Control-M for Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps provides an integrated set of services and tools to manage software projects, from planning and development through testing and deployment. Azure DevOps delivers services through a client/server model.

Control-M for Azure DevOps enables you to do the following:

Execute Azure DevOps pipelines.
Manage Azure DevOps credentials in a secure connection profile.
Connect to any Azure DevOps endpoint.
Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Azure DevOps, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, resource pools, lock resources, and variables.
Integrate Azure DevOps jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
Monitor the status, results, and output of Azure DevOps jobs.
Attach an SLA job to the Azure DevOps jobs.

Setting up Control-M for Azure DevOps

This procedure describes how to deploy the Azure DevOps plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Azure DevOps job in Control-M SaaS and Automation API.

Before You Begin

Verify that Java is installed, as described in Control-M External Java Installation.
Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Setting Up the API.
Verify that Agent version 9.0.21.080 or higher is installed.

Begin

Do one of the following:
- Install: Run one of the following provision image commands:
  - Linux: ctm provision image Azure_DevOps_plugin.Linux
  - Windows: ctm provision image Azure_DevOps_plugin.Windows
- Upgrade: Run the following command:
  
  ctm provision agent::update
Create an Azure DevOps connection profile in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:
- Control-M SaaS: Create a Centralized Connection Profile with Azure DevOps Connection Profile Parameters
- Automation API: ConnectionProfile:Azure DevOps
Define an Azure DevOps job in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:
- Control-M SaaS: Create a Job with Azure DevOps Job parameters
- Automation API: Job:Azure DevOps

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in. The plug-in ID is ADO112023.

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version	Details
1.0.01	Added support for Service Principal authentication, in addition to Personal Access Token (PAT) authentication, through a new Identity Type parameter in the connection profile. Added several parameters in the connection profile to support Service Principal authentication.
1.0.00	Initial version