Azure Pipelines Variables - Naming, Reuse and Secrets

[@JulieNgTech]

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[@PatrickBurkeTV]

Wow! So many tips/small details that just helped me complete my first 'terraform apply' Azure DevOps CI build. Especially regarding prefixing your library variables with "lib-". Thanks Julie!

[@MatthewSelkirkKey]

Your content is golden. dropping constant knowledge bombs. Just started using ADO after mainly using GitLab over the last few years and the GUI, especially the pipeline wizards just confused the hell out of me, your videos have helped clear the fog 🌞 thanks again!

[@JulieNgTech]

Thanks Matt for the lovely feedback. I'm really glad it's helpful. And I hope I am teaching concepts in such a way that pipeline as code in any framework becomes more natural to you :) and everyone else who watches this channel.

[@kingtut6619]

Can you use a service connection to connect to a file server or share server to access files, perhaps needed in a build pipeline?

[@richardlanglois5183]

Great presentation!

[@JulieNgTech]

Thanks Richard!

[@MrDottyrock]

Hi Julie, I have a rails application that im trying to build and push using pipeline. Im not able to get the environment variable set for the master key (RAILS_MASTER_KEY). I tried using variable secrets and then using dockerComposeFileArgs to set the variable but its not working. Any pointers how i could get this environment variable in my build pipeline?

[@JulieNgTech]

I haven't deployed Rails apps with Azure Pipelines… but have you made sure to map the secret from the pipeline to the environment variable? docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/variables?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml%2Cbatch#secret-variables That's the first thing that comes to mind. Are you using the ACI - Container Groups feature?

[@MrDottyrock]

@@JulieNgTech I have it working now thank you. I had to set the args in docker compose and ARG IN Dockerfile

[@gagnon124]

Great video!

[@JulieNgTech]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@hiandhra9971]

Can you do a vedio on azure yaml end to end pipeline incorporating secrets from key vault and building a Vm using terraform and configuring using ansible.

[@JulieNgTech]

Great question, I picked your question for the quick AMA I just released. Short answer, I actually tried that VM and Ansible and I couldn't get it working in a few hours so I gave up. For secrets from Key Vault check out these pipelines which I've documented on how to do that github.com/Azure/devops-governance/tree/main/azure-pipelines

[@jashvasabbu6479]

Thanks for the video.. Its really helpful. I have one requirement like in my codeway yml file I have 3 environments like Dev stg and pro. When I run the pipeline all the environments are executing one after other. But my requirement is I want to select only specific environment to run like choice parameters same as in Jenkins. Is there any way to achieve to build specific environment. Thanks in advance

[@JulieNgTech]

Can you just "select" the environment by correlating them to git branches? It's a bit too much to explain in a comment. But check out this YAML pipeline walkthrough I did that might help kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2HFd2SCocife9U

[@aguafria9565]

how does the library get mapped into the pipeline.

[@TheTomyG]

Great Content. Valuable tips!

[@JulieNgTech]

Thanks for watching!

[@RohitYadav-vn1rq]

If we do lock azure devops variable, then where it get save

[@JulieNgTech]

Do you mean in which region? If so, it will be the region of your Azure DevOps organization. Or did you mean something else?

[@hiandhra9971]

Hey Julie, how would I reach out to you. ?

[@JulieNgTech]

Best via social media like here or Twitter :) I don't do email for work reasons and I'm also terrible at answering emails.

[@pirrastorres7241]

And json substitution with Azure Key Vaults?

[@JulieNgTech]

Hi Pirras, I am not sure I understand your question. Can you please clarify?