How to use Azure DevOps server (TFS) Predefined Variable in My Ansible Playbook? - powershell

Question

I want to use Azure DevOps Predefine Variable "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)" in My playbook:
Here is my playbook:
---
- hosts: KBR_MTL361
tasks:
- name: copy file
win_copy:
src: D:\Web.config
dest: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
I am running this ansible-playbook using Azure DevOps Pipeline:
TFS Pipeline Task
But it is not working
Is there anyone who has any idea how to use the variable in the pipeline?

Answer 1

Just add your variables as additional args in the azure-pipelines.yml like this:
- task: Ansible#0
inputs:
ansibleInterface: 'agentMachine'
playbookPathOnAgentMachine: 'ansible/tfs_playbooks/install_agent.yml'
inventoriesAgentMachine: 'file'
inventoryFileOnAgentMachine: 'hosts.yml'
args: '--extra-vars "build_source_dir=$(Build.SourcesDirectory) AGENT_URL=$(AGENT_URL)"'
Then you can access the variables in your playbook:
---
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: show debug
debug:
msg: "Dir {{ build_source_dir }} agent url {{AGENT_URL}}"

Answer 2

if you look here: https://daniel-krzyczkowski.github.io/Parameters-In-Azure-DevOps-Pipelines there is a certain way to pass Pipeline variables to a powershell script, for instance:
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
$ApiManagementServiceName,
$ApiManagementServiceResourceGroup
)
$apimServiceName = $ApiManagementServiceName
$resourceGroupName = $ApiManagementServiceResourceGroup
Write-Host "Api Management Service Name: $($apimServiceName)"
Write-Host "Api Management Resource Group Name: $($resourceGroupName)"
you are using still powershell you say, so give this a try or try to do something similar that works in your case, for me the above approach works pretty well in standard powershell.