This was resolved in the latest release of Otter (v2.0.12 at the time of posting).

Hi Alana More or less it is what I am looking for. a configuration variable from a dependency role of the current role is available at runtime I will try to explain it in a better way for a request feature Thank you :)

Hi Philippe, This is due to a packaging error on our part. That extension is actually the 1.0.7 (and 1.0.4) release, but reports its version incorrectly to Otter. This will be resolved in the next extension update.

Hello, after trying for a half hour, I was not able to get the $PSEval to successfully do any math operations for me, but something I hadn't tried in my hours of troubleshooting this is try putting the variable last and the number first, and the PSEnsure worked great at that point.

After some digging I determined that Mpa (%) types are not currently supported. I was able to get past this by embedding JSON in a scalar string, and then use %FromJson() to convert to a Map type in OtterScript.

Dean, that's great news! Thanks!

Dean, thanks for the reply. I am hoping it makes it into this release, as each server I import I have to go into the properties of each one manually and change the raft from not configured to default. While I am trying to build traction for this product, this process of touching each machine does not give a good impression. Thanks for the update!

Since I wanted all of my values in the array to be true to have success in my PSEnsure I thought of different ways I could do this. I settled on counting the items in the array, and using the fact that $true -eq 1 and $false -eq 0 to build a value that should match the count. I added this to the end: $array.ForEach({if ($) {$val += $}}) $array.Count -eq $val Thanks for your help!

Hi Benedikt, We haven't been able to reproduce this, and I don't see any instances in the installer code where SQL connections are not released immediately after being used. What do you mean that it was not possible to install SQL Express with our installer? Did it fail with an error, or was the option disabled?

Hi Clint, Sorry for the slow response. There is no current way to do this at the role level, but we could possibly add this as a feature. If you'd like it, check out our new feature request process, and we can see about assessing it. Thanks!

Here are the possible reasons for reactivation: https://inedo.com/support/documentation/various/licensing/activation#re-activation

Thank you John This is exactly what I was looking for. You save my time and I really appreciate the time you have spent to answer me Best regards

Hello Greg It is fine. I would keep a number of days instead a number of log but the result is the same :) Best regards

Hi Paul, Your best bet would probably be to use Role Dependencies - the parent role would ensure that the module is installed: # Parent Role PSEnsure ( Key: InstallDSC, Value: 0, Collect: "if(Get-Module -Name cNtfsAccessControl -List -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { exit 0 } else { exit -1 }", Configure: install-module -Name cNtfsAccessControl -Force, UseExitCode: true ); Then, in the dependent role, you can safely use the module: # Dependent Role PSDsc cNtfsAccessControl::cNtfsPermissionsInheritance ( Otter_ConfigurationKey: ApplyPermissions_Key, Path: c:\temp, PreserveInherited: true, Enabled: true ); Note that this usage of Role Dependencies will require Otter 2.0.8 or later. In any case, if you don't want to or can't use Role Dependencies, you can simply put the PSEnsure operation inside an alwaysExecute block. Does this help?

You can request it at my.inedo.com, or just ask as a note on the Otter Quote Request Form. What's nice about going through the pre-sales/quote process, is that we can work together beyond just random forum / Q&A posts, as obviously we are generally motivated to help you prove a success to enable a sale ;)

Hello Paul Here is the powershell script we are using. It is running from the server as a part of our init server script. We deploy the Otter/BuildMaster Agent and we run the script . Hope this help Regards Philippe Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [string]$API = "https://#OTTERHOST#/api", [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [string]$SERVEUR = $env:computerName ) #end param # Extract AESKey [xml]$XmlDocument = Get-Content -Path "C:\Program Files\InedoAgent\InedoAgentService.exe.config" $AESKey=($XmlDocument.configuration.appsettings.add | where-object {$_.key -eq "EncryptionKey"}).value # # Grab list of registered server # $URI=$API+"/infrastructure/servers/list" $aListServer=Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $URI -Headers @{'X-ApiKey' = '********************'} if ($aListServer.Name -contains $SERVEUR){ # # Mise à jour # $URI=$API+"/infrastructure/servers/update/"+$SERVEUR $body = @{ name="$SERVEUR"; hostname="$SERVEUR"; active=$true; serverType="windows"; port="46336"; encryptionType="AES"; encryptionKey=$AESKey } }else{ # # Creation # $URI=$API+"/infrastructure/servers/create/"+$SERVEUR $body = @{ name="$SERVEUR"; hostname="$SERVEUR"; serverType="windows"; active=$true; drift="automaticallyRemediate"; port="46336"; roles=@("Baseline"); environments=@("Integration"); encryptionType="AES"; encryptionKey=$AESKey } } # # Appel de l'API # Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -ContentType 'application/json;' -Uri $URI -Body (ConvertTo-Json $body) -Headers @{'X-ApiKey' = '********************'} #

The error is related to a database connection/query that is timing out. Based on the data you're describing (two servers... not like two million servers), this is the result of network connectivity, or a severe problem on your remote sql server (e.g. other applications consuming all resources).

Hi Greg Due to my lack of time, I stop the migration and I am still working with 1.7. Therefore, I will make some test with the new release and let you know what is going on. We are intensively using Otter for deploying and configuring SQL, IIS, File Server, ... and the migration have to be handle carefully. Best regards Philippe

Hello Great news Best Regards Philippe

Hi Dean Thanks for the reply.