will be only be available where build information has been pushed and an issue tracker integration is enabled. This will be JSON (see below).

Octopus.Deployment.PackageBuildInformation

The distinct list of package build information across all changes in the deployment. This is a JSON array of ReleasePackageVersionBuildInformation objects, defined below. This data will be only be available where build information has been pushed. This will be JSON (see below).

The JSON structure contained in the Octopus.Deployment.Changes variables is an array of ReleaseChanges objects matching the following C# classes:

public class ReleaseChanges
{
    public string Version { get; set; }
    public string ReleaseNotes { get; set; }
    public ReleasePackageVersionBuildInformation[] BuildInformation { get; set; }
    public WorkItemLink[] WorkItems { get; set; }
    public CommitDetails[] Commits { get; set; }
}

public class ReleasePackageVersionBuildInformation
{
    public string PackageId { get; set; }
    public string Version { get; set; }
    public string BuildEnvironment { get; set; }
    public string BuildNumber { get; set; }
    public string BuildUrl { get; set; }
    public string Branch { get; set; }
    public string VcsType { get; set; }
    public string VcsRoot { get; set; }
    public string VcsCommitNumber { get; set; }
    public string VcsCommitUrl { get; set; }
    public WorkItemLink[] WorkItems { get; set; }
    public CommitDetails[] Commits { get; set; }
}

public class WorkItemLink
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public string LinkUrl { get; set; }
    public string Source { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
}

public class CommitDetails
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public string LinkUrl { get; set; }
    public string Comment { get; set; }
}

There is an entry per release and it includes the release notes (in markdown format) and the build information for each of the packages in that release.

Example: The following iterates the changes in the deployment, printing the release version and the issues contained.

#{each change in Octopus.Deployment.Changes}
    #{change.Version}
    #{each issue in change.WorkItems}
        #{issue.Id} - #{issue.LinkUrl}
    #{/each}
#{/each}

Deployment changes templates

Octopus.Deployment.ChangesMarkdown

The output of applying the project’s deployment changes template. This will be markdown.

Octopus.Deployment.Targets

The distinct targets being deployed to.

This provides a dictionary of objects with ID and Name properties, keyed on ID. This is a distinct list across all steps in the deployment process.

Action

Action-level variables are available during execution of an action. Indexer notation such as Octopus.Action[Website].TargetRoles can be used to refer to values for different actions.

Octopus.Action.Container.Image

The name of the container image being deployed.

Example: OctoFx-RateService

Octopus.Action.Id

The ID of the action.

Example: 85287bef-fe6c-4eb7-beef-74f5e5a6b5b0

Octopus.Action.IsSkipped

Whether or not the action has been skipped in the current deployment (Boolean).

Note: This value can be True or null (indicated by an empty string)

Example: True

Octopus.Action.Manual.Instructions

The instructions provided for a manual step.

Example: Don’t break anything

Octopus.Action.Manual.ResponsibleTeamIds

The teams responsible for completing a manual step (List).

Example: teams-123,teams-124

Octopus.Action.MaxParallelism

The maximum number of deployment targets on which the action will concurrently execute, and the maximum number of steps which will run in parallel. This value can be set in a project variable to change the default for the project. Additionally you can scope a value to specific actions to control concurrency across your deployment targets. This is the same variable which is set when configuring a rolling deployment. (Number - Default: 10).

Note: Some built-in steps have their own concurrent limit and will ignore this value if set.

Example: 5

Octopus.Action.Name

The name of the action.

Example: Website

Octopus.Action.Number

The sequence number of the action in the deployment process (Number).

Example: 5

Octopus.Action.Package.CustomInstallationDirectory

If set, a specific directory to which the package will be copied after extraction.

Example: C:\InetPub\WWWRoot\OctoFx

Octopus.Action.Package.CustomInstallationDirectoryShouldBePurgedBeforeDeployment

If true, the all files in the Octopus.Action.Package.CustomInstallationDirectory will be deleted before deployment (Boolean).

Example: False

Octopus.Action.Package.DownloadOnTentacle

If true, the package will be downloaded by the Tentacle, rather than pushed by the Octopus Server (Boolean).

Example: False

Octopus.Action.Package.TreatConfigTransformationWarningsAsErrors

If true, any warnings in .NET configuration transformations will be treated as errors and will fail the deployment (Boolean).

