Config values from workflows

[diellenne]

Would be really handy being able to read the values defined in a pack configuration file directly from a workflow definition; at the moment the only way I found to use configuration values in a workflow is to add the needed values in the output of an action and then publish them in the workflow'...in this way works but is not really a clean solution.

[LindsayHill]

@diellenne you should keep an eye on this PR https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/pull/3183 - I think that will address your requirements?

[diellenne]

If it's also supporting Mistral, yes! :)

[jaf-jaf]

it would be a useful feature for our workflows too

[nmaludy]

As a workaround, until this is implemented, you can use the config_context in your workflow's action metadata to a default value from the config

Example:

parameters:
    config_username:
        type: "string"
        description: "Username from the pack's config"
        required: true
        immutable: true
        default: "{{ config_context.username }}"

[nmaludy]

+1 on this, @Thibault in Slack just asked for this feature (config context in mistral workflow)

[thibault]

No I did'nt :) Wrong @thibault.

[nmaludy]

+1 dalord on Slack just asked for this

[mjtice]

+1, this would be great.

[lemeur]

Maybe not @thibault, but @lemeur (who is a Thibault... nobody's perfect) So I vote +1

[nschagen]

+1 ! What is the status on this?

[jesvilnie]

Seems that this feature is still not implemented and is really required for the new Orchesta workflows.

I see it really necessary for correctly implementing packs and workflows.

It would also be good to be able to access to st2.user.config values from the workflow and from the actions too.