I have 2 components in my project and have 2 different build and release pipelines. For both of them am mentioning different paths for build and publish. In the release pipeline task "Create or Update Azure Resources" both are having same linked and main templates. But here the problem is if i deploy the second component then all the configurations and code in the first component is getting removed... Now i can see only second component configurations. I have selected deployment mode as incremental both in the pipeline and templates as well.
Since not sure what does your template.json/template.parameter.json file and your task configuration looks like, I just share my configuration for you refer.
In the Azure resource group deployment task, you can use Override template parameters to override the parameter value and this override only affect the current job:
At first deploy, I am using the name MerlinAngular. In the second deploy, the webappname and serviceplan name is Change-Merlin. You can see the second one result does not replace and override the first one.
What I am using is template.parameter.json file,
then use the Override template parameters option to achieve incremental deploy.
You can try with this way.
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Where and how to use artifactsLocation and _artifactsLocationSasToken in Arm template deployments. Are these used only for nested deployments.
Can we use these for custom VM extension of the Virtual machine as part of post provisioning activity, after VM is built or should the extension be added as part of the VM build deployment template only.
VM Custom script extension - (Initialize and format data drives, Mount file shares for instance)
Azure quick start templates, have the parameter values for these as default for artifactsLocation and type securestring for _artifactsLocationSasToken. How these values are populated in the ARM deployment runtime.
It would be great if someone can provide documentation around the same / step by step process or share an existing working custom script extension template.
There's nothing inherent in the platform that makes _artifactsLocation and _artifactsLocationSasToken special... it's just a pattern (well used) that has developed for staging artifacts needed for a deployment. The pattern is to stage all artifacts together and then use the uri of the main template as a relative location. The defaultValue generally used for _artifactsLocation is:
"defaultValue": "[deployment().properties.templateLink.uri]"
The deployment() function is inherent and contains the uri passed in for the main template.
That said, you can use those values anyway you see fit and the primary use case is for retrieving any artifact needed by any resource. For example:
Custom Script Extension
https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/blob/master/demos/vm-winrm-windows/azuredeploy.json#L256-L259
MSDeploy Packages for WebApps
https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/blob/master/demos/private-endpoint-sql-from-appservice/azuredeploy.json#L277
DSC Configuration Modules
https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/blob/master/demos/iis-2vm-sql-1vm/azuredeploy.json#L585
etc, etc...
That help?
I'm working on my first Azure DevOps Services release pipeline. I've got a secret in a variable group in the Azure DevOps | Library area. I've been struggling with getting to that secret so I can use it in the release pipeline. I see by this article Add & use variable groups on Microsoft's Docs that I must add that in the variables section of the YAML file. However, I've not seen any way to edit the release pipeline YAML file. I can view it, but there appears to be all. If there's a way of editing the YAML file, how do I get to it?
You should be able to do that, earlier To enable YAML release pipeline, you need to activate Multi-stage YAML pipelines in Preview features:
From the Docs,
To help make it even easier to edit and update your pipeline, we’ve
created an in-product editor with IntelliSense smart code completion,
and an easy task assistant
From the documentation you're pointing at.
If you're using YAML pipelines, you can reference the variable group in your YAML pipeline:
variables:
- group: my-variable-group
If you're using the classic mode, you can link the variable group to your pipeline through the UI:
I am currently planning on a type of multi-tenant system, were different resource groups with a set of AppServices are deployed for customers via ARM Templates. Hence, each customer has its own Resource Group and set of AppServices. Currently we use Azure DevOps to deploy to a set of AppServices used for Development and Quality Assurance before it gets to Production. I am now trying to incorporate DevOps into the mix, automating a pipeline creation of some sort... (it would be a copy of an existing pipeline but only changing the Target AppServices). Which is were my question comes from, Is there a way to dynamically create or edit a Release pipeline to add the deployment of those new AppServices, without the need of manually edit or create a pipeline an adding those newly created AppServices, I was thinking something around the lines of being able to copy a yaml file template then replacing the necessary info to point to those AppServices after they have been created, but I am not totally sure where could I store the new yaml file so that it is picked up by Azure DevOps, or how could I would accomplish these, with the main idea being that all of this continues to be part of an automated process (if possible).
Thanks a lot for any help, any suggestion is appreciated.
EDIT:
The question is not about how to Deploy an ARM Template through the DevOps release pipeline (I plan on using a PowerShell Script/REST API to accomplish that), instead, is about when the AppServices Resources are created, I need to deploy code to those newly created AppServices and also update that code when necessary (Hopefully through a Release Pipeline), somehow generate a new release pipeline each time I deploy a new set of Resources. So that, when there is a new update, I could easily have that pipeline triggered and that set if AppServices can be updated (created as part of the automation process "dynamically"). (I Already have a similar pipeline that deploys to a "static" set of AppServices).
This is possible as you eluded to with YAML Pipelines. Based upon the scenario you have subscribed each repository would have it's own pipeline.yml file that will define the trigger, pool etc. It would also reference a repository that will house your yaml template.
