Azure DevOps

Pools in Azure DevOps

• Pool is collection of Agents for specific needs.
• Azure DevOps by default has two pools
  • Default:
    • This is where we can add self hosted agents
  • Azure Pipelines:
    • This is where we have microsoft hosted agents
• We can create other pools

Self Hosted Agent Configuration

• Azure DevOps supports agents of linux, mac and windows anywhere. Only condition being they need to have network connectivity with Azure DevOps
• official docs
• Basic setup
  • install all the necessary software to build your applications
  • generate a PAT (Personal Access Token) with necessary permissions
  • configure and run
• Lab setup for .net & java projects
  • install java 17
  • install maven
  • install dotnet 9 sdk
  • install nvm and use 22 version of node js
• Watch classroom recording for detailed creation steps
  

Trigger the jobs on pull request only

• How to allow only PRs but not push in azure devops
• How to trigger based on pr (yaml)
• Terms:
  • Day build
  • Night build
• Next Steps