How do I add additional files to the Azure DevOps artifacts? - azure-devops

Question

My Azure DevOps pipeline is successfully packing up my web service into a zip file with the following task:
- task: DotNetCoreCLI#2
displayName: Pack Artifacts
inputs:
command: 'publish'
publishWebProjects: false
arguments: '"Web Service" --configuration $(BuildConfiguration) --output $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
This deposits the entire contents of the project in a zip file in 'drop\a.zip'. Now, I have a script (setup.ps1) that I want to run to open up the firewall and an SSL certificate that needs to be installed. I want to add them to the same zip file that was the target for the 'publish' operation. I tried this:
- task: CopyFiles#2
inputs:
SourceFolder: 'Additional Files'
Contents: '*'
TargetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
flattenFolders: true
But it just added the files in the 'Additional Files' directory to the "\drop" directory alongside the a.zip file:
drop
a.zip
setup.ps1
www_mysite_com.pfx
How would I go about adding the additional files to the zip file that's created as part of the build and publish steps. This must be a common problem. What's the common solution?

Answer 1

You have three options:
unpack archive, copy file and pack again
add file to archive - like it is shown here
add your file to solution and make dotnet publish responsible for putting file in archive like it is shown here

Answer 2

Your artifacts directory should be
drop
a.zip
And now, you want to add setup.ps1 and www_mysite_com.pfx to the folder a, right?
YAML sample:
- task: DotNetCoreCLI#2
displayName: Pack Artifacts
inputs:
command: 'publish'
publishWebProjects: false
arguments: '"Web Service" --configuration $(BuildConfiguration) --output $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
#Extract a.zip file to $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/drop/a folder
- task: ExtractFiles#1
inputs:
archiveFilePatterns: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/drop/a.zip'
destinationFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/drop/a'
cleanDestinationFolder: false
overwriteExistingFiles: false
#Delete PrescQIPPWebApp.zip file
- task: PowerShell#2
inputs:
targetType: 'inline'
script: 'Remove-Item ''$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/drop/a.zip'''
#copy these files to the folder a
- task: CopyFiles#2
inputs:
SourceFolder: 'Additional Files'
Contents: |
setup.ps1
www_mysite_com.pfx
TargetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/drop/a'
OverWrite: true
flattenFolders: true
#Archive folder a to a.zip
- task: ArchiveFiles#2
inputs:
rootFolderOrFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/drop/a'
includeRootFolder: true
archiveType: 'zip'
archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/drop/a.zip'
replaceExistingArchive: true
#Delete a folder
- task: PowerShell#2
inputs:
targetType: 'inline'
script: 'Remove-Item -path ''$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/drop/a'' -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose'
#And now, we could the a.zip contain the file setup.ps1 and www_mysite_com.pfx.
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