Introduction
In the previous post, we described how to create a build pipeline for a simple Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central application. In this post, we will demonstrate how artifacts from the build pipeline can be used for deployment to Sandbox and Production environments.
Prerequisites
- Created build pipeline in this post
Script for publishing app
In your app create power shell script for publishing app
Source code:
#install bccontainerhelper
Write-Host "##[command]Installing BcContainerHelper"
Install-Module -Name bccontainerhelper -Force
$module = Get-InstalledModule -Name bccontainerhelper -ErrorAction Ignore
$versionStr = $module.Version.ToString()
Write-Host "##[section]BcContainerHelper $VersionStr installed"
#install bccontainerhelper
$authContext = New-BcAuthContext -refreshToken $env:refreshToken -tenantID $env:TENANTID
$ArtifactsDirectory = (Join-Path -Path $env:System_ArtifactsDirectory -ChildPath ($env:Release_PrimaryArtifactSourceAlias + '\Artifacts'))
$AppFile = Get-ChildItem -Path $ArtifactsDirectory -Filter "*.app"
write-host "##[section]App file" $AppFile.FullName
write-host "##[section]Publishing app to tenant:" $env:TENANTID "Environment:" $env:ENVIRONMENT
Publish-PerTenantExtensionApps `
-bcAuthContext $authContext `
-environment $env:ENVIRONMENT `
-appFiles $AppFile.FullName `
-schemaSyncMode Force
Release pipeline
In your project create release pipeline
Script Path:
$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/$(Release.PrimaryArtifactSourceAlias)/Artifacts/PublishApp.ps1
or different branch which you are using for sandbox environement
Run command
Command:
$AuthContext = New-BcAuthContext -includeDeviceLogin Get-ALGoAuthContext -bcAuthContext $AuthContext | Set-Clipboard
Command copied from Freddy blog post
To get required data for publishing app
After that, go to Release and add Pipeline variables
After that you should be able to publish app to Sandbox environment.
For Production environment, the procedure is the same, only you have to specify Production environment name in release pipeline.
and specify artifact for main branch(or branch which you are using for Production environment)
Conclusion
This blog post brings together a complete CI/CD process of developing a simple application for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The following posts will provide a demonstration of how to define build pipelines on Self Hosted agents and deploy them to OnPrem environments.
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