Today, We
are going to see how to configure Azure DevOps CI/CD and setup Azure Pipeline
using visual studio.
Not
spending the time on what is Azure DevOps and its feature, we are directly
moving to CI/CD. How can we configure this using visual studio? We will see
this step by step. Once we set up the Azure Pipeline then on each check-in it
will build the application and deploy the changes on App Service.
In this article, we will see how to configure the CI/CD for a single project in one
solution. In the next article, we will see how to configure the CI/CD for
multiple projects in one solution.
To
know about Azure DevOps and its other features, you can refer to the below
blog.
Prerequisite
For
configuring the Azure DevOps CI/CD, you need the following tools.
- Azure
DevOps account
- Azure Portal Account
- Visual
Studio 2012+(in my example I am using VS 2019)
Steps: We will see how to configure CI/CD and
setup Azure Pipeline using Azure DevOps.
Step 1:
Create a new
project by using the Azure DevOps account. I am using Team Foundation version
control, but you can use Git too.
Create Project on Azure DevOps
Step 2:
Configure the
newly created project in Visual studio source control on your local system.
Configure Source Control
Step 3:
Create a new
project with a solution in Visual Studio and add this in DevOps Source Control
then check-in the changes.
Create a New Project with Solution
Creating Project and Solution
Added project in Solution control
Step 4:
Setup Azure
Pipelines under the publish settings of your solution.
Setup Azure Pipeline
Step 5:
Wait for a few
mins and then go the pipelines under Azure DevOps. You will see a new Pipeline
created and the build of the project has started.
DevOps Pipeline Created
Step 6:
Check the
Deployment Center on the Azure portal for your App Service, for which you have
set up the Azure Pipeline in step 4.
Azure App Deployment Center
Step 7:
If there is
no error in the build, then after some time your build has succeeded. It is
taking a few mins. In my example, it takes up to 1min 21 sec.
Build Succeeded
Step 8:
As the build
succeed the new release would be created and started pushing the release
changes on App service.
Release the changes
Step 9:
Check the App
by using URL and you will see the application has deployed.
App Service URL after First Release
Step 10:
Change
anything in the application, check-in the changes and see Azure DevOps will
build the solution and release the changes.
Heading change
Build has started
After build completed the Release as
created
Changes are deployed
Note: We can see all Releases under
Deployment Center on Azure Portal.
Azure App Deployment Center
In the next article,
we will see how to configure the CI/CD for multiple projects in one solution.
