Deploy Code from GitLab Repository to Azure Web App using PowerShell

Question

I would like to setup continuous deployment from a GitLab repository to an Azure App using a PowerShell script. I\'m aware that you can do this manually as per:

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Answer 1

Trying to reproduce your situation, I used the Azure CLI:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest

Which is ready to be used in a script in powershell like you want.

First, I tried to get all information about current deployment with a Bitbucket repository, which was configured as a Microsoft.Web/sites/sourcecontrols/Bitbucket:

az webapp deployment source show --name XXXXXXX --resource-group YYYYY

And got answer:

{
  "branch": "master",
  "deploymentRollbackEnabled": false,
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000/resourceGroups/YYYYY/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/XXXXXXX/sourcecontrols/web",
  "isManualIntegration": false,
  "isMercurial": false,
  "kind": null,
  "location": "North Europe",
  "name": "XXXXXXX",
  "repoUrl": "https://bitbucket.org/myAccount/myRepo",
  "resourceGroup": "YYYYY",
  "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites/sourcecontrols"
}

I disconnected it, and configured it manually, specifying External Repository exactly like in your link, defining the SAME Git repository, and branch, and at end, I got almost the same result:

{
  "branch": "master",
  "deploymentRollbackEnabled": false,
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000/resourceGroups/YYYYY/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/XXXXXXX/sourcecontrols/web",
  "isManualIntegration": true,
  "isMercurial": false,
  "kind": null,
  "location": "North Europe",
  "name": "XXXXXXX",
  "repoUrl": "https://bitbucket.org/myAccount/myRepo",
  "resourceGroup": "YYYYY",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-related:/subscriptions/00000/resourcegroups/YYYYY/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/XXXXXXX-sp": "empty"
  },
  "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites/sourcecontrols"
}

You can see the differences:

• isManualIntegration is now True, instead of False
• the hidden-related tag but I'm not sure it is interesting here

All that to say, you can script easily, using the official Azure Cli, the deployment definition, this way:

az webapp deployment source config --manual-integration --repository-type git --repo-url https://bitbucket.org/myAccount/myRepo --branch master --name XXXXXXX --resource-group YYYYY

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Edit 15/11/2018:

Once this deployment setup done, each new commits push to the regarded branch (e.g. master in previous samples) will automatically trigger a new deployment.

To be noted that sometimes it takes few minutes for the deployment to be triggered.

Eventually, if ever you would like to automatically execute something (a Powershell command, a GNU/Bash script, an .py, .bat, or whatever), you can create a .deployment file in root of your repository.

For instance:

[config]
SCM_COMMAND_IDLE_TIMEOUT = 9000
command = bash.exe build_my_project_on_azure.sh

You can get more information in the official documentation.