DevOps and DevOps engineers are not a new concept, but there is still a little unknown as to what they are and what they cover. Therefore, it can be hard to gauge what you should look for when recruiting a DevOps Engineer and the skill set that is required. Not all the skills they needContinue reading “What you want in a DevOps Engineer”
Tag Archives: Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps loop a complex object
This is a subject that I have not found much or any documentation on, so I wanted to share what I did. When creating the parameters to pass into a Template it can get very long, plus when two arrays depend on each other it can get very complex, so ironically a complex object makesContinue reading “Azure DevOps loop a complex object”
Automatic Change Checking on Pipeline Stages
Azure DevOps has the ability to add multiple stage approval styles like human intervention, Azure Monitoring and schedules. However, there is not the ability to value if a source has changed before triggering a Stage. This can be done on the Pipeline level, but not the Stage level where it can be helpful to haveContinue reading “Automatic Change Checking on Pipeline Stages”
Merge Azure DevOps Pipeline Templates
As mentioned in my previous post about Azure DevOps Local Pipeline Testing, the available method of testing with the Azure DevOps API doesn’t have the feature to merge the YAML Templates. Therefore, I have set out to try and solve this issue.. You can view the full PowerShell script on GitHub.(https://github.com/PureRandom/AzureDevOpsYamlMerge-ps) Please feel free toContinue reading “Merge Azure DevOps Pipeline Templates”
Testing Azure DevOps Pipelines Locally
I have tried and tried before, plus also read a lot of other people asking for the ability to test Azure YAML Pipelines locally. Now although it is not perfect and some room for improvement, Microsoft has create a way to test your pipeline with some local testing and remote testing without having to checkContinue reading “Testing Azure DevOps Pipelines Locally”
PR Code 