Prevent Octopus from Running a Deployment Script - octopus-deploy

Question

I am deploying a package that contains a deploy.ps1 file. As you already know Octopus is running this script on deploying by default, I want to prevent it happening and run a custom script instead.

Answer 1

If you have a requirement like this, then it's better to move the powershell that starts the services to a separate build step and then tag the tentacles you want that script to run on.
In your deployment step for the service, set the start mode to "Manual"
Then have a step that starts the service, and scope that script to the environments / servers that you want to auto start
The code for the step template I use here is
{
"Id": "ActionTemplates-1",
"Name": "Enable and start service",
"Description": null,
"ActionType": "Octopus.Script",
"Version": 8,
"Properties": {
"Octopus.Action.Package.NuGetFeedId": "feeds-builtin",
"Octopus.Action.Script.Syntax": "PowerShell",
"Octopus.Action.Script.ScriptSource": "Inline",
"Octopus.Action.RunOnServer": "false",
"Octopus.Action.Script.ScriptBody": "$serviceName = $OctopusParameters[\"ServiceName\"]\n\nwrite-host \"the service is: \" $serviceName\n\n& \"sc.exe\" config $serviceName start= delayed-auto\n& \"sc.exe\" start $serviceName\n\n"
},
"Parameters": [
{
"Name": "ServiceName",
"Label": "Service Name",
"HelpText": null,
"DefaultValue": null,
"DisplaySettings": {
"Octopus.ControlType": "SingleLineText"
}
}
],
"$Meta": {
"ExportedAt": "2016-10-10T10:21:21.980Z",
"OctopusVersion": "3.3.2",
"Type": "ActionTemplate"
}
}
You may want to modify the step template as it will set the service to "Automatic - Delayed" and then start the service.

Answer 2

Are you able to move the script to a sub folder?
These scripts must be located in the root of your package
http://docs.octopusdeploy.com/display/OD/Custom+scripts
Alternatively - don't include your deploy.ps1 script in the deployment package if it should never be deployed.