Azure DevOps

• Azure DevOps offers services to

  • Plan work
  • Source Code Management
  • Build and Deploy application

• Visual Studio Team Services is now Azure DevOps

• Azure DevOps has two modes

  • Azure DevOps Services:
    • This is a hosted service.
    • On Azure Cloud Azure DevOps is hosted
  • Azure DevOps Server
    • You need to install the Server
    • Generally used for On-Premise builds and deployments

• Azure Services

  • Azure Repos:
    • Git or Team Foundation Version Control
  • Azure Pipelines
    • provides build and release pipelines for delivery of application
  • Azure Boards
    • set of Agile tools to support planning, tracking work using kanban and Scrum
  • Azure Test Plans
    • Tools to test apps
  • Azure Artifacts
    • Like artifactory a binary repository with Maven, npm, nuget etc capabilities.

• Azure DevOps Services:

  • Option 1: Using Azure Login
  • Option 2: Create an azure DevOps Services signin using GitHub from here

• Create an Organization and Project in Azure DevOps Services

Azure DevOps Interfaces

• UI : https://dev.azure.com/<yourorganization&gt;
• Azure DevOps CLI Refer Here
• Azure DevOps Services Rest API Refer Here

Azure DevOps Pipelines

• Note: This whole series is assuming you know Jenkins and Jenkins Pipelines
• Lets do the basic comparision

Jenkinsfile vs azure-pipelines.yml

• In Jenkins the pipleines are configured in Jenkinsfile and in azure-devops we create the pipeline in azure-pipelines.yml
• Example Jenkinsfile

pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('build') {
            steps {
                git 'https://github.com/mycode.git'
                sh 'mvn package'
            }
        }
    }
}

• Same in azure-pipelines.yml

jobs:
  - job: build
    steps:
      - script: git clone 'https://github.com/mycode.git'
      - script: mvn package

• Jenkins Pipeline Structure

• Azure Pipeline Structure

• note: Agent is exactly like Jenkins Node

• Agents: Agents are of three types

  • Microsoft Azure Agents:
    • These agents are created/managed By DevOps pipeline in Azure
    • Need to know the names of the image/label Refer Here
  • Self-Hosted
    • These agents are managed by user
    • Linux, Mac, Windows
  • Container

• Agents are grouped as Agent pools and Each agent will have capabilities.

• In Jenkins We Use Parameters to pass inputs to the Job, Same in Azure DevOps.

• In Jenkins we use pipeline steps reference Refer Here and in the case of Azure DevOps we use tasks for actual activities Refer Here

• YAML Schema References

Scenario: Build a Java Project on Microsoft Hosted Agent

• Open the project in visual studio code (gameoflife) and ensure azure devops extensionis installed

• Lets write a pipeline

---
trigger:
  - master
  - develop

pool:
  name: KhajaLearning

stages:
  - stage: Build
    jobs:
      - job: 'BuildJob'
        steps:
          - task: Maven@3
            inputs:
              goals: deploy
              mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
              publishJUnitResults: true
              testResultsFiles: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
              javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
              mavenVersionOption: 'Default'
              mavenAuthenticateFeed: false
              effectivePomSkip: false
              sonarQubeRunAnalysis: false
      - job: 'Deploy'
        steps:
          - task: Bash@3
            inputs:
              targetType: inline
              script: 'terraform init ./deployment/ && terraform apply -auto-approve ./deployment/'
          

• Parameters Configuration
• Like Jenkins Environmental Variables we have Azure DevOPs Predefined Varaibles Refer Here

Summary

1. Configure Git Repos

2. Add azure-pipelines.yaml

3. Configure Artifacts and create feed (if required)

4. Maintain the structure and look at YAML task definitions Refer Here

5. Exercise: Create a azure devops pipeline for spring pet clinic