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Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Tarun Arora, Utkarsh Shigihalli
Book Image

Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Tarun Arora, Utkarsh Shigihalli

Overview of this book

Previously known as Team Foundation Server (TFS), Azure DevOps Server is a comprehensive on-premise DevOps toolset with a rich ecosystem of open source plugins. This book will help you learn how to effectively use the different Azure DevOps services. You will start by building high-quality scalable software targeting .NET, .NET Core and Node.js applications. Next, you will learn techniques that will help you to set up end-to-end traceability of your code changes, from design through to release. Whether you are deploying software on-premise or in the cloud in App Service, Functions, or Azure VMs, this book will help you learn release management techniques to reduce failures. As you progress, you will be able to secure application configuration by using Azure Key Vault. You will also understand how to create and release extensions to the Azure DevOps marketplace and reach the million-strong developer ecosystem for feedback. Later, the working extension samples will even allow you to iterate changes in your extensions easily and release updates to the marketplace quickly. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the skills you need to break down the invisible silos between your software development teams, and transform them into a modern cross-functional software development team.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Publishing a NuGet package to Artifacts


NuGet packages are ZIP files containing the .nupkg extension, where the common code is packaged and shared with others. In this recipe, we will explore how to create a sample NuGet package and set up a build pipeline that will continuously deliver new versions of the package.

Note

An introduction to NuGet can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/what-is-nuget.

Azure Artifacts introduces the concept of feeds. A feed is a container for your package; you can consume and publish packages to and from a feed. Azure Artifacts allows you to create multiple feeds; however, planning the name and number of feeds for your collection beforehand will help improve the management of permissions for your feeds and NuGet packages.

Another key aspect of Azure Artifacts is known as upstream sources. Upstream sources allow a single feed to store the packages you produce along with the packages that you consume from the remote feed. Each dependent remote package...