Release Management vNext component deployment location

Question

Is there a way to modify the target location of the deployments for vNext templates? They all go to the following default location.

C:\Windows\DtlDownloads\ComponentName

Also, is there a way to acquire the name of the vNext deployment component dynamically so that it can be used by a PowerShell script?

I am currently using Update 4.

Answer 1

To override the default location where components are copied on the target machine - you can define a global variable (go to settings tab -> global configuration variables) called applicationpathroot and give it whatever value you want.

Also, the ComponentName variable is available to the powershell scripts.

As a general rule, all the configuration variables that you see on the workflow designer, and the implicit variables that you define with the actions (the +,- icons on the deploy actions) are passed down to the scripts.