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Dan
Dan

Reputation: 43

VSTS Release Management Continuous Deployment not working

I am using Visual Studio Team Services for my Builds and Releases. I followed Microsoft's documentation here to set up my release definition to deploy every time a linked build is created (Continuous Deployment). However the trigger is not working.

My build definition simply follows the steps bellow:

My release definition's trigger is set up as Continuous Deployment and pointing to my release definition. The environment is set up with "Automated: after release creation"

My build completes successfully but the release is never triggered. I can kick of the release manually and it works fine. I would like the release to launch immediately from the build. Any ideas why this is not working?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 827

Answers (2)

Dan
Dan

Reputation: 43

There wound up being a Db entry problem with our VSTS account. This was fixed by the rm_customer_queries_at_microsoft_dot_com team.

Upvotes: 0

csharpkate
csharpkate

Reputation: 21

Here are the steps I would take to troubleshoot your problem:

  1. Double click on one of your successful builds and download the log file. At the bottom of the log file you will see where your build was published. Does it show that you have your artifacts in your build? Is there anything highlighted in yellow?

  2. Do you have your release definition linked to your build?

  3. Is the path to your web deployment package associated with your build?

When I was first setting things up, I had the same problem and this is what I did to fix it:

On the build solutions section of your build , be sure that your MS Build is set to: /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=Package /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true

On your CopyFiles section be sure you have your contents going to a zip folder: ***zip

On your release definition, be sure your Web Deploy package is pointing at that zip file: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)***.zip

Upvotes: 1

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