Detect script is running under octopus or not

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i have an azure powershell / pester script we’re using to check the deployment, or that the resurces are in the same state they were deployed in. I need to hard code the environment variables at the start if i can’t use variable substitution. I thought i could do something like

if ($octopus) {
  $env = "#{env}"
} else {
  $env = "DR"
}

but $octopus doesnt work. is there a collection of parameters that i can check if it exists to prove that the script is running under octopus?

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Hi Matthew,

Thanks for getting in touch! All of the system variables we create can be found here: https://octopus.com/docs/deploying-applications/variables/system-variables and how you can reference them in PowerShell can be found here https://octopus.com/docs/deploying-applications/custom-scripts#Customscripts-VariablesinPowerShellscripts (not for example that Octopus.Task.Name can be either $OctopusParameters["Octopus.Task.Name"] or $OctopusTaskName.

I’d probably just check for if($OctopusParameters).

Hope that helps!

Mark