It can be frustrating when a deployment step isn’t working as expected. Often the working directory is deleted before it is able to be inspected.
A handy way to debug is by using the project variable Octopus.Calamari.CopyWorkingDirectoryIncludingKeyTo, which if set to a file-path will cause the Calamari working directory to be copied to the configured location. The file-path location is local to the deployment target, so setting the value to c:\temp or #{Octopus.Agent.ProgramDirectoryPath}/#{Octopus.Release.Number} will copy the working directory to these folders on each of the targets.
The copied directory will include a file which contains the secret one-time key passed to Calamari to decrypt the sensitive variables used in the deployment.
This directory (or at least the Variable.secret file) should be deleted once no longer required.
This variable was created primarily for use by Octopus staff during development. We have documented it publicly as it has proven useful to our customers on occasion. Please use it only for debugging purposes. Do not rely on this behavior as part of your deployment process, as there is no guarantee it will not be removed in the future.
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Page updated on Sunday, January 1, 2023