Octopus - Running EXE in interactive mode
Hi,
1. Can you please describe to me if there is a method to run EXE file that has interactive console output ?
2. How Can I point with a variable to the folder where my zip package was deployed. , I tried using Octopus.Tentacle.CurrentDeployment.PackageFilePath buy it gave me empty value , Am I on the right direction ?
Thanks In Advanced,
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Support Staff 1 Posted by Alex Rolley on 03 Nov, 2017 04:33 AM
Hi,
Thanks for getting in touch!
For your first question, it depends on if you require any feedback from the interactive input. Octopus can't launch the exe natively, however once the package has been extracted you can call the exe via a Powershell script or a batch file. We have seen cases where you have to run the Tentacle process as a user account for this to work correctly. To do this you will need to stop the Tentacle service then launch Tentacle.exe manually (via c:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Tentacle\Tentacle.exe).
As for your second question, you were in the right neighbourhood. The variable that you need should be
Octopus.Action[_name_].Output.Package.InstallationDirectoryPath, where_name_needs to be replaced with the name of your deployment step.I hope that helps, please let me know if you have any other questions,
Regards,
Alex
2 Posted by eldadcohenil on 04 Nov, 2017 08:46 PM
Hi,
Thanks for the answer.
So To summarized section answer for question #1.
I need to create a PS or batch file on the target machine in ordr to run interactvily exe file.
Thanks
Support Staff 3 Posted by Alex Rolley on 06 Nov, 2017 02:57 AM
Hi,
That is correct, especially if you are waiting on that executable to finish before finishing the deployment. If you only need to launch the executable as part of your deployment that is possible using a script step within Octopus, although you may need to modify the user that the Tentacles is running as to allow the executable to launch correctly.
Regards,
Alex
4 Posted by eldadcohenil on 06 Nov, 2017 08:53 AM
OK. Thanks for the answer.
Support Staff 5 Posted by Alex Rolley on 06 Nov, 2017 11:50 PM
No problems, happy to help!
Regards,
Alex
6 Posted by eldadcohenil on 10 Nov, 2017 06:21 AM
launching Tentacle.exe manually resolved the issue
Support Staff 7 Posted by Alex Rolley on 12 Nov, 2017 11:14 PM
Hi,
Thanks for letting me know that the issue has been resolved! Please let me know if there is anything else that we can assist with.
Happy deploying!
Alex
Paul Stovell closed this discussion on 21 Feb, 2018 05:49 PM.