Run Runbook Buildkite Plugin

This is a Buildkite plugin to run a runbook in Octopus Deploy.

This plugin requires Octopus CLI to be installed on the Buildkite agent.

Runbooks in Octopus Deploy

Runbooks automate routine maintenance and emergency operations tasks, such as infrastructure provisioning, database management, and website failover and restoration. Runbooks include all the necessary permissions for the infrastructure they run on, so anybody on the team can execute the runbook, and because they’re managed in Octopus there’s a complete audit trail. Runbooks can be parameterized with prompted variables so that human interaction is required.

Examples

Incorporate the following step in your pipeline.yml to create a release in Octopus Deploy:

Basic examples

Run a runbook using the published snapshot

steps:
  - label: ":octopus-deploy: Run runbook in Octopus Deploy"
    plugins: 
      - OctopusDeploy/run-runbook#v0.1.1:
          api_key: "${MY_OCTOPUS_API_KEY}"
          environments: "Test"
          project: "Hello World"
          runbook: "Greeting"
          server: "${MY_OCTOPUS_SERVER}"

Run a runbook using a specific snapshot

steps:
  - label: ":octopus-deploy: Run runbook in Octopus Deploy"
    plugins: 
      - OctopusDeploy/run-runbook#v0.1.1:
          api_key: "${MY_OCTOPUS_API_KEY}"
          environments: "Test"
          project: "Hello World"
          runbook: "Greeting"
          server: "${MY_OCTOPUS_SERVER}"
          snapshot: "KGHSL3L"

Run a runbook in multiple environments

steps:
  - label: ":octopus-deploy: Run a runbook in Octopus Deploy"
    plugins: 
      - OctopusDeploy/run-runbook#v0.1.1:
          api_key: "${MY_OCTOPUS_API_KEY}"
          environments:
            - "Dev"
            - "Test"
          project: "Hello World"
          runbook: "Greeting"
          server: "${MY_OCTOPUS_SERVER}"

Configuring

OCTOPUS_CLI_SERVER

Your Octopus Server URL should be set to this environment variable, or you can use server in the steps of your pipeline instead.

OCTOPUS_CLI_API_KEY

Your Octopus Server API key should be set to this environment variable, either in your pipeline’s environment variable settings or exposed in an environment hook. If you need different keys for different steps in your pipeline use api_key instead.

📥 Inputs

The following input is required:

Name	Description
environments	A comma-delimited list of environments in Octopus Deploy in which to run (i.e. “Dev,Test,Prod”).
project	The name or ID of the project associated with this runbook.
runbook	The name or ID of the runbook. If the name is supplied, the project input value must also be specified.

The following inputs are optional:

Name	Description	Default
api_key	The environment variable that is configured with your Octopus Server API key used to access Octopus Deploy. Use this if you need to specify different keys for different steps in your pipeline.
cancel_on_timeout	Cancel the deployment if deployment_timeout is exceeded (default: 10 minutes).	false
config_file	The path to a configuration file of default values with one key=value per line.
debug	Enable debug logging.	false
exclude_machines	A comma-separated list of machine names to exclude in the deployed environment. If empty, all machines in the environment will be considered.
force_package_download	Force download of installed packages.	false
guided_failure	Use Guided Failure mode.	false
ignore_ssl_errors	Ignore certificate errors when communicating with Octopus Deploy. Warning: enabling this option creates a security vulnerability.	false
log_level	The log level; valid options are verbose, debug, information, warning, error, and fatal.	debug
no_raw_log	Print the raw log of failed tasks.	false
no_run_after	The time at which scheduled runbook run should expire, specified as any valid DateTimeOffset format, and assuming the time zone is the current local time zone.
password	The password to used to authenticate with Octopus Deploy. It is strongly recommended to retrieve this value from a GitHub secret.
proxy	The URL of a proxy to use (i.e. https://proxy.example.com).
proxy_password	The password used to connect to a proxy. It is strongly recommended to retrieve this value from a GitHub secret. If proxy_username and proxy_password are omitted and proxy is specified, the default credentials are used.
proxy_username	The username used to connect to a proxy. It is strongly recommended to retrieve this value from a GitHub secret.
raw_log_file	Redirect the raw log of failed tasks to a file.
run_at	The time at which runbook run should start (scheduled run), specified as any valid DateTimeOffset format, and assuming the time zone is the current local time zone.
run_check_sleep_cycle	The length of time that should elapse between runbook run status checks (format: HH:MM:SS).	00:00:10
run_timeout	The maximum length of time that the console session will wait for the runbook run to finish. Note: This will not stop the run. This input requires the wait_for_run input value to be true (format: HH:MM:SS).	00:10:00
server	The base URL hosting Octopus Deploy (i.e. https://octopus.example.com). It is recommended to retrieve this value from an environment variable.
show_progress	Show progress of the runbook.	false
skip	Skip a step by name.
snapshot	The name or ID of the snapshot to run. If not supplied, this action will attempt to use the published snapshot.
space	The name or ID of a space within which this command will be executed. If omitted, the default space will be used.
specific_machines	A comma-separated list of machine names to target in the deployed environment. If not specified all machines in the environment will be considered.
tenant	Create a deployment for the tenant with this name or ID; specify this argument multiple times to add multiple tenants or use a wildcard (*) to deploy to all tenants who are ready for this release (according to lifecycle).
tenant_tag	Create a deployment for tenants matching this tag; specify this argument multiple times to build a query/filter with multiple tags.
timeout	A timeout value for network operations (in seconds).	600
username	The username used to authenticate with Octopus Deploy. You must provide api_key or username and password. It is strongly recommended to retrieve this value from a GitHub secret.
variable	Values for any prompted variables (format: Label:Value). For JSON values, embedded quotation marks should be escaped with a backslash.
wait_for_run	Indicates whether or not to wait synchronously for deployment to finish.	false

Developing

To run the tests:

docker-compose run --rm tests

To lint the plugin:

docker-compose run --rm lint