Prerequisites

  • Azure account.
You can see my previous article of this series at the following link:
Azure Automation: Create An Azure Automation And Azure Run Book - Part One
Now, let's get started with the steps, given below:

Add activities to the Runbook

Step 1: In the Library control, click the search textbox and type Write-Output. The search results will be displayed below:



Step 2: Next, click Write-Output and select Add to canvas.



Step 3: Next, click the Write-Output activity on the canvas. Type Label Name and select the InputObject parameter. Next, in the data source dropdown, select PowerShell expression. Finally, in the Expression box, type "Hello Run Book" and then click OK twice to return to the canvas.

Expression

Step 4: Next, save the Runbook by clicking Save.

Save

Test the Runbook

Step 5: Click Test pane to open the Test blade.



Step 6: Click Start to start the test.



After some time, the Runbook job completes and its output is displayed.



Summary: In this article, we discussed how to add activities and test to the Azure Runbook in Azure portal.