I'm looking to create a release code generator in Azure DevOps for yaml pipeline. I would like to know if there's a way to create a task or something that will allow my pipelines to create a mechanical release note.
I've tried searching online and I still am. The only problem so far is I've only found documentation for classic pipelines and not yaml
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Our team uses Azure Dev Ops for our source control and release pipelines. The release pipelines are not included in our source control and are created through ADO UI. These can be very complex; I exported one release and it was 7500 lines of json. I would like these pipeline definitions to be in the same source control as our source code for easy maintenance and review.
I see that there are tools for exporting the pipeline definition to json and an option in the UI to create a pipeline by importing json. Is there a pattern to use automation to leverage these import/export functions and have a pipeline that is updated based on the definition in my repo?
We are currently just using the UI to update the pipelines without any additional version control or review controls. I'm expecting some functionality like GitHub Actions where the pipeline definition is contained within the repo and automation picks up the files.
If you want to version control your pipelines, I suggest that you start using the yaml pipelines that exist in Azure Devops.
These can handle both build and release pipelines. The "Releases" tab in the GUI becomes obsolete, as all pipelines (both build and release) instead show up in the "Pipelines" tab. For release pipelines, use the deployment job type, which gives you access to automatic artifact handling and environment management.
Edit: So to answer the actual question, I do not know any way to version control the GUI (classic) pipelines. My strong recommendation is to migrate to yaml pipelines.
I have Azure YAML pipelines that have been created long back and I am now looking into migrating my existing devops solutions form Azure to Github Actions.
How do I approach migrating / translating existing pipelines from Azure DevOps to Github Actions?
Manually translating each ADO Pipeline is not something that would be consider a feasible solution for the number of pipelines I have.
Reference Links:
Azure DevOps Pipelines: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/yaml-schema/?view=azure-pipelines
Github Actions: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
Simply put: I need to convert my existing ADO pipelines to Github Actions
I am thinking of building a tool to serve this purpose of converting Azure DevOps pipelines to Github Actions but need ideas on how to approach this problem.
From Leo Liu's answer, May 2022:
I am afraid there is no such out of box extension or tool to batch Convert Azure Pipelines YAML to Github Actions YAML at this moment.
Update:
Introducing GitHub Actions Importer (Nov. 2022)
We’ve launched a public preview of GitHub Actions Importer, which helps you forecast, plan, and automate migrations from your current CI/CD tool to GitHub Actions.
Doing individual migrations is relatively easy in isolation.
However, for those that have a large and established CI/CD footprint, having tooling available to assist with migrations is key to their ability to adopt Actions at scale.
In the time that we’ve been developing and using GitHub Actions Importer in its private preview form, we’ve encountered numerous customers that have thousands of pipelines—even in excess of 15K—in their legacy environments that need to be migrated.
GitHub Actions Importer is designed to help when manual migration is not feasible, such as when users have a large number of teams that depend on hundreds or thousands of workflows.
To learn more, see Automating migrations with GitHub Actions Importer and the announcement post on the GitHub blog.
Sign up here to request access to the public preview.
So check it out: it does list Azure DevOps in its Supported CI platforms.
How to Batch Convert Azure Pipelines YAML to Github Actions YAML?
I am afraid there is no such out of box extension or tool to batch Convert Azure Pipelines YAML to Github Actions YAML at this moment.
There is a tool to make migrations between Azure Pipelines YAML and GitHub Actions YAML easier for one YAML file at a time:
Convert Azure Pipelines YAML to GitHub Actions YAML
But the tool for batch convert doesn't seem to exist yet.
How do I customize the "Pipeline" tab in Azure Devps (Image 1) so that it is renamed to "Builds" (Image 2)?
Rename “Pipelines” to “Builds” in ADO
Sorry for any inconvenience.
This behavior is by designed and is not an issue. There is no way to fix it at present.
Azure devops team working on an updated user experience to manage our pipelines. These updates make the pipelines experience modern and consistent with the direction of Azure DevOps.
Moreover, these updates bring together classic build pipelines and multi-stage YAML pipelines into a single experience. It is mobile-friendly and brings various improvements to how you manage your pipelines.
You could check the document Azure DevOps Pipelines – Multi-Stage Pipelines and YAML for Continuous Delivery for some more details.
Since Multi-Stage Pipelines and YAML for Continuous Delivery introduced, Builds are no longer just a single build as before, but also include the CD part. At this time, Builds are no longer suitable as tabs, so they are changed to Pipelines.
This is a modification of product update progress.
This question already has answers here:
Migrating existing (entire) Azure DevOps pipeline to YAML based pipelines (in bulk)
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I have a number of existing build and release pipelines defined using the classic interface, but I'm switching over to using the newer YAML pipelines and templates. Converting the existing classic pipelines to YAML pipelines would be too much work, but I would like to define any new pipelines using YAML pipelines and templates. Would there be a way to still use the newly defined YAML templates from the existing classic pipelines if necessary?
Edit: to clarify, this is not a question about how to bulk migrate classic pipelines to YAML, but about using YAML templates in classic pipelines.
No. This is not possible. In terms of moving from Classic to YAML the Azure DevOps team works on tool which should help converting this. However, this is not ready yet. I check status of the task and it was moved again to planned.
Description of above mentioned task:
We'll add a migration tool to help convert your classic build pipelines to YAML. While there is a gesture to generate a snippet of YAML for selected tasks in the classic editor, there has been enough feedback from customers calling for a more complete experience to support this migration.
In the upcoming Sprint 178-Update, we will introduce a new "export to YAML" feature for designer build pipelines. Save your pipeline definition, then find "Export to YAML" on the ... menu.
The new full export replaces the "View as YAML" function found in the build editor. The older function was incomplete as it could only inspect what the web UI knew about the build, which sometimes led to incorrect YAML. The new feature takes into account exactly how the pipeline will be processed and has full fidelity with the designer pipeline.
Currently azure devops service is updated to Sprint-177.
No, but you can find "View YAML" on the job or task section to simplify the migration process:
I am trying to figure out how to import my external test results into Azure DevOps.
This article describes how to publish the results within the same pipeline. But that's not going to help me. We do use Azure pipelines to build and deploy our solution, but the testing is run after that (in a deployed environment), so, outside of the pipeline. We can collect the results (in a Azure DevOps suitable format) and would like to feed it back into Azure DevOps release that did the deployment.
All tips are welcome.