The VSTS release pipeline executes tasks, and some of these tasks internally executes custom scripts. The scripts executed by the release pipeline are described next.
The Desired State Configuration (DSC) Pull Server is essentially an IIS web application with endpoints that accepts requests from target nodes, records their current status, sends configuration documents, and enables management-related functionality. PullServer.ps1 script is responsible for provisioning a Pull Server from scratch on a virtual machine. Detailed instructions and commands used for the creation of Pull Server are part of this script. This script is also responsible for creating database tables in Azure SQL. The portion of script that runs SQL scripts on Azure SQL should be moved as an exercise to an Azure function or executed through a management-related virtual machine. Pull Server listens on a dedicated port either on a HTTP or HTTPS protocol. The...