Getting Started With Azure DevOps - Part Two

Please refer to the previous part to understand the basics of Azure DevOps and a hands-on lab.

Hands-on Lab - Create App Service in Azure

• Open http://portal.azure.com and select an active subscription.
• Go to the "App Services" section and click on the "Create" button.
• Choose a web-app.
• Provide the name of the app along with the resource group and service plan.
• Click "Add".
• Check if the app-service is created and running or not.

Hands-on Lab - Create a build pipeline

• Open https://dev.azure.com/ and log in using your Azure credentials.
• Go the "Pipelines" tab, select the build, and click on "Create new build pipeline".
• Choose a repo (GitHub / AzureDevops Git)

• Select ASP.NET template and apply.

• Click on "Save and Queue" after checking all the options and wait for the success.

• Open your mailbox to check email.

Hands-on Lab - Create a release pipeline (artifacts + tasks)

• Open https://dev.azure.com/ and log in using your Azure credentials.
• Go to the pipeline section and select "Release".
• Create a new release and select a template ‘Azure App Service Deployment’.

• Add an artifact section and select source as build.

• Select a build definition and click "Add".
• Now, go to the stage and click on the added task.
• Select Azure subscription and created the web-app.

• Then, go to “Deploy Azure App Service” and choose a package folder to test.zip
• Save
• Create a release from the release pipeline and wait for its success.

Hands-on Lab - Run the Azure app

• Open http://portal.azure.com and go to the app-service.
• Copy the URL from the Overview section.
• Hit the URL on the browser and wait to see the application changes.

Hands-on Lab - Enable continuous deployment + Code changes

• Go to the Build section >> Triggers section and then enable continuous deployment.

• Go to the Release section >> artifacts section and enable “release every time”.

• Click on the "Save" button.
• Open VS 2017 and do any change in the view of the app.
• Push those changes and wait for the build and release to get success.
• Run the app to check the changes.

Hands-on Lab - Post to slack using Service hooks

• Open the Slack app and create a private channel over Slack – for example - ‘test’.

• Go to Channel Settings and click on ‘Add Apps’.
• Click on ‘View App Directory’ and search for ‘Visual Studio Team Services’.
• Click on "Install for the channel" and add integration.
• Copy the ‘Web Hook URL’ and Save Integration.
• Open https://dev.azure.com/ and log in using your Azure credentials.
• Go to the project settings and click on service hook.
• Add a subscription, choose Slack and Build completed option – paste service hook.

• Click on Test
• If successful, queue a new build and check for the message posted on the new channel.