Custom Variables

In addition to the the regular Bamboo Variable Substitution/Definition, some tasks also support the substitution of custom variables to ease composing unique names when operating multiple AWS resources at once, for example creating EBS snapshots from a set of EBS volumes, or EC2 images from a set of EC2 instances.

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Custom Variable Support

Custom variables are currently substituted in the following task configuration text fields:

Task	Action	Fields

Task

Action

Fields

EC2 Image task

Create Image(s)

Image Name

Description

Tags

EBS Snapshot task

Create Snapshot(s)

Description

Tags

Available Custom Variables

The following custom variables are currently supported:

Namespace	Variable Name	Action Context(s)	Example

Namespace	Variable Name	Action Context(s)	Example
AWS	`${utoolity.aws.instanceId}`	Create Image(s)	`i-1a2b3c4d`
	`${utoolity.aws.volumeId}`	Create Snapshot(s)	`vol-1a2b3c4d`
ISO 8601	`${utoolity.iso8601.basicDate}`	all referenced above	`20160412`
	`${utoolity.iso8601.basicDateTime}`	./.	`20160412T231840Z`
	`${utoolity.iso8601.basicDateTimeMilliseconds}`	./.	`20160412T231840.876Z`
	`${utoolity.iso8601.basicTime}`	./.	`231840Z`
	`${utoolity.iso8601.basicTimeMilliseconds}`	./.	`231840.876Z`
	`${utoolity.iso8601.extendedDate}`	./.	`2016-04-12`
	`${utoolity.iso8601.extendedDateTime}`	./.	`2016-04-12T23:18:40:Z`
	`${utoolity.iso8601.extendedDateTimeMilliseconds}`	./.	`2016-04-12T23:18:40.876:Z`
	`${utoolity.iso8601.extendedTime}`	./.	`23:18:40:Z`
	`${utoolity.iso8601.extendedTimeMilliseconds}`	./.	`23:18:40.876:Z`