No package found with specified pattern: D:\a\r1\a\**\*.zip

Question

I created a build definition in vsts with npm build and then I copy the build folder to the drop location.

The build pipeline is working fine

Then I created the release definition and it downloads the files correctly also:

2018-08-10T16:29:18.5241580Z Downloading artifact drop from: https://xx.visualstudio.com//_apis/resources/Containers/711976?itemPath=drop&isShallow=true&api-version=4.1-preview.4
2018-08-10T16:29:18.5252684Z Downloading drop/s/build/asset-manifest.json to D:\a\r1\a\InnovationInABox-CI\drop\s\build\asset-manifest.json
2018-08-10T16:29:18.5253850Z Downloaded drop/s/build/asset-manifest.json to D:\a\r1\a\InnovationInABox-CI\drop\s\build\asset-manifest.json
2018-08-10T16:29:18.5338277Z Downloading drop/s/build/favicon.png to D:\a\r1\a\InnovationInABox-CI\drop\s\build\favicon.png
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2018-08-10T16:29:21.1552541Z Total Files: 35, Processed: 35, Skipped: 0, Failed: 0, Download time: 3.288 secs, Download size: 1.320MB
2018-08-10T16:29:21.1844380Z Successfully downloaded artifacts to D:\a\r1\a/InnovationInABox-CI
2018-08-10T16:29:21.1897267Z ##[section]Finishing: Download artifact - InnovationInABox-CI

But the next step, is to deploy to an Azure web app: but I get this error:

2018-08-10T16:29:21.8347426Z Got connection details for Azure App Service:'uiapp'
2018-08-10T16:29:24.0708659Z ##[error]Error: No package found with specified pattern: D:\a\r1\a\**\*.zip
2018-08-10T16:29:26.8772211Z Successfully updated deployment History at https://xxx.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/deployments/81533918564296
2018-08-10T16:29:26.8855771Z ##[section]Finishing: Deploy Azure App Service

How can I copy all those files from the build folder (which are not in a .zip file) to Azure webapp?

Answer 1

In my case (build .sln with c# project from azure git) the build was saving the package in D:\a\1\a\ folder (instead of r1\a) and I wasn't able to edit the build steps in the UI so I edited the newly added azure-pipelines.yml file and added one more task at the very end:

- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1

This copies the .zip package to a "drop" location (r1/a) which the Release Pipeline expects.

​And now the Release Pipeline is finding the file in r1/a folder.

Answer 2

If you are using "Azure App Service Deploy" task, set the "Package or folder" path to: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\InnovationInABox-CI\drop\s\build.

Answer 3

For anyone else experiencing this problem using Azure DevOps, it's useful to turn on debug mode. For your release, define the pipeline variable System.Debug with value true. That gave me this output which was much more useful:

Now at least I know it's on my target VM and the path is probably wrong.

Answer 4

You can't use wildcards for folder names unfortunately, only for file names. If you're using a 'Copy Files' build task you can put this value in 'Source Folder':
D:\a\r1\a\

and this value in 'Contents':
**\*.zip

Or you can put the full file directories with *.zip. Good luck.

Answer 5

First i think you should add artifacts1 then attach it to the packages2

Answer 6

In my case (react app deployed as static content to app service) I needed to add a step to archive the build directory before publishing it:

- task: ArchiveFiles@2
  inputs:
    rootFolderOrFile: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/build' 
    includeRootFolder: false 
    archiveType: 'zip'
    archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip'

- publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip
  artifact: '$(Build.BuildId)'

Answer 7

Per Azure official document for setting up Pipelines (YAML files) for Node.js, Javascript apps from this link https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/ecosystems/javascript?view=azure-devops&tabs=code

1. Configure the YAML file as below:

trigger:
- master

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

steps:
- task: NodeTool@0
  inputs:
    versionSpec: '10.x'
  displayName: 'Install Node.js'

- script: |
    npm install
    npm run build
  displayName: 'npm install and build'

- task: CopyFiles@2
  inputs:
    Contents: 'build/**' # Pull the build directory (React)
    TargetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'

- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
  inputs: 
    pathtoPublish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) # dist or build files
    ArtifactName: 'www' # output artifact named www

2. On the latest version of Azure Devops, edit Release under Pipeline. Note that Build section has been taken off in the latest version (as of June 2020), so some older answers/docs was not working.

3. Click on Deploy Azure App Services and on the right panel click on ...(Expand Folder) for Package or folder Option

4. Under Linked Artifacts => MyProject (Build) => www, select dist folder.

Save this and then create release, this should solve the error [error]Error: No package found with the specified pattern: D:\a\r1\a\**\*.zip<br/>

Answer 8

I used the below task in Azure DevOps release yaml pipeline for deployment of azure function app and set the package to $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory) and it worked for me.

- task: AzureFunctionApp@1
                inputs:
                  azureSubscription: XXXXXXXXX
                  appType: 'functionApp'
                  appName: 'funcapp-test'
                  package: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)'
                  appSettings: 
                  deploymentMethod: 'auto'

Answer 9

In my case I use azure template but change vmImage: "windows-latest", When I check logs, find out build command didn't run so I figure out I should change default script of install and build to separate script

trigger:
- main

pool:
  vmImage: 'windows-latest'

variables:
  buildFolder: 'build'

steps:
- task: NodeTool@0
  inputs:
    versionSpec: '10.x'
  displayName: 'Install Node.js'

- script: |
    npm install
  displayName: 'npm install'

- script: |
    npm run build
  displayName: 'npm build'

- task: CopyFiles@2
  inputs:
    contents: 'build/**'
    targetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
    cleanTargetFolder: true

- task: ArchiveFiles@2
  inputs:
    rootFolderOrFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
    archiveType: 'zip'
    archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
    includeRootFolder: false

- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
  inputs:
    pathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
    artifactName: 'drop'
    publishLocation: 'Container'

Answer 10

Just went through this again. What worked for me was modifying "Package or folder" to use Agent.ReleaaseDirectory. Screenshot below, may it save someone else the angst.