Reorder steps in pipelines YAML

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ steps:
   inputs:
     versionSpec: '3.7'
     architecture: 'x64'
+- script: |
+    python3 --version
+    pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+    pip install -r test/requirements.txt
+  displayName: 'Install Python Dependencies'
 - script: |
     az login --service-principal -u $AZURE_CLIENT_ID -p $AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET --tenant $AZURE_TENANT_ID
   displayName: 'Authenticate Service Principal'
@@ -18,11 +23,6 @@ steps:
     AZURE_TENANT_ID: $(SPTENANTID)
     AZURE_CLIENT_ID: $(SPAPPID)
     AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: $(SPPW)
-- script: |
-    python3 --version
-    pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-    pip install -r test/requirements.txt
-  displayName: 'Install Python Dependencies'
 - script: |
     python3 test/avere_template_deploy.py --skip-az-ops
   displayName: 'Test Avere vFXT template-based deployment'

test/avere_template_deploy.py

@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ def load_params():
     """
     Loads the parameters needed in this script (e.g., resource group name).
 
-    If the user specified a parameters file, load those values into DEPLOY_PARAMS.
-    Otherwise, generate the parameter values and store those values for re-use.
-    The generated parameter values are stored in the current working directory
-    as <resource-group-name>.params.json.
+    If the user specified a parameters file, load those values into
+    DEPLOY_PARAMS. Otherwise, generate the parameter values and store those
+    values for re-use. The generated parameter values are stored in the current
+    working directory as <resource-group-name>.params.json.
     """
     global DEPLOY_PARAMS
     if SCRIPT_ARGS.param_file:  # Open user-specified params file.