DSC powershell script throws error but Octopus ignores it and moves to next step

Octopus Server
1

I am trying to install an MSI using DSC script and even if there is a failure while installing the MSI and error displayed in Octopus the deployment does not fail and that step is displayed with only a warning.I have tried adding try/catch,$ErrorActionPreference = “Stop”, error count but nothing is working.
The error is clearly displayed in the logs attached as well as octopus deployment step:

PNG
ErrorInStep.PNG.jpg1671×403 175 KB

warningShown
warningShown.PNG1511×257 30.3 KB

I even tried to change the flag to -
Required This step is required and cannot be skipped

Please suggest

2

Hi Team,
Adding -ErrorAction Stop to DscOnfiguration helped in this case.
Start-DscConfiguration -Path $path -ComputerName localhost -Wait -Verbose -Force -ErrorAction Stop

Thanks
Saurabh

4

Hi Saurabh,

That is fantastic news that you’ve worked out the error. Thank you for letting us know what you’ve discovered.

If you haven’t seen it yet, there’s also this run-through of how Octopus handles Error reporting from Powershell.

https://octopus.com/docs/deployment-examples/custom-scripts/error-handling

Best Regards,

Dane