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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

Creating a service connection extension to connect to GitLab


Service connections in Azure DevOps Server (and Services) lets you connect to external services. Service connections once created can be used in your build or release pipelines.

Note

Service connections are created at the project level. This means a service connection created for one project is not available in another project.

GitLab, if you don't know already, is another cloud Git service provider. Azure DevOps Server, by default, provides a service connection to connect to GitHub and lets you connect to an external Git repository using an External Git connection. Unfortunately, the External Git service connection lets you connect to one repository (or project if you are a GitLab user):

If you need to connect to another repository, you need to create another service connection with a different Git repository URL and save it as a different service connection.

We can solve this problem by creating a custom service connection that lets...