Example: True

Octopus.Action.Package.IgnoreConfigTransformationErrors

If true, any errors in .NET configuration transformations will be treated as informational rather than errors that will fail the deployment (Boolean).

Example: False

Octopus.Action.Package.IgnoreVariableReplacementErrors

If true, any errors in variable replacement will be treated as a warning rather than an error that will fail the deployment. (Boolean).

Example: False

Octopus.Action.Package.InstallationDirectoryPath

The directory where the package was installed. It is not available prior to package extraction.

Example: C:\InetPub\WWWRoot\OctoFx

Octopus.Action.Package.FeedId

The ID of the feed from which the package being deployed was pulled.

Example: feeds-123

Octopus.Action.Package.PackageId

The ID of the package being deployed.

Example: OctoFx.RateService

Octopus.Action.Package.PackageVersion

The version of the package being deployed.

Example: 1.2.3

Octopus.Action.Package.SkipIfAlreadyInstalled

If true, and the version of the package being deployed is already present on the machine, its re-deployment will be skipped (use with caution) (Boolean).

Example: False

Octopus.Action.Script.ScriptBody

The script being run in a script step.

Example: Write-Host ‘Hello!’

Octopus.Action.Script.Syntax

The syntax of the script being run in a script step.

Example: PowerShell

Octopus.Action.SkipRemainingConventions

If set by the user, completes processing of the action without running further conventions/scripts (Boolean). This should be set as an output variable. e.g.
Set-OctopusVariable -name 'Octopus.Action.SkipRemainingConventions' -value 'True'

Example: True

Octopus.Action.TargetRoles

Machine target tags targeted by the action (List).

Example: web-server,frontend

Octopus.Action.Template.Id

If the action is based on a step template, the ID of the template.

Example: action-templates-123

Octopus.Action.Template.Version

If the action is based on a step template, the version of the template in use (Number).

Example: 123

Octopus.Action.Status.Error

If the action failed because of an error, a description of the error.

Example: The server could not be contacted

Octopus.Action.Status.ErrorDetail

If the action failed because of an error, a full description of the error.

Example: System.Net.SocketException: The server …

Octopus.Action.SubstituteInFiles.EnableNoMatchWarning

Controls whether a warning is displayed in the Task log when no files are found matching one or more of the glob patterns in Substitute Variables in Files.

Example: False

Reference package variables

When referencing packages in custom scripts, they can contribute variables that can be used just like any other variable. The variables are available per package. Assuming a referenced package named Acme:

Octopus.Action.Package[Acme].PackageId

The package ID.

Example: Acme

Octopus.Action.Package[Acme].FeedId

The feed ID.

Example: feeds-123

Octopus.Action.Package[Acme].PackageVersion

The version of the package included in the release.

Example: 1.4.0

Octopus.Action.Package[Acme].OriginalPath

The location of the zip file before any actions are taken.

Example: C:\Octopus\Packages\Spaces-1\feeds-builtin\Acme\Acme.1.4.0.zip

Octopus.Action.Package[Acme].ExtractedPath

The absolute path to the extracted directory (if the package is configured to be extracted).

Example: C:\Octopus\Work\20210821060923-7117-31\Acme

Octopus.Action.Package[Acme].PackageFilePath

The absolute path to the package file (if the package has been configured to not be extracted).

Example: C:\Octopus\Work\20210821060923-7117-31\Acme.zip

Octopus.Action.Package[Acme].PackageFileName

The name of the package file (if the package has been configured to not be extracted).

Example: Acme.zip

Azure

Octopus.Action.Azure.CertificateThumbprint

The thumbprint of the X509 certificate used to authenticate with the Azure Subscription targeted by this action.

Example: 86B5C8E5553981FED961769B2DA3028C619596AC

Octopus.Action.Azure.PackageExtractionPath

If set by the user, the temporary path to extract Azure packages into during deployment.

Example: Z:\Temp\packages\

Octopus.Action.Azure.SubscriptionId

The Azure Subscription Id being targeted by this action.

Example: 8affaa7d-3d74-427c-93c5-2d7f6a16e754

Octopus.Action.Azure.ResourceGroupDeploymentName

Override the auto-generated resource group deployment name when deploying a resource group.

