Built-in Operations

Artifacts

• Create Artifact - Collects all of the files in a directory, compresses them in a zip file, and saves it to the artifact library.
• Deploy Artifact - Retrieves the specified artifact from the artifact library and deploys it to a directory.

BuildMaster

• Backup Application - Exports an application to a package source.
• Create Build - Creates a new build in BuildMaster of an application, and optionally waits for it to complete.
• Create Release - Creates a release in another application.
• Create Release Note - Attaches a release note to the current release.
• Deploy Build - Deploys a build in BuildMaster of an application, and optionally waits for it to complete.
• Ensure Release - Ensures a release exists in another application.
• Invoke Module - Executes an OtterScript module stored in BuildMaster.
• Invoke OtterScript - Executes an OtterScript plan specified as a string.
• Invoke Plan - Executes an OtterScript plan stored in BuildMaster.
• Manual Operation - Halts the execution until an individual or group completes a specified task.
• Reject Build - Rejects a BuildMaster build.
• Set Build Number - Sets (changes) the build number of the currently executing build.
• Set Build Variable - Creates or updates a variable on a build.
• Set Configuration Variable - Creates or updates a variable in BuildMaster.
• Set Release Variable - Creates or updates a variable on a release or build.

Configuration Files

• Deploy Configuration File - Deploys an instance of a configuration file to disk after applying an optional template.
• Export Configuration File - Exports a configuration file instance or template to disk without recording a deployment or replacing variables.

Databases

• Backup Database - Uses a Database Connection to back up a database to a file on disk.
• Execute Database Change Scripts - Executes change scripts associated with the current release and any change scripts from prior releases that have not been run against the database to date.
• Execute Database Scripts on Disk - Finds files matching a search mask and executes those scripts against a database connection.
• Execute Database Statement - Executes a statement against a database.
• Restore Database - Uses a Database Connection to restore a database from a file on disk.

DotNet

• Build MSBuild Project - Builds a project or solution using MSBuild.
• dotnet build - Builds a .NET Core/Framework/Standard project using dotnet build.
• dotnet publish - Publishes a .NET Core/Framework/Standard project using dotnet publish.
• dotnet test - Runs unit tests on a specified test project using the dotnet test command.
• Ensure AppSetting - Ensures a .NET application configuration file has the specified appSetting key/value pair.
• Get NuGet Dependencies - Inspects a .NET build project/packages.config to return the required versions of NuGet package dependencies.
• Set Project Version - Sets the version elements in .NET project files to a specified value.
• Write Assembly Versions - Updates AssemblyVersion, AssemblyFileVersion, and AssemblyInformationalVersion Attributes (in AssemblyInfo source files).

Email

• Send Email - Sends an email message.

Executions

• Set Execution Priority - Sets the priority of the current execution. Before an execution's priority is explicitly set, it effectively has a priority of negative infinity.
• Wait for Higher Priority Executions - Waits for executions with a higher priority to complete. If the current execution has no explicitly set priority, the priority will be set to zero.

Files

• Concatenate Files - Concatenates files on a server.
• Copy Files - Copies files on a server.
• Create File - Creates a file on a server.
• Create Zip File - Creates a zip file on a server.
• Delete Files - Deletes files on a server.
• Ensure Directory - Ensures the existence of a directory on a server.
• Ensure File - Ensures the existence of a file on a server.
• Extract Zip File - Extracts a zip file on a server.
• Generate Release Notes - Generates an HTML file containing the BuildMaster release notes and/or issues from the application's issue tracking provider.
• Rename File - Renames a file on a server.
• Search/Replace File Contents - Searches a text file for a specified string and replaces it.
• Set File Attributes - Sets or clears attributes on matching files.
• Transfer Files - Copies files from a directory on a source server to a directory on a target server.

Firewall

• Ensure Firewall Rule - Ensures the existence of a firewall rule on a Windows server.

General

• Attach Package - Attaches a package to a build.
• Download File from URL - Downloads a file from a specified URL using an HTTP GET.
• Execute Process - Executes a process, logs its output, and waits until it exits.
• Execute Shell Script - Executes a specified shell script.
• Execute VSTest Tests - Runs VSTest unit tests on a specified test project, recommended for tests in VS 2012 and later.
• Invoke Operation - Invokes a specified operation by its script alias.
• SHCall - Calls a shell script that is stored as an asset.
• SHEnsure - Uses two shell scripts to Collect, and then Ensure a configuration about a server.
• Sleep - Halts the execution of operations for the specified number of seconds.
• Upload File to URL - Uploads a file to a specified URL using an HTTP POST or PUT.

