Currently when creating a new azure devops template the ProjectSettings.json file is prepopulated with a few dummy users, ex: [email protected]", "[email protected]", "[email protected]"

To prevent this behavior I have to unzip the file, remove the users, zip again, then upload to GitHub.
Ask: Add and option to Azure DevOps Generator to build a new devops project template without any assigned users

ProjectSettings.json

{
"type": "Agile",
"id": "adcc42ab-9882-485e-a3ed-7678f01f66bc",
"users": [ "[email protected]", "[email protected]", "[email protected]", "[email protected]" ],
"userAssignment": "Any"
}

Hi,

While creating a project using template "Scan code for vulnerabilities in Azure Pipelines", I am not able to do so and I get errors in screenshots below:

Please assist.

Thanks and Regards,
Kaushik

Hello the below mentioned issue is still faced while importing Octopus template. the octopus extension is already installed and even after that tried 4 to 5 times, but the same issue is faced while importing the template.

Also, I am not able to re-open this issue, hence created this new issue. Old Issue reference: #264

Error while creating build definition: The pipeline is not valid. A task is missing. The pipeline references a task called '179fac12-2402-486e-80cf-5a6a8571f7c0'. This usually indicates the task isn't installed, and you may be able to install it from the Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com. (Task version 3.*, job 'Phase_1', step 'OctopusPack1'.)

Variable groups are commonly used in pipelines and current DemoGenerator doesn't support variable groups. It will be great to add the support.

Creating custom templates link is broken.

It's 100% possible I'm doing something wrong, but I created a template project and set Github as the source code which the Generator recognized as Github. I selected to fork it but when I navigate to Azure DevOps I don't see any source code pulled into the repo, and it looks like nothing is pointing at it.

You can see my sample template here and the import file here.

Thanks!
Robbie

I am trying to use a template and I get dumped into a circular sign in whirlpool.
Page says "Sign in" -> So I sign in
Page says "Sign in" -> So I sign in
Page says "Sign in" -> So I sign in
Page says "Sign in" -> So I sign in
Page says "Sign in" -> So I sign in

Again and again and again and again and again...

1. Start on page "Exercise - Set up your environment"
   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/manage-delivery-plans/4-set-up-environment

2. Click on "Run a template that sets up your Azure DevOps organization."
   https://azuredevopsdemogenerator.azurewebsites.net/?name=deliveryplans

3. I get a screen "Azure DevOps Demo Generator" "Sign in" in or "Get started for free"
   https://azuredevopsdemogenerator.azurewebsites.net/?name=deliveryplans

4. I click on "Sign in"

I briefly see "loading identity providers"
I see "Pick an account"
I click on my account

I briefly see "loading identity providers"
I see "Pick an account"
I click on my account

I briefly see "loading identity providers"
I see "Pick an account"
I click on my account

AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON...

I have tried FOUR different browsers

I have tried TWO different computers.

I have tried TWO accounts

I tried signing out FOUR times like this: "close your browser windows and then open a new browser and navigate to https://aka.ms/vssignout. Close this browser, open a new browser and navigate to https://aex.dev.azure.com/me"

When creating a new azure devops project from an existing Azure DevOps template, we pass the github raw URL or a zip file. However when a users selects the github zip file the browser does not give the github raw URL. The users has to construct it or we need to provide the link.

Ask: Azure DevOps generator is able to construct the github raw url given a zip file url.

Steps to reproduce the issue.

Sign in to Azure DevOps Generator

Create a new project, ex: “Template_001” then select your organization “.

Click “Choose template”, select Github. Past the raw url:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/azuredevopsgenerator/master/azuresentinel/AzureSentinel.zip

Click “Submit” then “Create Project”

An Azure DevOps project will be created in your organization

So after a quick run through of the extract doc it appears that I need to deploy my template by hitting your Azure Webapp. Is it possible to not do this? I ask because at some point this project may die and the app may get removed, and I don't want to be in the position of leveraging a tool that we use to generate projects for customers when it goes away.

Can we get some more detailed documentation about how a deployment actually progresses?

Hi,

I want to generate a custom project template with 1. wiki pages 2. build and release defs.
the generator generates teh build and release but not wiki. how do i do that.

thanks,
Kumar

The template has a secure file that gets loaded along with the project. I have added the User role permission in the security tab from the Pipeline library. I still fails with the error given below. 'Limit Job authorization scope to current job' is disabled already but not sure where to set the build job authorization to 'Project Collection'
Here is the Diagnostic Log information:
Error while creating build definition: To get sources from a different team project, on the Options tab you must set the build job authorization scope to ‘Project collection’ and ensure that the 'Limit job authorization scope to current project' pipeline setting is disabled. Error while creating release definition: User does not have permission to link the secure file 'f1ded125-faff-4760-93fe-e0abe21ab257' to the release pipeline. Make sure the user has 'User Role' on the secure file and retry the operation.

