Visual studio Build Task Issue for PowerShell inline task - Azure

Question

I am running a vsts build inline PowerShell script task to create package for Azure cloud service. It works fine and create package file from my local machine, but when I try to run from VSTS PowerShell inline task it gives error :

##[error]Cannot find path ‘D:\a_tasks\InlinePowershell_31f040e5-e040-4336-878a-59a493355534\1.1.6\ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.Test.cscfg’ because it does not exist.

Here is my PowerShell inline script below, It fails on the following line:

Copy-Item $serviceConfigurationPath $packageOutDir

I really appreciate your help on this.

Thanks,

# This is the VSTS repository path
$workingDirectory = “$/DevCodeBase/ToolDevBranch1.33”
$webProjectName = “WebRole1”
$cloudProjectName = ‘ProjAzureDeployment’
$evv =’Test’
$cppack = ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\.NET SDK\v2.9\bin\cspack.exe’
$solutionDir = [string]::Format(“{0}”, $workingDirectory)
$webDir = [string]::Format(“{0}\{1}”, $workingDirectory, $webProjectName)
$packageOutDir = [string]::Format(“{0}\{1}”, $workingDirectory, $cloudProjectName)
$rolePropertyFile = [string]::Format(“{0}\{1}\{2}”, $workingDirectory, $cloudProjectName, “roleproperties.txt”)
# Create Role Properties File – This property file specifies the .Net framework against which webrole is going to run.
New-Item $rolePropertyFile -Type file -Force -Value “TargetFrameWorkVersion=v4.5” | Out-Null
New-Item $packageOutDir -Type directory -Force | Out-Null
# CSPack command Definition
$serviceDefinitionPath = [string]::Format(“{0}\{1}\ServiceDefinition.csdef”, $solutionDir, $cloudProjectName)
if ($evv -eq “Test”){
$serviceConfigurationPath = “ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.Test.cscfg”
}
else
{
$serviceConfigurationPath = [string]::Format(“{0}\{1}\ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg”, $solutionDir, $cloudProjectName)
}
$serviceRole = [string]::Format(“/role:{0};{1}”, $webProjectName, $webDir)
$rolePropertiesFile = [string]::Format(“/rolePropertiesFile:{0};{1}”, $webProjectName, $rolePropertyFile)
$sites = [string]::Format(“/sites:{0};Web;{1}”, $webProjectName, $webDir)
$packageOutput = [string]::Format(“/out:{0}\{1}.cspkg”, $packageOutDir, $cloudProjectName)
# $packageOutput = [string]::Format(“{0}\{1}.cspkg”, $packageOutDir, $cloudProjectName)
Write-Host $packageOutput
Write-Host $serviceConfigurationPath
# Build CSPKG file
& “C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\.NET SDK\v2.9\bin\cspack.exe” $serviceDefinitionPath $serviceRole $rolePropertiesFile $sites $packageOutput /useCtpPackageFormat | Out-Null
Write-Host $serviceDefinitionPath
Write-Host $serviceRole
Write-Host $rolePropertiesFile
Write-Host $sites
Write-Host $packageOutput
Write-Host ‘before copy’
# Copy configuration file
Copy-Item $serviceConfigurationPath $packageOutDir
# Remove Role Properties File
Remove-Item -Path $rolePropertyFile -Force | Out-Null

Do you solve this issue with Niels's solution? (You need to change this code: if ($evv -eq “Test”){ $serviceConfigurationPath = “ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.Test.cscfg” }) — starian chen-MSFT
– starian chen-MSFT, Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 2:36
yes, I changed to following code, but still I have same issue.[string]::Format(“{0}\{1}\ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.Test.cscfg”, $solutionDir, $cloudProjectName) — user5863509
– user5863509, Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 5:34
Do you change $workingDirectory to the actual path (not the server path, e.g. $workingDirectory="$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\ToolDevBranch1.33") — starian chen-MSFT
– starian chen-MSFT, Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 5:52
I added following line for packageout directory, now it is copy — user5863509
– user5863509, Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 10:02
I added following line for packageout directory, now it is copying only cscfg file not cspkg file. $artifactDirectory = "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)" . it is failing in following line : # Build CSPKG file & "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\.NET SDK\v2.9\bin\cspack.exe" $serviceDefinitionPath $serviceRole $rolePropertiesFile $sites $packageOutput /useCtpPackageFormat | Out-Null — user5863509
– user5863509, Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 10:20

Niels · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-13 07:48:30Z

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In the VSTS task you'll have to specify an absolute path, otherwise the script will look in the temporary directory created for your inline powershell script.

For instance, you could supply the path to the file as a parameter like -filepath "$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\Solution\config.json"

(For a list of the variables you can use, have a peek here)

If you want to keep using a relative path, you can move to a file based (ie non-inline) script and use a relative path to that.

answered Mar 13, 2018 at 7:48

Niels

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