I wanted to run some tasks once a day. The idea being we run application to check from any drift\/changes to configuration etc. Luckily this is simple in Azure devops. <\/p>\n
We create a YAML pipeline with no trigger and create a cronjob style schedule instead as below<\/p>\n
\r\ntrigger: none\r\n\r\nschedules:\r\n- cron: "0 7 * * *"\r\n displayName: Daily\r\n branches:\r\n include:\r\n - main\r\n always: true\r\n\r\npool:\r\n vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'\r\n\r\nsteps:\r\n- task: UseDotNet@2\r\n inputs:\r\n packageType: 'sdk'\r\n version: '10.x'\r\n\r\n- script: dotnet build .\/tools\/TestDrift\/TestDrift.csproj -c Release\r\n displayName: Test for drift\r\n\r\n- script: |\r\n dotnet .\/tools\/TestDrift\/bin\/Release\/net10.0\/TestDrift.dll\r\n displayName: Run Test for drift\r\n\r\n- task: PublishTestResults@1\r\n inputs:\r\n testResultsFormat: 'JUnit'\r\n testResultsFiles: .\/tools\/TestDrift\/bin\/Release\/net10.0\/drift-results.xml\r\n failTaskOnFailedTests: true\r\n<\/pre>\nIn this example we’re publishing test results. Azure devops supports several formats, see the testResultsFormat variable. We’re just creating an XML file named drift-results.xml with the following format<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\n<testsuite tests="0" failures="0">\r\n <testcase name="check site" \/>\r\n <testcase name="check pipeline">\r\n <failure message="pipeline check failed" \/>\r\n <\/testcase>\r\n<\/testsuite>\r\n<\/pre>\nIn C# we’d do something like<\/p>\n
\r\nvar suite = new XElement("testsuite");\r\nvar total = GetTotalTests();\r\nvar failures = 0;\r\n\r\nvar testCase = new XElement("testcase",\r\n new XAttribute("name", "check pipeline")\r\n);\r\n\r\n\/\/ run some test\r\nvar success = RunSomeTest();\r\n\r\nif(!success)\r\n{\r\n failures++;\r\n testCase.Add(new XElement("failure",\r\n new XAttribute("message", "Some test name")\r\n ));\r\n}\r\n\r\nsuite.Add(testCase);\r\n\r\n\/\/ completed\r\nsuite.SetAttributeValue("tests", total);\r\nsuite.SetAttributeValue("failures", failures);\r\n\r\nvar exeDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)!;\r\nvar outputPath = Path.Combine(exeDir, "tls-results.xml");\r\n\r\nFile.WriteAllText(outputPath, suite.ToString());\r\n<\/pre>\nUsing one of the valid formats, such as the JUnit format, will also result in Azure pipeline build showing a Test tab with our test results listed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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