Previously when using the PartsUnlimited demo generator it created a Test Suite with numerous test cases, as seen in this project.

When running the demo generator today in two different Azure DevOps accounts, it creates an empty Test Suite, as seen in this project.

The generator did not show any warnings or errors.

@dmckinstry

https://azuredevopslabs.com/labs/azuredevops/pullrequests/

I try to run this lab
And I get an error...

On the build template page there seems to be no option to do / download from an existing project anymore, only an analyse that returns no results. spotted this keep appearing in the the console: ajax.ts:157 POST https://dc.services.visualstudio.com/v2/track 400 (Invalid instrumentation key)

The AzureDevOpsDemoGenerator failed with to create the project, Project Template not found was all that was in the log file. I was using the SFPowerScripts sample pipeline zipe: https://github.com/azlamsalam/sfpowerscripts/blob/release/SamplePipelines/sfpowerscripts-sample-pipelines.zip

and when trying to use the ZIP recommended in the online documentation (https://github.com/Accenture/sfpowerscripts/releases/download/13.8000.7/sfpowerscripts_sample_pipelines.zip) I received an error "Unable to download file, please check the provided URL" Do you know anyway to work around this issue?

I am running the Azure DevOps labs on deploying MHC in AKS and ran into build issue when running the release pipeline. The error shows up in the "Create Deployments & Services in AKS" task as

"unable to recognize "/home/vsts/work/r1/a/MyHealth.AKS.build/deploy/mhc-aks.yaml": no matches for kind "Deployment" in version "apps/v1beta1""

, which I believe pertains to Kubernetes API "apps/v1beta1" being deprecated since 1.16. I have updated mhc.yaml to use the latest version (apps/v1) and have tried running this against Kubernetes cluster deployments running in 1.15.7 (default) as well as 1.17.0 (preview).

The current API supports external repos and other capabilities. This need to be reflected in the docs.

Wondering why exporting through the web site generates a ProjectSettings.json file that includes several external users:

{
  "type": "<process name>",
  "id": "b2421a69-5335-4628-abee-a06642c0339a",
  "users": [ "[email protected]", "[email protected]", "[email protected]", "[email protected]" ],
  "userAssignment": "Any"
}

Demo generator not working from PS Script and prompting 405 error

The create custom templates doc points to a limitations section but the URL points to https://github.com/microsoft/AzureDevOpsDemoGenerator/blob/master/docs

What are the limitations as I want to create custom templates where I set up a base project with things like artifacts and test plans taken out but when I explore and remimport into a new project this doesnt work.

If I want to duplicate repo, actions, workflow, projects etc. in GitHub or GitHub enterprise, will I be able to use this tool to do that?

Update the MSL temple Automate Azure Function deployments with Azure Pipelines with given image and correct the user assignment

Faced the below error message when creating project based on TemplateAsCode template

Error while creating release definition: Tasks with versions 'Install Terraform 0.12.18:0., Terraform : init:0., Terraform : plan:0., Terraform : apply -auto-approve:0.' are not valid for deploy job 'Deploy Terraform Config' in stage Build.

This is a cool application :-)

This app is used to set up lab environments during MS trainings. If there is a problem with using a promo code somone may be pressed to solve it by granting access to some other subscription that belongs to that person just to be able to do the lab exercise and may wish to revoke the granted access after the training is over.

You are missing documentation explaining where to review the permissions granted to the app and how to revoke them.

I tried to use the API to create a new project but got the following error:
the resource cannot be found

$resp = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://demogenapi.azurewebsites.net/api/environment/create" -Method "POST" -ContentType application/json -Body $body
Provisioning project ...
Invoke-WebRequest :

    The resource cannot be found.

CredScan.
Error while creating release definition: A credential or other secret was detected in one or more plaintext variables.
Remove all secrets or convert all variable types to secure.
...
Variables (and their corresponding stage) that need to be secured: DefaultConnectionString (Release)

I am unable to create new projects.

https://azuredevopsdemogenerator.azurewebsites.net/environment/createproject

Starting today onward, the PartsUnlimited DevOps generator provide an empty repos. This has happen to me and my participants. I am sure it can be reproduce.

