IBM Cloud CLI tasks for Azure Pipeline

Credits

Author: Francesco Di Maggio

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About IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud® offers the most open and secure public cloud for business, a next-generation hybrid multicloud platform, advanced data and AI capabilities, and deep business expertise across 20 industry sectors.

About this extension

This extension provides the following components:

• A task for complete usage (install, check and deploy) of a CloudFoundry Application on IBM Cloud
• A task for installing the latest IBM Cloud CLI
• A task for verifying the IBM Cloud CLI version installed
• A task for performing login action to IBM Cloud via CLI, using parameters
• A task for installing CloudFoundry environment on-top of IBM Cloud CLI
• A task for defining IBM Cloud CloudFoundry Target
• A task for publishing an application in IBM Cloud

We suggest this kind of usage for this extension, which allows you to prepare the environment in order to publish an application to the IBM Cloud.

IBM Cloud - Deploy master command

The IBM Cloud - Deploy master command is a aggregation of command.

You can use this single Agent Task in order to perform all the succesive single action in one place.

IBM Cloud CLI installer task

• Search for Install IBM Cloud CLI and click on Add

This task will install the IBM Cloud CLI using the bash script as defined in the documentation.

IBM Cloud CLI Version

• Search for IBM Cloud CLI Version and click on Add

This task runs the ibmcloud version command and lets you know the version of the previously installed CLI.

IBM Cloud CLI Login

• Search for IBM Cloud CLI Login and click on Add

This task runs the ibmcloud login command and lets you know the version of the previously installed CLI.

In the task configuration you can associate the following parameters (required):

• username
• password
• account ID
• region

IBM Cloud CLI CF Install

• Search for IBM Cloud CLI CF Install and click on Add

This task runs the ibmcloud cf install command and install the CloudFoundry environment commands.

IBM Cloud CLI Target CF

• Search for IBM Cloud CLI Target CF and click on Add

This task runs the ibmcloud target --cf command and define the CloudFoundry environment you are going to use to publish you application.

IBM Cloud App Push

• Search for IBM Cloud App Push and click on Add

This task runs the ibmcloud app push $(appName) command.

In the task configuration you can associate the following parameters (required):

• appName