How to get Job Details when executing an Azure Automation Runbook

Question

Hi,

I am running a PowerShell based Runbook in Azure Automation on a Hybrid Worker and I would like to retrieve the curent job details like the JobId, JobName for ex. I am trying to record the job details and health to a SQL table to help me track stale jobs and to restart them automatically.

Is there a way to retrieve that information easily using PowerShell from within the Job itself?

Sincerely,

Tonino Bruno

Answer 1

Hello BRUNO Tonino (ENGIE IT),

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

You can use PowerShell commands. first, ensure that your runbook is connected to your Azure account. This can be done using the Connect-AzAccount cmdlet if necessary.

Use the Get-AzAutomationJob cmdlet to fetch details about the current job. You will need to specify the resource group name, automation account name, and optionally the runbook name.

# Variables
$resourceGroupName = "yourResourceGroupName"
$automationAccountName = "yourAutomationAccountName"
$runbookName = "yourRunbookName"

# Get the job details
$job = Get-AzAutomationJob -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
                           -AutomationAccountName $automationAccountName `
                           -RunbookName $runbookName

# Output job details
$jobId = $job.JobId
$jobName = $job.Runbook.Name

Write-Output "Job ID: $jobId"
Write-Output "Job Name: $jobName"

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