Example: my-resource-group-deployment-name

Azure Cloud Service

Octopus.Action.Azure.CloudServiceConfigurationFileRelativePath

If set by the user, the relative path to the *.cscfg file, with a fallback to ServiceConfiguration.{Environment}.cscfg or ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg

Example: ServiceConfiguration.Custom.cscfg

Octopus.Action.Azure.CloudServiceName

The name of the Cloud Service being targeted by this action.

Example: my-cloud-service-web

Octopus.Action.Azure.CloudServicePackageExtractionDisabled

Octopus will not unpack the *.cspkg file if this variable is set to True, instead the *.cspkg file will be pushed to Azure as-is.

Example: True

Octopus.Action.Azure.CloudServicePackagePath

The path of the *.cspkg file used by this action.

Example: Z:\Temp\packages\my-cloud-service-web.cspkg

Octopus.Action.Azure.LogExtractedCspkg

If true, the contents of the extracted *.cspkg will be written to the log to help diagnose deployment issues (Boolean).

Example: True

Octopus.Action.Azure.Slot

The slot of the Cloud Service being targeted by this action.

Example: Staging or Production

Octopus.Action.Azure.StorageAccountName

The name of the Azure Storage Account where *.cspkg files will be uploaded to for deployment to the Cloud Service.

Example: my-storage-account

Octopus.Action.Azure.SwapIfPossible

If true, the action will attempt to perform a VIP swap instead of deploying directly into the targeted Slot.

Example: True

Octopus.Action.Azure.UploadedPackageUri

The Storage URI of the *.cspkg file that will be deployed to the Cloud Service.

Example: https://my-storage-account/container/my-cloudservice.web.cspkg

Octopus.Action.Azure.UseCurrentInstanceCount

If true, the action will maintain the number of Instances in the Cloud Service rather than reverting to what is defined in the *.cspkg file.

Example: True

Octopus.Action.Azure.DeploymentLabel

If set, the custom deployment label will be used for the Azure cloud service deployment.

Example: my custom label for build 3.x.x

Azure Web Apps

Octopus.Action.Azure.WebAppName

The name of the Web App being targeted by this deployment.

Example: my-web-app

Octopus.Action.Azure.DeploymentSlot

The name of the Web App slot being targeted by this deployment.

Example: staging

Octopus.Action.Azure.ResourceGroupName

The name of the resource group being targeted by this deployment.

Example: MyResourceGroup

Octopus.Action.Azure.RemoveAdditionalFiles

When True instructs Web Deploy to delete files from the destination that aren’t in the source package.

Example: True

Octopus.Action.Azure.PreserveAppData

When True instructs Web Deploy to skip Delete operations in the App_Data directory.

Example: True

Octopus.Action.Azure.AppOffline

When True instructs Web Deploy to safely bring down the app domain by adding a blank app_offline.html file in the site root.

Example: True

Output

Output variables are collected during execution of a step and made available to subsequent steps using notation such as Octopus.Action[Website].Output[WEBSVR01].Package.InstallationDirectoryPath to refer to values based on the action and machine that produced them. See also Output variables.

Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.\_property\_

The results of calling Set-OctopusVariable during an action are exposed for use in other actions using this pattern.

Example: Octopus.Action[Website].Output.WarmUpResponseTime

Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.Manual.Notes

Notes provided by the user who completed a manual step.

Example: Signed off by Alice

Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.Package.InstallationDirectoryPath

The directory where the package was installed.

Example: C:\Octopus\Tentacle\Apps\Production\MyApp\1.2.3

Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.Manual.ResponsibleUser.DisplayName

The full name of the user who completed the manual step.

Example: Alice King

Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.Manual.ResponsibleUser.EmailAddress

The email address of the user who completed the manual step.

Example: alice@example.com

Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.Manual.ResponsibleUser.Id

The ID of the user who completed the manual step.

Example: users-123

Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.Manual.ResponsibleUser.Username

The username of the user who completed the manual step.

Example: alice

Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.OctopusAzureCloudServiceDeploymentID

The ID of the completed Azure Cloud Service deployment.

Example: c9f52da2b00a4313b3b64bb2ad0f409f

Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.OctopusAzureCloudServiceDeploymentUrl

The Url of the completed Azure Cloud Service deployment.

