Define and use variables

Getting Started - Variables

Octopus allows you to define variables and scope them for use in different phases of your deployments. Variables allow you to have a consistent deployment process across your infrastructure without having to hard-code or manually update configuration settings that differ across environments, deployment targets, channels, or tenants.

1. From the Hello world project you created earlier, click Variables in the left menu.
2. Enter Helloworld.Greeting into the variable name column on the first row of the table.
3. Add Hello, Development into the value column.
4. Click the Scope column and select the Development environment.
5. Click ADD ANOTHER VALUE button.
6. Add Hello, Test and scope it to the Test environment.
7. Click ADD ANOTHER VALUE button.
8. Add Hello, Production and scope it to the Production environment.
9. Click the SAVE button.

Steps in the deployment process can reference the variables.

1. Click Process on the left menu.
2. Select the previously created Run a Script step.
3. Replace the inline source code script based on your selected language:

Write-Host $OctopusParameters["Helloworld.Greeting"]

greeting=$(get_octopusvariable "Helloworld.Greeting")
echo $greeting

4. Click the SAVE button and create a new release.

As you promote through the environments, you will see the greeting change.

The next step will add an approval process using manual interventions.

Further Reading

For further reading on variables in Octopus Deploy please see:

• Variable Documentation
• Deployment Documentation
• Patterns and Practices

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Page updated on Sunday, January 1, 2023