Deploying a WebAPI project with several webjobs in Azure Devops - azure

Question

I am trying to use Azure Devops to do CI/CD. I have created the appropriate Git triggers to build when I push and I create a new release whenever I have produced a new build.
In the release tab I am trying to deploy a WebAPI project with several webjobs using the "Deploy Azure App Service" template. All the logs seem to indicate everything goes fine, but in the end I have nothing when I check the app service in Azure!
I have tried many different configurations and even a few more templates. They all seem fine according to the logs, but nothing is actually ever deployed!
If I try to build/deploy from VS2017 it works beautifully!
QUESTION
what do I need to do in order to successfully deploy my code via Azure Devops
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My build YAML file is fairly close to the default, only added the CopyFiles#2 due to another SO post suggesting it:
trigger:
tags:
include:
- slot*
branches:
include:
- dev
pool:
vmImage: 'VS2017-Win2016'
variables:
solution: '**/*.sln'
buildPlatform: 'Any CPU'
buildConfiguration: 'Release'
name: $(SourceBranchName)_$(Date:yyyyMMdd)$(Rev:.r)
steps:
- task: NuGetToolInstaller#0
- task: NuGetCommand#2
inputs:
restoreSolution: '$(solution)'
- task: VSBuild#1
inputs:
solution: '$(solution)'
msbuildArgs: '/p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=Package /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:PackageLocation="$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)"'
platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'
- task: CopyFiles#2
inputs:
targetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
- task: PublishBuildArtifacts#1
condition: succeeded() #and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master'))
- task: VSTest#2
inputs:
platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'
Second step I create a release from the artifacts produced via the YAML file.

Answer 1

Please add the following line in your package or folder option
$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\*.*
It will make sure to pick all the files while deploying.
Also please refer to these ways to deploy webjob to azure:
Modify Visual Studio Build task to deploy webjob with FileSystem (MSBuild Arguments: /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem /p:publishUrl="$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)\\WebJob" /p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish)
Add Delete Files task to release definition to delete bin folder (Source Folder:
$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/WebJobVnext/drop/WebJob); Contents:bin)
Modify Azure App Service Deploy task (
Uncheck Publish using Web Deploy option.
Package or folder: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/[artifact name]
/drop/WebJob)
Hope it helps.

Answer 2

There are two main problems with your deploy task.
As Mohit said, you need to specify the zip file of the web project you want to deploy, not just the directory it is in.
You need to uncheck "Exclude files from the App_Data folder". This will prevent webjobs from deploying with the website
2.1 If you haven't, in Visual Studio, you need to right click your web project Add > Existing Project as Azure Webjob. Do this for every webjob project so it will package the webjobs with the website