Example: http://c9f52da2b00a4313b3b64bb2ad0f409f.cloudapp.net/

Step

Step-level variables are available during execution of a step. Indexer notation such as Octopus.Step[Website].Number can be used to refer to values for different steps.

Octopus.Step.Id

The ID of the step.

Example: 80b3ad09-eedf-40d6-9b66-cf97f5c0ffee

Octopus.Step.Name

The name of the step.

Example: Website

Octopus.Step.Number

The number of the step (Number).

Example: 2

Octopus.Step.Status.Code

A code describing the current status of the step.

Example: Succeeded

Octopus.Step.Status.Error

If the step failed because of an error, a description of the error.

Example: The server could not be contacted

Octopus.Step.Status.ErrorDetail

If the step failed because of an error, a full description of the error.

Example: System.Net.SocketException: The server could not be contacted (at …)

Agent

Agent-level variables describe the deployment agent or Tentacle on which the deployment is executing.

Octopus.Tentacle.Agent.ApplicationDirectoryPath

The directory under which the agent installs packages.

Example: C:\Octopus\Tentacle\Apps

Octopus.Tentacle.Agent.InstanceName

The instance name that the agent runs under.

Example: Tentacle

Octopus.Tentacle.Agent.ProgramDirectoryPath

The directory containing the agent’s own executables.

Example: C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Tentacle

Octopus.Agent.ProgramDirectoryPath

The directory containing either the server or Tentacle’s executables depending on which the step being executed on.

Example: C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Octopus

Worker Pool

When a step is run on a worker, the following variables are available:

Octopus.WorkerPool.Id

The Id of the pool.

Example: WorkerPools-1

Octopus.WorkerPool.Name

The name of the pool.

Example: Default Worker Pool

Server

Server-level variables describe the Octopus Server on which the deployment is running.

Octopus.Web.BaseUrl

The default URL at which the server API can be accessed. Note that this is based off the server’s ListenPrefixes and works in simple configuration scenarios. If you have a load balancer or reverse proxy this value will likely not be suitable for use in referring to the server from a client perspective, e.g. in email templates etc.

Example: https://my-octopus

Octopus.Web.ServerUri

The default URL at which the server portal can be accessed, as configured in the Configuration ➜ Nodes settings.

https://my-octopus

Tracking deployment status

During deployment, Octopus provides variables describing the status of each step.

Where S is the step name, Octopus will set:

Octopus.Step[S].Status.Code
Octopus.Step[S].Status.Error
Octopus.Step[S].Status.ErrorDetail

Status codes include Pending, Skipped, Abandoned, canceled, Running, Succeeded and Failed.

For an action A:

Octopus.Action[A].IsSkipped

For the deployment as a whole:

Octopus.Deployment.Error
Octopus.Deployment.ErrorDetail

Runbook

Octopus.Runbook.Id

The ID of the runbook.

Example: Runbooks-123

Octopus.Runbook.Name

The name of the runbook.

Example: Restore Database

Octopus.RunbookRun.Created

The date and time at which the runbook was run.

Example: Friday, March 13, 2020 6:23:38 AM

Octopus.RunbookRun.CreatedUtc

The date and time at which the runbook was run in UTC format.

Example: 3/13/20 6:23:38 AM +00:00

Octopus.RunbookRun.Id

The ID of the run.

Example: RunbookRuns-123

Octopus.RunbookRun.Name

The name of the run.

Example: Run on Production

Octopus.RunbookSnapshot.Id

The ID of the snapshot being run.

Example: RunbookSnapshots-123

Octopus.RunbookSnapshot.Name

The name of the snapshot.

Snapshot EXAMPLE3

Octopus.RunbookSnapshot.Notes

Notes associated with the snapshot, in Markdown format.

Example: Restores the database

Octopus.Web.RunbookSnapshotLink

A path relative to the Octopus Server URL at which the runbook snapshot can be viewed.

Example: /app/snapshots/runbookSnapshots-123

Octopus.Web.RunbookRunLink

A path relative to the Octopus Server URL at which the runbook run can be viewed.

Example: /app/runs/runbookRuns-123

User-modifiable settings

The following variables can be defined as variables in your project to modify the way Octopus behaves.

