is it possible passing winrm(powershell) scripts output from a job to another?

[mutlu özel]

Hello All,

I have two powershell script and i want to transfer the output from first script to second script.

for example;

first script include only below command;

hostname

the second script needs to return value from first script output for ping example;

ping $returnValue

Could you please help me, how can i collect the output from ps1 script and how do i transfer the data to another job?

note: i already read the global variable and log filter options but i didn't understood. 

if it is easy, could you please explain me on above example

many thanks for your help

best regards

mutlu

[Reiner Acuña]

Hey Mutlu,

Let's do it:

You can pass data between steps, jobs, and scripts using data passing feature, please take a look:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao2SvpspWl4

I did a basic example with two PowerShell scripts, the first generates value and the second uses an argument to get the first value. Rundeck get the value of the first script (using a regex to store on a ${data.xxx} variable and pass as argument to the second script.

script1.ps1:

$strString = "file=myfile"
write-host $strString

script2.ps1:

param (
  [string]$server = "default-data"
 )
 write-output $server

And here the job definition:

<joblist>
  <job>
    <defaultTab>summary</defaultTab>
    <description></description>
    <executionEnabled>true</executionEnabled>
    <id>fbeacd6f-929f-41f8-a151-89e449457a49</id>
    <loglevel>INFO</loglevel>
    <name>JobExample</name>
    <nodeFilterEditable>false</nodeFilterEditable>
    <scheduleEnabled>true</scheduleEnabled>
    <sequence keepgoing='false' strategy='node-first'>
      <command>
        <exec>echo "starting..."</exec>
      </command>
      <command>
        <fileExtension>ps1</fileExtension>
        <plugins>
          <LogFilter type='key-value-data'>
            <config>
              <logData>true</logData>
              <name>str</name>
              <regex>.*file=(.*).*</regex>
            </config>
          </LogFilter>
        </plugins>
        <scriptargs />
        <scriptfile>C:\rundeck\projects\ProjectPOWERSHELL/script1.ps1</scriptfile>
        <scriptinterpreter>powershell.exe</scriptinterpreter>
      </command>
      <command>
        <fileExtension>ps1</fileExtension>
        <scriptargs>${data.str}</scriptargs>
        <scriptfile>C:\rundeck\projects\ProjectPOWERSHELL\script2.ps1</scriptfile>
        <scriptinterpreter>powershell.exe</scriptinterpreter>
      </command>
    </sequence>
    <uuid>fbeacd6f-929f-41f8-a151-89e449457a49</uuid>
  </job>
</joblist>

A good place to understand more this way of passing data is this thread, take a look if you want:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rundeck-discuss/aAVnfz98Wps

Hope it helps!

[mutlu özel]

Hello Reiner,

I successfully applied your example and it worked. Many thanks for your help

I have last two question, could you please help me;

- Question-1: I understood, we can transfer the string data between steps with key-value-data ${data.str} in the same job, but i want to transfer the data to another job. Can we transfer the same data to another job? 

- Question-2: how can i transfer the array data, between steps and/or between jobs? ( for example; i used sql select command and returned hundreds records on first step. And i want to transfer all records to second step or to different job )

Best Regards

Mutlu

[Reiner Acuña]

Hello Mutlu,

Question 1:

Yes, you can do it using Job Reference Step: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/manual/node-steps/builtin-node-steps.html#job-reference-step

I did a little basic example to see that:

Job1 (Parent job):

<joblist>

<job>

<defaultTab>nodes</defaultTab>

<description></description>

<executionEnabled>true</executionEnabled>

<id>80156d9b-5279-49dd-bb45-1e349224b170</id>

<loglevel>INFO</loglevel>

<name>JobONE</name>

<nodeFilterEditable>false</nodeFilterEditable>

<scheduleEnabled>true</scheduleEnabled>

<sequence keepgoing='false' strategy='node-first'>

<command>

<plugins>

<LogFilter type='key-value-data'>

<config>

<logData>true</logData>

<regex>^(MYKEY1)\s*=\s*(.+)$</regex>

</config>

</LogFilter>

</plugins>

<script><![CDATA[echo "MYKEY1=value-one"

echo "MYKEY2=value-two"

echo "MYKEY3=value-three"

]]></script>

<scriptargs />

</command>

<command>

<jobref name='JobTWO' nodeStep='true'>

<arg line='-myoption ${data.MYKEY1}' />

<uuid>a204db10-4ee2-4041-b3e5-ef6087de6908</uuid>

</jobref>

</command>

</sequence>

<uuid>80156d9b-5279-49dd-bb45-1e349224b170</uuid>

</job>

</joblist>

Job2 (Child job):

<joblist>

<job>

<context>

<options preserveOrder='true'>

<option name='myoption' />

</options>

</context>

<defaultTab>nodes</defaultTab>

<description></description>

<executionEnabled>true</executionEnabled>

<id>a204db10-4ee2-4041-b3e5-ef6087de6908</id>

<loglevel>INFO</loglevel>

<name>JobTWO</name>

<nodeFilterEditable>false</nodeFilterEditable>

<scheduleEnabled>true</scheduleEnabled>

<sequence keepgoing='false' strategy='node-first'>

<command>

<exec>echo "the value of first job is: ${option.myoption}"</exec>

</command>

</sequence>

<uuid>a204db10-4ee2-4041-b3e5-ef6087de6908</uuid>

</job>

</joblist>

Question 2:

Take a look to this plugin: https://github.com/rundeck-plugins/multiline-regex-datacapture-filter

Regards!

[mutlu özel]

It  worked, many thanks and thank you for your support.

Best Regards

Mutlu