Visual Studio Team Services Build and Release Agent Cookbook

Installs and configures Visual Studio Team Services Build and Release Agent

Please check Wiki for more examples

Requirements

• Chef 12.5.0 or higher

Platforms

The following platforms are tested and supported:

• Debian 8 x64 (Jessie)
• Ubuntu 16.04
• Windows 10
• Mac OS X 10.11.4

Attributes

• node['vsts_agent']['binary']['version'] - set version of package to install
• node['vsts_agent']['prerequisites']['osx']['install'] - control osx dependencies installation. Default true
• node['vsts_agent']['prerequisites']['debian']['install'] - control debian dependencies installation. Default true

Resource/Provider

vsts_agent

This resource installs and configures the vsts build and release agent

Actions

• :install: Install and configure the agent
• :remove: Remove the agent and unregister it from VSTS
• :restart: Restart the agent service

Parameters

• agent_name: Name attribute. The name of the vsts agent
• version: an agent version to install. Default version from an attribute
• install_dir: A target directory to install the vsts agent
• path: Overwrite system PATH environment variable values. Linux and Mac OS X only
• env: Additional environment variables. Linux and Mac OS X only
• user: Set a local user to run the vsts agent
• group: Set a local group to run the vsts agent
• runasservice: run agent as a service. Default 'true'
• windowslogonaccount: Set a user name to run a windows service. Possible values are "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService", "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" or any system valid username
• windowslogonpassword: Set password for windowslogonaccount unless it is equal to NetworkService or LocalService
• vsts_url: url to VSTS instance
• vsts_pool: A pool to connect an agent
• vsts_auth: Authentication type. Valid options are PAT (Personal Access Token), Negotiate (Kerberos or NTLM), Integrated (Windows default credentials) and ALT (Alternate Credentials). Default PAT auth
• vsts_token: A personal access token for VSTS. Used with PAT auth type. See
• vsts_username: A user to connect to VSTS. Used with Negotiate and ALT auth
• vsts_password: A user to connect to VSTS. Used with Negotiate and ALT auth
• work_folder: Set different workspace location. Default is "install_dir/_work"

Examples

Install, configure, restart and remove an agent. Check windows, debian or osx tests for more examples.

include_recipe 'vsts_agent::default'

if platform_family?('windows')
  dir = 'c:\\agents'
else
  dir = '/tmp/agents'
end

vsts_agent 'agent_01' do
  install_dir dir
  user 'vagrant'
  group 'vagrant'
  path '/usr/local/bin/:/usr/bin:/opt/bin/' # only works on nix systems
  env('M2_HOME' => '/opt/maven', 'JAVA_HOME' => '/opt/java') # only works on nix systems
  vsts_url 'https://contoso.visualstudio.com'
  vsts_pool 'default'
  vsts_token 'my_secret_token_from_vsts'
  windowslogonaccount 'builder' # will be used only on windows
  windowslogonpassword 'Pas$w0r_d' # will be used only on windows
  action :install
end

vsts_agent 'agent_01' do
  action :restart
end

vsts_agent 'agent_01' do
  vsts_token 'my_secret_token_from_vsts'
  action :remove
end

How to contribute

Check Contribution Guide and Testing Guide