Set up continuous deployment from an Azure DevOps repository using Azure CLI

This sample script creates an app in App Service with its related resources, and then sets up continuous deployment from an Azure DevOps repository.

Prerequisites

  • An Azure subscription. If you don't have an Azure trail subscription, create a trial subscription before you begin.

  • An Azure DevOps repository with application code, for which you have administrative permissions.

Prerequisites

You can use the local Azure CLI.

Sample script

Sign in to Azure

Use the following script to sign in using a different subscription, replacing <Subscription ID> with your Azure Subscription ID. If you don't have an Azure trail subscription, create a trial subscription before you begin.

az cloud set -n AzureChinaCloud
az login

subscription="<subscriptionId>" # add subscription here

az account set -s $subscription # ...or use 'az login'

For more information, see set active subscription or log in.

Create the web app

Use the following commands to create the web app.

# Create an App Service app with continuous deployment from an Azure DevOps repository
# set -e # exit if error
# Variable block
let "randomIdentifier=$RANDOM*$RANDOM"
location="China East"
resourceGroup="msdocs-app-service-rg-$randomIdentifier"
tag="deploy-vsts-continuous-webapp-only.sh"
appServicePlan="msdocs-app-service-plan-$randomIdentifier"
webapp="msdocs-web-app-$randomIdentifier"

# Create a resource group.
echo "Creating $resourceGroup in "$location"..."
az group create --name $resourceGroup --location "$location" --tag $tag

# Create an App Service plan in `FREE` tier
echo "Creating $appServicePlan"
az appservice plan create --name $appServicePlan --resource-group $resourceGroup --sku FREE

# Create a web app.
echo "Creating $webapp"
az webapp create --name $webapp --resource-group $resourceGroup --plan $appServicePlan

# Copy the result of the following command into a browser to see the static HTML site.
site="http://$webapp.chinacloudsites.cn"
echo $site
curl "$site"
# </FullScript>

# See app-service/scripts/cli-continuous-deployment-vsts.md for additional steps

# echo "Deleting all resources"
# az group delete --name $resourceGroup -y

Configure continuous deployment from Azure DevOps

Create the following variables containing information from your Azure DevOps Services (formerly Visual Studio Team Services, or VSTS).

gitrepo=<Replace with your Azure DevOps Services repo URL>
token=<Replace with an Azure DevOps Services personal access token>

Configure continuous deployment from Azure DevOps Services. The --git-token parameter is required only once per Azure account; Azure remembers the token.

az webapp deployment source config --name $webapp --resource-group $resourceGroup \
--repo-url $gitrepo --branch main --git-token $token

Clean up resources

Use the following command to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it using the az group delete command - unless you have an ongoing need for these resources. Some of these resources may take a while to create, as well as to delete.

az group delete --name $resourceGroup

Sample reference

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command-specific documentation.

Command Notes
az group create Creates a resource group in which all resources are stored.
az appservice plan create Creates an App Service plan.
az webapp create Creates an App Service app.
az webapp deployment source config Associates an App Service app with a Git or Mercurial repository.

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