Remove files and foldes on Azure before a new deploy from VSTS

Question

As part of my build process in VSTS I want to delete all files and folders (except af few) from my azure site before a new deploy. My guess is, that using a Azure Powershell

Answer 1

Here's a tweaked version of the script which should be included in your project and exported as an artefact as part of your build, I call mine Delete-WebAppFiles.ps1

It expands on the previous answer by also handling virtual applications and having error handling for the case when the files do not exist e.g. on first deployment to a new environment

param(
    [string]$resourceGroupName,
    [string]$webAppName,
    [string]$appPath="wwwroot",
    [string]$slotName="", 
    [string]$kuduPath,
    [bool]$recursive=$false
)
function Get-AzureRmWebAppPublishingCredentials($resourceGroupName, $webAppName, $slotName = $null){
    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($slotName)){
        $resourceType = "Microsoft.Web/sites/config"
        $resourceName = "$webAppName/publishingcredentials"
    }
    else{
        $resourceType = "Microsoft.Web/sites/slots/config"
        $resourceName = "$webAppName/$slotName/publishingcredentials"
    }
    $publishingCredentials = Invoke-AzureRmResourceAction -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -ResourceType $resourceType -ResourceName $resourceName -Action list -ApiVersion 2015-08-01 -Force
    Write-Host $publishingCredentials   
    return $publishingCredentials
}
function Get-KuduApiAuthorisationHeaderValue($resourceGroupName, $webAppName, $slotName = $null){
    $publishingCredentials = Get-AzureRmWebAppPublishingCredentials $resourceGroupName $webAppName $slotName
    Write-Host $publishingCredentials.Properties.PublishingUserName
    Write-Host $publishingCredentials.Properties.PublishingPassword
    return ("Basic {0}" -f [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f $publishingCredentials.Properties.PublishingUserName, $publishingCredentials.Properties.PublishingPassword))))
}
function Delete-KuduFile($resourceGroupName, $webAppName, $appPath, $slotName, $kuduPath, $recursive){

    $kuduApiAuthorisationToken = Get-KuduApiAuthorisationHeaderValue $resourceGroupName $webAppName $slotName
    if ($recursive -eq $true) {
        if (-not ($kuduPath.endswith("recursive=true"))) {
           if (-not ($kuduPath.endswith("/"))) {
              $kuduPath += "/"
           }
           $kuduPath += "?recursive=true"
        }
    }
    if ($slotName -eq ""){
        $kuduApiUrl = "https://$webAppName.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/vfs/site/$appPath/$kuduPath"
    }
    else{
        $kuduApiUrl = "https://$webAppName`-$slotName.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/vfs/site/$appPath/$kuduPath"
    }

    Write-Output $kuduApiUrl
    Write-Output $kuduApiAuthorisationToken

    try
    {
        Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $kuduApiUrl `
                        -Headers @{"Authorization"=$kuduApiAuthorisationToken;"If-Match"="*"} `
                        -Method DELETE
    } catch {
        Write-Host "StatusCode:" $_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__ 
        Write-Host "StatusDescription:" $_.Exception.Response.StatusDescription
        if (-not ($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__ -eq 404)) {
            throw $PSItem
        }
    }    
}

Delete-KuduFile $resourceGroupName $webAppName $appPath $slotName $kuduPath $recursive

You can then add a Powershell task as mentioned above which should look a little like this...