Octopus.Acquire.MaxParallelism

Maximum number of NuGet packages that should be downloaded at once when acquiring packages.

Example: 3

Octopus.Action.MaxParallelism

The maximum number of deployment targets on which the action will concurrently execute, and the maximum number of steps which will run in parallel. This value can be set in a project variable to change the default for the project. Additionally you can scope a value to specific actions to control concurrency across your deployment targets. This is the same variable which is set when configuring a rolling deployment. (Number - Default: 10).

Example: 5

OctopusPrintVariables

Set to “True” to tell Tentacle to print the value of all variables passed to it. We recommend only using this setting for non-production environments.

Example: True

OctopusPrintEvaluatedVariables

Set to “True” to tell Tentacle to print the value of all variables passed to it after evaluating them. We recommend only using this setting for non-production environments.

Example: True

OctopusSkipFreeDiskSpaceCheck

Set to “True” to skip the check for available free disk space when deploying packages.

Example: True

OctopusFreeDiskSpaceOverrideInMegaBytes

The amount (in megabytes) of available free disk space we should check for (overriding the default 500MB), failing the deployment if not enough free disk space is available.

Example: 100

Octopus.Action.PowerShell.CustomPowerShellVersion

If specified, Windows PowerShell scripts will be invoked using PowerShell.exe -version {Version} where {Version} is the value you specified. Accepted values are 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0.
PowerShell Core scripts will be invoked using the installed version of PowerShell core which matches the specified value. The value must match one of the directories contained within %PROGRAMFILES%\PowerShell. Example values include 6 and 7-preview.

Example: 2.0

OctopusDeleteScriptsOnCleanup

For packaged scripts, set to “False” to keep the PreDeploy/Deploy/PostDeploy scripts in the target directory (i.e. don’t cleanup).

Example: False

Octopus.Action.Script.SuppressEnvironmentLogging

To suppress/disable the environment logging that occurs from script (eg. PowerShell or Bash Script Environment Variables logging). This only suppresses script logging and does not suppress the Octopus or Calamari environment logging.

Example: True

Octopus.Action.PowerShell.ExecuteWithoutProfile

Set to true to not run the Tentacle service account’s PowerShell profile script when running PowerShell script steps.

Example: True

OctopusSuppressDuplicateVariableWarning

Set to true to have the duplicate variable message logged as verbose instead of warning. Do this if you are aware of the duplication and that it isn’t causing any issues in your deployment.

Example: True

Octopus.Action.Package.RunScripts

Set to false to prevent scripts inside packages from executing.

Example: True

Octopus.Calamari.CopyWorkingDirectoryIncludingKeyTo

Set to a file-path and the Calamari working directory will be copied to the configured location. Copied files include the one-time key to decrypt sensitive variables More details..

Example: c:\temp\octopus-debug

Octopus.Deployment.WorkerLeaseCap

This is an opt-in variable to help distribute multiple steps referencing the same package (including container) across a worker pool. By setting this, a worker will be reused for steps up to the cap, after which another worker will be selected and reused in the same way. If all workers have reached the cap, additional steps will be spread out evenly. By default this behavior is disabled, and the same worker will be reused for all steps referencing the same package. Opt in by setting the variable to a number higher than 0.

Example: 1 - achieves a similar effect to round robin.
Example: 5 - a balance between reducing package transfer and distributing load.

Note: This value applies to both deployment processes and runbooks, as long as it’s scoped to the particular scenario.

Octopus.Task.ConcurrencyTag

Octopus will run one task at a time for a given concurrency tag. Set the variable to run tasks in parallel instead of serial or in serial instead of parallel. For example, tenanted deployments run in parallel by default. Removing tenants from the concurrency tag will run them serially: #{Octopus.Project.Id}/#{Octopus.Environment.Id}

Example: #{Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Id}/#{Octopus.Project.Id}/#{Octopus.Environment.Id}

Older versions

• Octopus.Release.Git.BranchName, Octopus.Release.Git.CommitHash and Octopus.Release.Git.Ref is available from Octopus Deploy 2021.3 onwards.
• Octopus.Web.ServerUri is available from Octopus Deploy 2019.4.0 onwards.
• Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Id, Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Name and Octopus.Deployment.Tenant.Tags is available from Octopus Deploy 3.4 onwards.

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