Azure/Azure Devops + az extension

What is Azure DevOps:

• Azure Repos - SCM/VCS system hosted in Azure
• Azure Pipelines - Build, test, release automations
• Azure Boards - Kanban board; JIRA like to track work, code defects, issues using Kanban or Scrum
• Azure Test Plans
• Azure Artifacts - share Maven, npm, NuGet from private and public sources

dotnet commands reference

dotnet restore **/*.csproj # Restores the dependencies and tools of a project
dotnet build               # Builds a project and all of its dependencies
dotnet test **/*[Tt]ests/*.csproj # .NET test driver used to execute unit tests
dotnet publish # Publishes the application and its dependencies to a folder for deployment to a hosting system

az-cli with azure-devops extension

<syntaxhighlightjs lang="bash"> az extension list az extension show --name azure-devops az extension add --name azure-devops [

 {
   "experimental": false,
   "extensionType": "whl",
   "name": "azure-devops",
   "path": "/home/piotr/.azure/cliextensions/azure-devops",
   "preview": false,
   "version": "0.18.0"
 }

] az login # login to get subscription level authentication az devops login # login to Azure DevOps Token: **** # <- generate a token in AzureDevops > UserSerrings > Personal tokens

1. Optional set default organization and project, or add them per each command

az devops configure --defaults organization=https://dev.azure.com/contoso project=ContosoWebApp

1. 1. List all repos
2. Linux

az repos list --organization=https://dev.azure.com/contoso/ --project=ContosoWebApp --query '[].{Name:name, Url:remoteUrl}' -o json | jq -r .[].Name

1. PowerShell

(az repos list --query '[].{Name:name, Url:remoteUrl}' -o json | ConvertFrom-Json) | %{ git clone $_.Url } </syntaxhighlightjs>

Azure pipeline agents

Software included:

• ubuntu 18.04

Environment:

# Default working directory, also where repos get cloned
$(Build.SourcesDirectory): /home/vsts/work/1/s

# Published artifacts
cd ../name-of-artifact/

# Layout
$pwd; cd .. # level up from pwd
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts docker 4096 Sep  1 22:11 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Sep  1 22:11 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Sep  1 22:11 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Sep  1 22:11 a # pipeline artifact dir
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Sep  1 22:11 b # binaries directory
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Sep  1 22:11 s # source directory often $PWD, where the repo code gets checked out
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Sep  1 22:11 name-of-artifact

# Layout env variables, executed from a pipeline on the agent 
$ grep -e "DIRECTORY\|^AGENT" /tmp/1 | sort
AGENT_ACCEPTTEEEULA=True
AGENT_BUILDDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work/1
AGENT_DISABLELOGPLUGIN_TESTFILEPUBLISHERPLUGIN=true
AGENT_DISABLELOGPLUGIN_TESTRESULTLOGPLUGIN=true
AGENT_HOMEDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/agents/2.174.1
AGENT_ID=9
AGENT_JOBNAME=terraform plan
AGENT_JOBSTATUS=Succeeded
AGENT_MACHINENAME=fv-az605
AGENT_NAME=Hosted Agent
AGENT_OSARCHITECTURE=X64
AGENT_OS=Linux
AGENT_READONLYVARIABLES=true
AGENT_RETAINDEFAULTENCODING=false
AGENT_ROOTDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work
AGENT_TEMPDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work/_temp
AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY=/opt/hostedtoolcache
AGENT_VERSION=2.174.1
AGENT_WORKFOLDER=/home/vsts/work
BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work/1/a
BUILD_BINARIESDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work/1/b
BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work/1/s
BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work/1/a
COMMON_TESTRESULTSDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work/1/TestResults
RUNNER_TOOLSDIRECTORY=/opt/hostedtoolcache
SYSTEM_ARTIFACTSDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work/1/a
SYSTEM_DEFAULTWORKINGDIRECTORY=/home/vsts/work/1/s

$(Build.SourcesDirectory)
$(Build.Repository.LocalPath)

Pipeline variables

Variables are available in expressions as well as scripts; see variables to learn more about how to use them. There are some predefined build and release variables you can also rely on. Syntax

regionName    : "${{ variables.aws_region }}"
regionName    : $(aws_region)

Pipeline tasks

• aws-toolkit-azure-devops set of tasks

Conditions

parameters:
- name: enabled
  type: boolean
  default: false

stages:
  - stage: ${{ parameters.stage_name_prefix }}_build
    condition: and(succeeded(), eq('${{ parameters.enabled }}', 'true'))
    displayName: ${{parameters.stage_display_name}}
    jobs:

Resources

• azuredevopsdemogenerator

Code Assessment Tools

• Security Tools
• SonarCloud
• SonarAnalyzer
• FxCop - check your code for security, performance, and design issues by Microsoft