Powershell script to open browser runs properly on ISE, but does not open when run in Octopus deployment.
Attached ps1 has two steps associated.
Step 1 is executed successfully in both environment. While step 2 executes only on ISE. Please guide.
PowerShellScript.ps1 (547 Bytes)
Hi Paresh,
Thanks for reaching out. The reason why the script to open the browser works from the ISE, is because you are opening it from a Powershell interactive console that’s being executed by a logged in user (you).
Octopus doesn’t quite work that way. What it does is trigger the Powershell scripts from a windows service, which counts as a non-interactive session. For this reason you cannot open interactive things such as browsers. It is briefly explained in this StackOverflow link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19296766/powershell-start-ie-on-remote-machine-with-specific-url .
Regards,
Dalmiro
Thanks Dalmiro,
Let me give you overview of what I am trying to achieve.
After the deployment on Octopus, I want to move build files into “Desktop Module” folder under my root directory of DNN Module. And then open my DNN site in a browser.
For a testing purpose, I tried opening google.com.
Let me know if you have any other alternative to achieve this.
Regards,
Paresh Solanki
Module Lead
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Hi Paresh,
The key here is that the Tentacle (which is what executes your Powershell script) runs as a Service. When you try to open IE from a the Tentacle service, you do get to open an IExplorer.exe background process (you can see it on the Task Manager), but you cannot interact with it from the UI.
Sorry for the crappy news,
Dalmiro
Thanks for the reply Dalmiro !
Regards,
Paresh Solanki
Module Lead
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