I have my code in the azure repos.I have created the release pipeline which runs the task "npm install" and "npm run start".This will deploy my application.But I want to deploy this application to my ubuntu server 206.189.22.155 from the azure release pipeline.Is there any way I can configure the release pipeline to use my ubuntu server?
The only agent pool available for me is "Azure Pipelines" and for agent specification I used "ubuntu-16.04".Iam totally confused about how this works.
I just want my application to run on http://206.189.22.155:5000. I can run the application directly in the server, but the whole point is to run it from the release pipeline.So how do I connect the pipeline to my ubuntu server?I think my default azure uses some kind of virtual machine for deployment.
You can create a deployment group in Azure DevOps. Deployment groups in Azure pipelines make it easier to organize the servers you want to use to host your app. In Azure pipelines -> Devployment group, select “+New” button and type of target to register. Copy and run the Registration script in your Ubuntu server.
You can refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/apps/cd/deploy-linuxvm-deploygroups?view=azure-devops&tabs=java-script#define-your-ci-build-pipeline and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/deployment-groups/index?view=azure-devops for more detailed information
After you create the deployment group, you can choose it in your release pipeline
And after you configure you deployment group, you can deploy your app to the specific server.
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I have a nodejs web application that I build in Azure Pipelines. I am planning to deploy the generated artifacts on a Azure VM (probably a dev test labs), as part of one of the pipeline steps.
I want to now run browser tests by pointing the browser to the hosted URL in the Azure VM. I want to use the Azure windows and linux VMs in a build pipeline to run the tests on this remote Azure VM and publish the results to the pipeline. These would be karma tests essentially running on the nodejs server.
In my current design, the test results are going to be available on the Azure VM hosting the nodejs application.
What I don't understand is how can I get these test results back to
the Azure Pipeline for publishing the same?
Is there a way I can architect this solution without having to setup my Azure VM as a
pipeline agent in Azure DevOps?
Is there a standard pattern to design such continuous test infrastructure using Azure DevOps?
Thanks
According to your description, you just want to use Microsoft host agent to access an url on your self-host agent (ignore it's Azure VM or your own physical machine, same to host agent).
It depends if that url are accessible through public internet.
The simplest solution here is deploy your build agent on that Azure VM directly. Then run build and test. You can do this through the following script and tasks:
run ng test or any command to raise your tests
publish test results with PublishTestResults task
publish code coverage results with PublishCodeCoverageResults task
Microsoft-hosted agent pool will not work for you with every scenarios. For many teams this is the simplest way to run your jobs. You can try it first and see if it works for your build or deployment. If not, you can use a self-hosted agent. Self-hosted agents give you more control for your builds, tests and deployments.
In your scenario, setup your Azure VM as a pipeline agent and run build/test on it should be the simplest and convenient solution.
We have a .NET Core Console App which we publish to an On Prem VM using publish feature in Visual Studio. Here is how we configure publishing to a file system.
Target location in the image is actually the folder structure of where we want our app to reside on the VM.
How can we configure the same in DevOps. I can't seem to find any good resource on this.
I have created a CI build pipeline.
You can follow below steps to deploy Console App to the On Prem VM.
1, Create a deployment agent on On-Prem VM. create a deployment group from azure devops portal. Follow the first part of this tutorial to create deployment group. Check the official document for more information about deployment group.
2, Create a release pipeline. See document here.
Setup the artifacts(you should have the publish build artifacts task in the CI build pipeline to publish the console app build artifacts to azure devops server.), and add stage for the release pipeline.
Add a deployment group job in the release stage.
see below screenshot to select the deployment group created in the first step, which contains the deployment agent on the ON-premise VM,
Add copy file task to copy the console app build artifacts to the folder on the ON-premise VM
Another workaround is to use self-hosted agent(steps are similar to above using deployment group). Check the detailed steps in this example.
Hope above helps!
I'm building an Azure DevOps pipeline to deploy a custom-build powershell application to several on-prem environments that we support. I configured the required agent pools and installed them as a service on the on-prem environment.