HTTP

• HTTP GET Request - Executes an HTTP GET, DELETE, or HEAD request against a URL, typically used for RESTful operations.
• HTTP POST to URL - Executes an HTTP POST/PUT/PATCH request to a URL, typically used for RESTful operations.

IIS

• Ensure App Pool - Ensures the existence of an application pool on a server.
• Ensure Application - Ensures the existence of an application within an IIS site.
• Ensure Site - Ensures the existence of a site on a server.
• Ensure Site Binding - Ensures the existence of a binding on a site.
• Ensure Virtual Directory - Ensures the existence of a virtual directory within an IIS site.
• Recycle App Pool - Recycles an application pool.
• Start App Pool - Starts an IIS app pool.
• Start Site - Starts an IIS Site.
• Stop App Pool - Stops an IIS app pool.
• Stop Site - Stops an IIS Site.

Issue Tracking

• Add Comment to GitHub Issue - Adds a comment to an issue on GitHub.
• Close GitHub Issue - Closes an issue on GitHub.
• Create GitHub Issue - Creates an issue on a GitHub repository.
• Ensure GitHub Milestone - Ensures a GitHub milestone exists with the specified properties.

Network

• Ensure Hosts Entry - Ensures an entry in the hosts file on a server.

Otter

• Remediate Drift - Checks configuration status and if drifted, triggers a remediation job in Otter.
• Set Variable Value in Otter - Creates or assigns a configuration variable in Otter.

PowerShell

• Ensure DSC Resource - Ensures the configuration of a specified PowerShell DSC Resource.
• Ensure PowerShell Module - Ensures that the specified PowerShell module is installed.
• Ensure PowerShell Repository - Ensures that the specified PowerShell Repository is registered.
• PSCall - Calls a PowerShell Script that is stored as an asset.
• PSDsc - Ensures the configuration of a specified PowerShell DSC Resource.
• PSEnsure - Calls a PowerShell Ensure Script that is stored as an asset.
• PSEnsure using Scripts - Uses two PowerShell scripts to Collect, and then Ensure a configuration about a server.
• PSExec - Executes a specified PowerShell script.
• PSVerify - Uses a PowerShell script to collect configuration about a server.

ProGet

• Create Package - Creates a universal package from the specified directory.
• Ensure Package - Ensures that the contents of a ProGet package are in the specified directory.
• Get Package - Downloads the contents of a ProGet package to a specified directory.
• Install Universal Package (Preview) - Installs a universal package to the specified location using a Package Source.
• Promote Package - Promotes a package from one feed to another in a ProGet instance.
• Push Package - Uploads a universal package to a ProGet feed.
• Push Universal Package File (Preview) - Uploads a universal package file to a package source.
• Repackage Package - Creates a new package with an altered version number to a ProGet feed and adds a repackaging entry to its metadata for auditing.

Registry

• Ensure Registry Key - Ensures that a registry key exists or does not exist.
• Ensure Registry Value - Ensures that a registry value exists or does not exist on a specified key.
• Get Registry Value - Reads a value from the Windows registry and stores it in a variable.

Reports

• Artifact Comparison Report - Compares the contents of two artifacts and generates a diff report.
• Capture HTML Report from Directory - Captures all HTML files from a directory into a browsable build report.
• Capture Report from File - Captures a plain text or HTML file as a build report.
• Directory Comparison Report - Compares the contents of two directories and generates a diff report.

Servers

• Acquire Server - Acquires a server from a resource pool defined by a server role. This operation is affected by execution priority.
• Release Server - Releases a server from a resource pool if acquired previously in the execution.
• Restart Server - Restarts a server and waits for it to become available again.

Services

• Ensure Service - Ensures the configuration of a Windows service on a server.
• Start Windows Service - Starts an existing Windows service.
• Stop Windows Service - Stops an existing Windows service.

Source Control

• Ensure GitHub Release - Creates or updates a tagged release in a GitHub repository.
• Get Source from GitHub Repository - Gets the source code from a GitHub repository.
• Set GitHub Build Status - Sets a status message on a GitHub commit.
• Tag GitHub Source - Tags the source code in a GitHub repository.
• Upload GitHub Release Assets - Uploads files as attachments to a GitHub release.

UPack

• Query Package - Tests whether a universal package exists and optionally extracts its metadata.

Variables

• Apply Template - Applies full template transformation on a literal, a file, or a template asset.

Windows

• Sign Binary - Signs .exe or .dll files using an installed code signing certificate.