Would you be willing to take a PR to upgrade this repo to .NET Core 3?

When I visit this page coming from the first link on this page, the template "Community T1" is selected. The template is not found in GitHub. To successfully deploy the demo, I had to use this link.

Hello, i get following error when exporting
Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at VstsDemoBuilder.Services.ExtractorService.<>c__DisplayClass30_2.b__2(KeyValuePair2 x) in D:\a\1\s\src\VstsDemoBuilder\Services\ExtractorService.cs:line 1250 at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereEnumerableIterator1.MoveNext() at System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source) at VstsDemoBuilder.Services.ExtractorService.GeneralizingGetReleaseDefinitions(ProjectConfigurations appConfig) in D:\a\1\s\src\VstsDemoBuilder\Services\ExtractorService.cs:line 1250

What can be the root cause?

Unable to create new project with Azure DevOps Demo Generator now supports GitHub forking!

Url : https://azuredevopsdemogenerator.azurewebsites.net/?name=implement-code-workflow

Today I created 5 different projects and the only one that worked out of the box was Hotel360. Contoso Air, MyHealth and PartsUnlimited faild with weird errors at build or release time.

Please test the templates :)

I get this error msg:

'We ran into some issues and we are sorry about that!
The log below will provide you insights into why the provisioning failed. You can raise and issue with the logs here and we will try to help you.

Click on View Diagnostics button to share logs with us

When creating a project under the Space Game - web - Agent.

Error while creating build definition: The pipeline is not valid. A task is missing. The pipeline references a task called '179fac12-2402-486e-80cf-5a6a8571f7c0'. This usually indicates the task isn't installed, and you may be able to install it from the Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com. (Task version 3.*, job 'Phase_1', step 'OctopusPack1'.)

In step 7 there is no scope mentioned for the website registration. Could you please help.

Ask: Add a Microsoft Community tab or a similar tab when a user "choose a template" option
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureDevOpsDemoGenerator/blob/master/docs/About-Azure-DevOps-Demo-Generator/images/templateselection.png

We are currently working on an initiative to leverage on the DevOps generator to accelerate customer guidance to adopt and deploy azure services. Add the tab point to current repo https://github.com/microsoft/azuredevopsgenerator will help to scale the solution.

Step 4 of lab shows suites should reside in the Test Plan: https://azuredevopslabs.com/labs/azuredevops/testmanagement/

All other data is populated such as test cases, build and release definitions, etc. but the suite just recently disappeared.

So I am having frustrations creating a template.

Getting this error

Error while querying work items: VS403474: You requested 424 work items which exceeds the limit of 200
Error while querying work items: VS403474: You requested 415 work items which exceeds the limit of 200

Whilst the project has 0 work items

AB#3616

Are there any plans to add support for On-Premises environments of Azure DevOps Server?

team the below link (PowerShell Script) seems to be broken

I'm trying to use the demo generator for the learning module "Implement a code workflow in your build pipeline by using Git and GitHub" ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/implement-code-workflow/3-set-up-environment ), following the instructions in unit.

The first time, rather than generating the matching demo, it generated a demo which dragged SmartHotel360 and PublicWeb into Azure Repos. (The learning module in question shouldn't be putting anything into Azure Repos, it uses GitHub.) In addition to that, the work items & boards expected to be added for the unit weren't added.

I deleted the generated demo project, and tried again with a slightly different project name, this time ensuring that I specifically selected the relevant template (also named "Implement a code workflow in your build pipeline using Git and GitHub") rather than relying on it being automatically selected. The demo generation ran with the wrong template again though, this time importing AKS into Azure Repos. It also failed with an error:

Error while Setting Epic Settings: VS402488: One or more of the backlog levels specified in the backlog visibilities is not valid. Error while updating board column TF401501: The board does not exist.

As the site says it'll revert away from the preview version in a few hours I'll just wait until tomorrow before trying again.

The template breaks and is not able to create the project with board items and pipeline. While continuing to learn via az400 learning paths, after last module, I deleted the earlier project and now I can not create a new one with this error:

Error while creating build definition: Unable to configure a service on the selected GitHub repository. This is likely caused by not having the necessary permission to manage hooks for the selected repository.

Unable to create project. It stops in between and nothing happens after wards. It just sits there.

Task groups are commonly used in pipelines for common and repeated groups of tasks. Current DemoGenerator doesn't support Task Groups. It will be great to add the support.

Neither for older ones nor for new ones just exported by "demogen-code" new site.