Correct way to use Publish Pileine Artifact , Download Pipeline Artifact and Deploy to Azure webapp

Question

First of all I'm building a proof of concept demonstrating a build and deploy (CI/CD0 in Azure Devops. It is and ASP.NET 4.8 WebApp.

Using the tasks like Download Build Artifacts and Publish Build Artifacts and Deploy Azure Webapp I have no problems. But I read that the aforementioned tasks are being deprecated, but as soon as I use the new Publish PipeLine Artifact Download Pipeline Artifact and then deploy Azure Web App it doesn't work. It publishes and downloads the artifact but at the deploy azure web app stage it says it can't find the artifact. Truth is I have no idea what to fill out there. Googling everything I could find. The azure deploy task gives me this error: #[error]Error:

No package found with specified pattern: D:\a\1\drop*.*
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I see the artifact actually downloads in the Download Pipelineartifact :

Download artifact to: D:\a\1

The actual question would be, what do I fill out the AzureWebApp@1 task with the package: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop/.' (This is wrong but how do I make this right ?)

Very much appreciated

john

Here is my YAML file code:

trigger:
- none
stages:

- stage: Build
  pool:
    vmImage: 'windows-latest'


  jobs:
  - job: Build


    variables:
      solution: '**/*.sln'
      buildPlatform: 'Any CPU'
      buildConfiguration: 'Release'

    steps:
    - task: NuGetToolInstaller@1

    - task: NuGetCommand@2
      inputs:
        restoreSolution: '$(solution)'

    - task: VSBuild@1
      inputs:
        solution: '$(solution)'
        msbuildArgs: '/p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=Package /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:DesktopBuildPackageLocation="$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)\WebApp.zip" /p:DeployIisAppPath="Default Web Site"'
        platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
        configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'


    - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
      inputs:
        targetPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)'
        artifact: 'drop'
        publishLocation: 'pipeline'

- stage: Deploy
  pool:
    vmImage: 'windows-latest'

  jobs:
  - job: Deploy

    steps:

    - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
      inputs:
        buildType: 'current'
        artifactName: 'drop'
        targetPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)'


    - task: AzureWebApp@1
      inputs:
        azureSubscription: 'tofreewebapp'
        appType: 'webApp'
        appName: 'freewebappdave'
        package: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop/*.*'
        deploymentMethod: 'auto'

You're telling it to download to $(Pipeline.Workspace), not $(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop. You can add a script step and do a PowerShell gci -rec or similar to enumerate all of the files and their paths. — Daniel Mann

Hugh Lin Hugh Lin · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-15T09:47:02

#[error]Error: No package found with specified pattern: D:\a\1\drop*.*

In the DownloadPipelineArtifact task, you downloaded the artifact to the Pipeline.Workspace path, but in the AzureWebApp task, the package path you specified is $(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop/*.*. So the package was not found in the drop folder.

You can change the package path to $(Pipeline.Workspace):

- task: AzureWebApp@1
      inputs:
        azureSubscription: 'tofreewebapp'
        appType: 'webApp'
        appName: 'freewebappdave'
        package: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)'
        deploymentMethod: 'auto'

Correct way to use Publish Pileine Artifact , Download Pipeline Artifact and Deploy to Azure webapp

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