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Containers, Kubernetes and DevOps for an Old as Dirt Developer (Or DevOps Nirvana with Kubernetes), Part 1/many

April 14, 2018 by abel 1 Comment

Table Of Content Part 1: Intro to Containers, Kubernetes and DevOps Part 2: Getting Started (coming soon) Part 3: … Part 4: … Part 5: … (there will be many more parts ) Intro to Containers, Kubernetes and DevOps The older I get, the less I want to learn new things. And even knowing  this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Code, Uncategorized Tagged: #RubDevOpsOnIt, #TheRockstar, Containers, Dev, devops, Draft, Helm, Kubernetes, LOECDA, Windows

Creating Async Custom Automated Release Gates in VSTS with REST API

December 25, 2017 by abel Leave a Comment

One of the most exciting features we announced this year at Connect(); was automated release gates for VSTS releases. We’ve always had the ability to add manual approvers before and after every deployment environment. And now, we have the ability to also add automated gates using continuous monitoring. Out of the box, there are 4 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: ALM, Automated Release Gates, Callback, devops, Green Light, Green Lighting, Release Gates, REST API, vsts

Build and Deploy to multiple IIS servers and SQL Server using VSTS

November 28, 2017 by abel 4 Comments

The League was asked by twitter to show how to build and deploy a web app to multiple on prem IIS Servers and the schema of the database for the web app to an on prem SQL Server. Totally a fair request. All of my demos recently have been using PaaS, Azure SQL and Containers. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Code Tagged: #RubDevOpsOnIt, #TheRockstar, database, Database DevOps, devops, LOECDA, on prem, vsts

How do I add an Azure service connection to my VSTS account?

September 1, 2017 by abel Leave a Comment

I was creating a new demo for an upcoming event and needed a clean VSTS account,  so I started completely from scratch and created a brand new VSTS account. Next, I added my source code, created my build and started creating my release.  The first thing I wanted to do was use the Azure App … [Read more…]

Posted in: Code Tagged: Azure Service Connection, devops, LOECDA, vsts

warning MSB3884: Could not find rule set file

August 3, 2017 by abel 1 Comment

I keep forgetting to fix my style cop warnings (mainly the using statements need to be in alphabetical order and trailing whitespace at the end of the line) and @DonovanBrown finally got sick of it and told me to turn our Code Analysis warnings into errors. Simple enough.  I flip the switch, fix all my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Code Tagged: #RubDevOpsOnIt, .NET Core, Build Error, Build Warning, ci, continuous integration, Could Not Find Rule Set, devops, MSB3884, StyleCop, Visual Studio Team Services, vsts

Deploying DB’s in your CI/CD pipeline with EF Core Code First

July 31, 2017 by abel 18 Comments

Within the last week, 3 different people have asked me how to deploy their database schemas in their CI/CD pipeline using Entity Framework Core Code First.  I figured that’s a good sign to write a full blog post! When looking at DevOps best practices, my DB schema should be “checked in” to source control right … [Read more…]

Posted in: Code Tagged: Database Migrations, devops, ef, EFCore, Entity Framework, Entity Framework Core, migrations, Release Management, Team Services, Visual Studio Team Services, vsts

DevOps with EF Code-First (Or uh oh, don’t do what I just did)

July 11, 2017 by abel 3 Comments

When writing LoECDA.com, we (#LoECDA) wanted to build the site using modern technologies implementing best DevOps practices.  LoECDA.com is written using asp.net core, running in a Docker container, connected to a SQL Server database, all hosted in Azure with a full DevOps pipeline implemented in VSTS.  Each developer check in can flow into our different … [Read more…]

Posted in: Code Tagged: #RubDevOpsOnIt, C#, context.EnsureCreated(), context.Migrate(), Database DevOps, devops, Entity Framework Code First, LOECDA

Build and Deploy SSIS packages using VSTS

October 6, 2016 by abel 10 Comments

A customer asked me if it was possible to build and deploy SSIS packages using VSTS.  Without thinking, I answered, “Of course you can (I had no clue if you could or not but Any Language, Any Platform right?)!  And Premier Developers (they had a Premier contract with Microsoft) can tell you exactly how to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Code Tagged: Build, devops, Release, Release Management, SSIS, SSRS, vsts

Setting up a DevOps demo using VSTS and Azure (Or DevOps Nirvana with VSTS and Azure), Part 5/6

May 14, 2016 by abel 7 Comments

I am constantly asked to talk about DevOps and what DevOps means for Microsoft.  Although there are many definitions of DevOps floating out in our industry, at Microsoft, DevOps is the merging of people, process and products such that we can continually deliver value to our end users.  And clearly, VSTS/TFS and Azure are the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Code Tagged: Azure, cd, ci, continuous delivery, continuous integration, devops, devops nirvana, TFS, vsts

Setting up a DevOps demo using VSTS and Azure (Or DevOps Nirvana with VSTS and Azure), Part 4/6

May 8, 2016 by abel 4 Comments

I am constantly asked to talk about DevOps and what DevOps means for Microsoft.  Although there are many definitions of DevOps floating out in our industry, at Microsoft, DevOps is the merging of people, process and products such that we can continually deliver value to our end users.  And clearly, VSTS/TFS and Azure are the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Code, Uncategorized Tagged: Azure, cd, ci, continuous delivery, continuous integration, devops, devops nirvana, TFS, vsts
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