The template would accept whichever parameters you may required (resource group, app service name, etc...) The triggering pipeline associated with each repository would pass this information leveraging the teamplate.
By doing this CI/CD can be set up to trigger on the individual pipelines and deploy the appropriate code all while leveraging the same YAML template.
The repository reference would be similar to:
resources:
repositories:
- repository: YAMLTemplates
type: git
name: OrginazationName/YAML Project Name
With the call to the template being similar to:
- template: azure-ARM-template.yml#YAMLTemplate
parameters:
appServiceName: 'AppServiceName'
resourceGroupName: 'ResourceGroupName'
UPDATE
At a high level the YAML pipeline would consist of the following. If all App Services are similar as stated and ARM Templates are similar this how it could be constructed and triggered based on a folder path:
Build necessary artifacts
Publish Pipeline
Deploy Azure Resource Group Task
Deploy App Settings Task (if applicable)
Deploy App Service
Release the deployment pieces for each environment in appropriate stages to help alleviate the amount of copying and pasting each of the above tasks can be part of a template either individually at a task, combination of tasks, or all in one. This would allow for defining the YAML once and referencing it and including app specific components as needed as parameters to the templates.
I'm having trouble setting my appsettings in a deployed docker container on azure.
My setup:
I have a .NET core app
My build pipeline builds a docker image and pushes it to my container registry on azure.
My release pipeline pulls the image based on a tag and deploys it to an azure web app.
I need to deploy the image to multiple environments. Every environment has different appsettings. I defined the variables in my pipeline "variables tab":
And I need to send these to my azure so they can be used.
When I manually add them it works, but i want to extract them from my variables, so I only have to add them once. (see screenshot 1)
Edit: The screenshot above works. But this is not what I'm looking for. As I'd have to edit the appsettings pipeline each time I add or remove a new appsetting. Also I believe that removing an appsetting here will just leave it on the deployed environment.
I'm deploying an existing docker image, so i'm unable to edit the appsetting.json file. I also won't make different docker files for each environment.
Is there a way to achieve this? How can I extract / list the variables defined in my pipeline as docker variables or appsettings?
You can define pipeline variables in your pipeline and have them attached to a specific scope (read stage) or the release scope (applied to all stages).
E.g. I have a variable defined as EnvironmentConnectionString which is defined in two scopes:
Scope Test: "EnvironmentConnectionString = server=test-db; ...."
Scope QA: "EnvironmentConnectionString = server=qa-db;..."
Score Release: "logging_flag=enabled"
Then you can set this up in your "Application and Configuration Settings" like
- ConnectionString $(EnvironmentConnectionString)
- Logging $(logging_flag)
Note the $(variable name) syntax for using these variables
When the different stages of the pipeline run, they automatically pick up the values specific to the stage and apply to azure app settings.
You can have different variable groups for different stages. These Variable Groups should have same variables defined with different values.
For example: The Dev Variable Group and Release group both have variables Port, RequestTimeout... The Port in Dev is 4999 while the Port in Release could be 5000. We can link these groups to specific Stage scope, Dev variable group for Dev stage and Release group for Release stage.
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Make sure all your stages have same settings like this, and then the variables with be replaced with correspondings values for different scopes.
Update:
Each stage in the pipeline is independent, they represent different environments. So we have to define the settings of stage or settings of the tasks within the stages one by one. We have to define the appsettings input one by one.
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ukbjs.png
I have a lot of Azure Functions projects to deploy on Azure. I set build and pipeline for them. For example, this is one Release for an Azure Function.
Under Variables I defined all variables for the environments (one for dev, one for stage and one for production).
There is only one step for deploying the Azure Functions on Azure. I want to add/replace in the local.settings.json the right settings for an environment. I'm not be able to find how to configure that.
In other project, if I use Azure App Service Deploy, there is a section File Transforms & Variable Substitution Options.
How can I do the same in the release of an Azure Functions? What is the correct strategy or best practice?
Update and Solution
I thought it was much straightforward. I think this is the solution. In the App settings under Application and Configuration Settings, I have to specified each variable and its value using the ... in that line.
I can type or copy in this field. The syntax is
-variableName "$(variablename)"
I'm using quotes because if in the value there is any space (for example in the connection string you have Initial Catalog) DevOps raises an error. For array, I'm still using :.
Another way is to use File Transform task to substitute the variables in local.settings.json file with pipeline variables. See here for more information.
With File Transform task, you donot have to specify each variable and its value in App settings of deploy Azure Functions task.
You can add a File Transform task before the deploy Azure Functions task. Then define the variables(eg. KeyVaultSettings.ClientId) in your pipeline variables.
Then set the Package or folder, file format and Target files in File Transform task. See below:
This is what I've done in my Azure Functions pipeline (it's yaml, but you'll get the idea).
Create one stage per environment in your pipeline
Create your pipelines variables and asign a different value based on scope (stage)
Create a configuration entry (see picture) in your pipeline and asign the variable value.
Consume the configuration entry in your Azure Function (in my case I use Environmental Variables for that)
Use pipeline environment in your azure function configuration