Azure DevOps Pipelines

Build, test, and deploy applications using Azure Pipelines with YAML or classic editor.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

• Creating CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
• Configuring build and release stages
• Managing Azure DevOps service connections
• Deploying to Azure or other cloud platforms
• Setting up multi-stage YAML pipelines

Prerequisites

• Azure DevOps organization and project
• Service connections for target environments
• Basic YAML understanding
• Azure subscription (for Azure deployments)

YAML Pipeline Structure

Create azure-pipelines.yml in repository root:

trigger:
  branches:
    include:
      - main
      - develop
  paths:
    include:
      - src/*

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

variables:
  buildConfiguration: 'Release'
  nodeVersion: '20.x'

stages:
  - stage: Build
    jobs:
      - job: BuildJob
        steps:
          - task: NodeTool@0
            inputs:
              versionSpec: $(nodeVersion)
          - script: |
              npm ci
              npm run build
            displayName: 'Build application'
          - publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
            artifact: drop

  - stage: Deploy
    dependsOn: Build
    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main'))
    jobs:
      - deployment: DeployWeb
        environment: 'production'
        strategy:
          runOnce:
            deploy:
              steps:
                - script: echo Deploying to production

Triggers

Branch Triggers

trigger:
  branches:
    include:
      - main
      - release/*
    exclude:
      - feature/*
  tags:
    include:
      - v*

Pull Request Triggers

pr:
  branches:
    include:
      - main
  paths:
    include:
      - src/*
    exclude:
      - docs/*

Scheduled Triggers