This repository contains a PowerShell module with a DSC resource that can be used to install the Octopus Deploy Tentacle agent.

Sample

First, ensure the OctopusDSC module is on your $env:PSModulePath. Then you can create and apply configuration like this.

Configuration SampleConfig
{
    param ($ApiKey, $OctopusServerUrl, $Environments, $Roles, $ListenPort)
 
    Import-DscResource -Module OctopusDSC
 
    Node "localhost"
    {
        cTentacleAgent OctopusTentacle 
        { 
            Ensure = "Present"; 
            State = "Started"; 
 
            # Tentacle instance name. Leave it as 'Tentacle' unless you have more 
            # than one instance
            Name = "Tentacle";
 
            # Registration - all parameters required
            ApiKey = $ApiKey;
            OctopusServerUrl = $OctopusServerUrl;
            Environments = $Environments;
            Roles = $Roles;
 
            # Optional settings
            ListenPort = $ListenPort;
            DefaultApplicationDirectory = "C:\Applications"
        }
    }
}
 
SampleConfig -ApiKey "API-ABCDEF12345678910" -OctopusServerUrl "https://demo.octopusdeploy.com/" -Environments @("Development") -Roles @("web-server", "app-server") -ListenPort 10933

Start-DscConfiguration .\SampleConfig -Verbose -wait

Test-DscConfiguration

Settings

When Ensure is set to Present, the resource will:

1. Download the Tentacle MSI from the internet
2. Install the MSI
3. Configure Tentacle in listening mode on the specified port (10933 by default)
4. Add a Windows firewall exception for the listening port
5. Register the Tentacle with your Octopus server, using the registration settings

When Ensure is set to Absent, the resource will:

1. De-register the Tentacle from your Octopus server, using the registration settings
2. Delete the Tentacle windows service
3. Uninstall using the MSI

When State is Started, the resource will ensure that the Tentacle windows service is running. When Stopped, it will ensure the service is stopped.

Drift

Currently the resource only considers the Ensure and State properties when testing for drift.

This means that if you set Ensure to Present to install Tentacle, then later set it to Absent, testing the configuration will return $false. Likewise if you set the State to Stopped and the service is running.

However, if you were to set the ListenPort to a new port, the drift detection isn't smart enough to check the old configuration, nor update the registered machine. You'll need to uninstall and reinstall for these other settings to take effect.

Development

If you are making changes to the module, keep in mind that your changes may not be loaded, as the module gets cached by WmiPrvSE. You can use the following command to kill WmiPrvSE:

Stop-Process -Name WmiPrvSE -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | out-null