Installing the Tentacle VM extension via the Azure CLI

The VM extension is deprecated and no longer supported. All customers using the VM extension should migrate to DSC.

The VM Extension can be installed onto a virtual machine via the Azure command line. The instructions are slightly different depending on whether you are using the Resource model or the Classic model.

Refer to the configuration structure for information regarding the format of the publicSettings.json and privateSettings.json files mentioned in these examples.

If you need more the ability to customize more of the installation, you might want to consider using the Azure Desired State Configuration (DSC) extension in conjunction with the OctopusDSC resource.

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) mode

To install the extension on a VM:

$ azure config mode arm
info:    Executing command config mode
info:    New mode is arm
info:    config mode command OK

$ azure vm extension set --resource-group "<resource-group-name>" --vm-name "<vm-name>" --name "OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle" --publisher-name "OctopusDeploy.Tentacle" --version "2.0" --public-config-path "publicSettings.json" --private-config-path "privateSettings.json"
info:    Executing command vm extension set
info:    Looking up the VM "<vm-name>"
info:    Installing extension "OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle", VM: "<vm-name>"
info:    vm extension set command OK

To find out what extension versions are available:

$ azure vm extension-image list --publisher "OctopusDeploy.Tentacle" --location "<azure-region>"
info:    Executing command vm extension list
+ Getting virtual machine extension image types (Publisher: "OctopusDeploy.Tentacle" Location:"<azure-region>")
Publisher               Type                          Version  Location
----------------------  ----------------------------  -------  -------------
OctopusDeploy.Tentacle  OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle  2.0.49   australiaeast
OctopusDeploy.Tentacle  OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle  2.0.50   australiaeast
OctopusDeploy.Tentacle  OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle  2.0.54   australiaeast
...

To find out what extensions are installed on a VM:

$ azure vm extension get --resource-group "<resource-group-name>" --vm-name" <vm-name>"
+ Looking up the VM "<vm-name>"
data:    Publisher          Name                        Version  State
data:    -----------------  --------------------------  -------  --------
data:    Microsoft.Compute  WinRMCustomScriptExtension  1.4      Creating
info:    vm extension get command OK

To remove an extension from a VM:

$ azure vm extension set --uninstall --quiet --resource-group "<resource-group-name>" --vm-name "<vm-name>" --name "OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle" --publisher-name "OctopusDeploy.Tentacle" --version "2.0"
Executing command vm extension set
Looking up the VM "<vm-name>"
Looking up extension "OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle", VM: "<vm-name>"
Uninstalling extension "OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle", VM: "<vm-name>"
vm extension set command OK

Azure Service Management (ASM/Classic) mode

To install the extension on a VM:

$ azure config mode asm
info:    Executing command config mode
info:    New mode is asm
info:    config mode command OK

$ azure vm extension set "<vm-name>" "OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle" "OctopusDeploy.Tentacle" "2.0" --public-config-path "publicSettings.json" --private-config-path "privateSettings.json"
info:    Executing command vm extension set
info:    Getting virtual machines
info:    Updating vm extension
info:    vm extension set command OK

To find out what extension versions are available:

$ azure vm extension list --publisher-name "OctopusDeploy.Tentacle"
info:    Executing command vm extension list
+ Getting extensions
data:    Publisher                       : OctopusDeploy.Tentacle
data:    Name                            : OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle
data:    Version                         : 2.0
data:    Label                           : Octopus Deploy Tentacle
...

To find out what extensions are installed on a VM:

$ azure vm extension get "<vm-name>"
info:    Executing command vm extension get
+ Getting virtual machines
data:    Publisher             Extension name   ReferenceName              Version  State
data:    --------------------  ---------------  -------------------------  -------  ------
data:    OctopusDeploy.Ten...  OctopusDeplo...  OctopusDeployWindowsTe...  2.0      Enable
info:    vm extension get command OK

To remove an extension from a VM:

$ azure vm extension set --uninstall "<vm-name>" "OctopusDeployWindowsTentacle" "OctopusDeploy.Tentacle" "2.0"
info:    Executing command vm extension set
info:    Getting virtual machines
info:    Uninstalling vm extension
info:    vm extension set command OK

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