Next, I have set up my pipeline in Azure DevOps, selecting a GitRepo:
Build (with the steps: Use Nuget, Nuget Restore, Build solution, Update version, Copy Files, and Publish build Artifact)
Release (with step: Publish Build Artifact)
Some things are unclear for me:
Do I need the Publish Build Artifacts twice? Can the Build pipeline
end with Copy Files step, and that the Release pipeline picks up this
artifact?
It is my understanding that the release publishes the app to the
on-prem environment (in my case). Where can I set a custom path (ie:
C:\deployed_apps) where the app needs to be deployed? When I tested
this pipeline, I got errors that the path I created using an variable
was not found.
What am I missing in my setup to get this pipeline working?
As #Shayki Abramczyk
pointed out this task is not for deployment, it just upload your Build Artifacts to azure devops server where your release pipeline can download directly.
In your case, if you want deploy your application to several on-prem environments, You need to create a deployment group first, A deployment group is a logical set of deployment target machines that have agents installed on each one. You application will be deployed to those machines in a deployment group in release pipeline. Check here for more details about deployment group.
After the deployment group is created, you can add a deployment group job by click the 3 dots, and then specify your deployment group as below pic shows, You can then simply add a copy file task or other deployment tasks to deploy your application to your on-prem machine.
In the release pipeline you shouldn't use the Publish Build Artifact. in the end of the build you put this step, what this step does? upload your artifacts to the Azure DevOps or to a file share. now in the release pipeline you choose the build artifact (in the left pane). the first thing that the agent does when the release pipeline started is to download the build artifacts to the agent. now you need to take them and deploy it to your environments. how? it depends which kind of application is (it can be just copy files, it can be deploy to IIS, etc.).
You can put the path in the variables tab and use this variable when you deploy the app (with copy files task, for example).
I am getting my first VSTS build and release definitions setup.
Test server destination, on prem
project is using VS 2017 professional
Earlier I setup a private agent for doing the build, following this.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/build-release/actions/agents/v2-windows?view=vsts
The agent installed fine and I can see it from build & release / agent pools
However, have now switched to using a hosted agent for that so I can remove the need to install visual studio on a test server.
Now I want to deploy the build to my test server, which is on premises. Do I need yet another agent or can I use the one I setup already. In other words are build agents separate from release agents? The agent I setup earlier is running as a service.
The build agent can be used in VSTS build and release, also the deployment group agent is configuring with build agent too.
You don’t need to setup another build/release agent, there are many tasks to deploy app to another server, such as IIS Web App Deployment Using WinRM, PowerShell on Target machine, Windows Machine File Copy.
The build and release agents are the same, but you have to install an on-premise agent to deploy your projects in your network. Is not that you can not use the hosted agent, but you would have to use WinRM and open you network, which may not be a good idea.
After you installed your on-premise agent, you don't have to install VS on the machine to run tests. You can add the following task to your release.
I have a local VM that has successfully been running builds from VSTS.
After the builds are completed I have a deployment job that pushes my artifacts to a number of servers. This has been working fine for the past few months.
This morning, I received a message that I was out of "deployment minutes" and my deployments failed, however my builds completed.
Obviously it was building locally, but deploying in the cloud.
Is there a way I can configure my agent or my deployment job within VSTS to use my local agent?
You should just be able to switch your release definition to use the same agent queue as your builds. In each environment, click on each phase and change the agent queue it uses from "Hosted" to whatever you named your local agent queue.
You may need to install additional software (Azure PowerShell, if you're deploying to Azure, for example), but it will work the same -- the build and release agents are exactly the same software and use exactly the same tasks.
You should be able to add your agent to the pool (it requires some software installed there of course) and then select it instead of a hosted environment in the deployment step configuration:
Agent pools
At the bottom you can find:
The hosted pool provides all VSTS accounts with a single hosted build agent and a limited number of free build minutes each month. If you need more hosted build resources, or need to run more than one build concurrently, then you can either:
- Deploy your own on-premises build agents
- Buy additional hosted pipelines
Here is where I finally found the option to specify which agent the release should run on: