External Commands

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Octopus allows you to add command to the actions area or to the Tools menu to invoke external programs.  External commands can be applied with any record types in Octopus: CI, Users, Incidents, SRs, etc.

You can use this function to invoke VBScripts, Batch files, PowerShell scripts or any other program. If you can execute it from a command prompt, you can integrate it to Octopus.

Here are some examples:

  • Reboot a computer (CI)
  • Open the "C$" folder of a CI
  • Start a remote installation on a CI
  • Reset the password of a user for a specific system (Microsoft Windows, for example)
  • Disable a user in AD

The advantage of this solution is that Octopus transfers the desired parameters into an action. When you configure a command, you can use a syntax to tell Octopus how to execute those parameters. 

Examples:

  • \\server\scripts\reset_password.ps1
  • %windir%\explorer.exe
  • ping.exe


To configure external commands, go to Tools > Reference Data Management > General > External Commands.  

What you need to know :

Configuration possibilities for this feature being endless, Octopus cannot commit to offer support on the configuration of external commands and their parameters; you need to make sure to have an internal resource with the required technical knowledge.
 
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