Create and Octopus Project Variable

CreateOctopusVariable.ps1

#Config
$OctopusURL = "" #Octopus URL
 
$APIKey = "" #Octopus APIKey
 
$projectname = "" #Name of the project
 
$Name = "" #Name of the variable
 
$Value = "" #Value of the variable
 
#Loading Octopus libraries and craeting a connection
 
#Easiest way to get these dlls is to find them
#on the tentacle/Octopus install dir like i'm doing here
#or to download them from here https://www.nuget.org/packages/Octopus.Client/
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Tentacle\Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Tentacle\Octopus.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Octopus Deploy\Tentacle\Octopus.Platform.dll"
 
$endpoint = new-object Octopus.Client.OctopusServerEndpoint ($OctopusURL, $APIKey)
$c = new-object Octopus.Client.OctopusRepository $endpoint
 
 
#Getting the project by name
$project = $c.Projects.FindByName($projectname)
 
#Getting the project's variable set
$variableSet = $c.VariableSets.Get($project.links.variables)
 
 
#Creating a variable object and adding mandatory values to it
 
$newVariable = New-Object Octopus.Client.Model.VariableResource
 
$newVariable.name = $name
$newVariable.Value = $value
$newVariable.IsSensitive = $false #Set to $true if you want to treat this variable as sensitive
 
#Scope examples
#$newVariable.Scope.Add([Octopus.platform.Model.Scopefield]::Environment, (New-Object Octopus.Platform.Model.ScopeValue("Environments-1","Environments-2")))
#$newVariable.Scope.Add([Octopus.platform.Model.Scopefield]::Role, (New-Object Octopus.Platform.Model.ScopeValue("WebServer","Database")))
#$newVariable.Scope.Add([Octopus.platform.Model.Scopefield]::Machine, (New-Object Octopus.Platform.Model.ScopeValue("Machines-1")))
#$newVariable.Scope.Add([Octopus.platform.Model.Scopefield]::Action, (New-Object Octopus.Platform.Model.ScopeValue("7455dcd0-c3b3-4ea0-a4c5-58acb6d0a855")))
 
#adding new variable to variable set 
$variableSet.Variables.Add($newVariable)
 
#Saving variable set changes to DB
$variableSet = $c.VariableSets.Modify($variableSet)