Azure Pipelines for Continuous Delivery: A Practical Guide

June 11, 2024 Hari Prasad CI/CD (0) Azure (0) #azure (0) #pipelines (0) #devops (0) #ci-cd (0) #automation (0)

Azure Pipelines is a cloud-native CI/CD service that enables you to build, test, and deploy applications to any platform.

Key Features

Multi-platform: Supports Windows, Linux, macOS.
YAML pipelines: Code as configuration for version control.
Integration: Works with GitHub, Azure Repos, Bitbucket.

Example: Simple YAML Pipeline

trigger:
  - main
pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
steps:
  - script: echo "Hello, Azure Pipelines!"
    displayName: 'Run a one-line script'

Best Practices

Use templates for reusable pipeline logic.
Secure secrets with Azure Key Vault.
Add stages for build, test, security, and deploy.
Implement gated deployments and rollback.

Security & Compliance

Use service connections with least privilege.
Enable pipeline auditing and approvals.

Tags: azure, pipelines, devops, ci-cd, automation

Categories: CI/CD, Azure