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Azure VM Image Builder DevOps Task v2
A community-maintained Azure DevOps pipeline task for Azure Image Builder , updated to the latest API and modern Node.js runtime.
Why v2?
The original Microsoft-published task uses API 2020-02-14, Node 10 (EOL), and the deprecated azure-storage SDK. This v2 update brings:
Feature
v1 (Original)
v2 (This Extension)
API version 2020-02-14
2024-02-01
Node runtime Node 10 (EOL)
Node 20
Auth Service principal only
Workload identity federation (OIDC) + service principal
SAS tokens 1-year expiry, HTTP allowed
Timeout-based expiry (4-25h), HTTPS-only
Blob SDK azure-storage (deprecated)
@azure/storage-blob v12
Build VM identities Not supported
Multiple user-assigned identities
Validation Not supported
Built-in with continueOnFailure
Target regions Not configurable
Multi-region + replica count
Image versioning Not supported
Auto or explicit version
VM boot optimization Not supported
Enabled by default
Error handling Basic
Configurable error action
Progress Polling only
Phase transitions, elapsed time, heartbeats
Output variables imageUri only
imageUri, templateName, runOutput
Identity
Template Identity Resource Id — user-assigned managed identity for AIBBuild VM Identities — additional identities for the build VM (e.g. Key Vault access)
Source
Platform Image (publisher/offer/SKU/version) with purchase plan supportManaged Image by resource IDAzure Compute Gallery version by resource ID
Customize
PowerShell — inline script or package folder (uploaded to blob storage)Shell — inline script or package folderWindows Restart — with optional restart command and timeoutWindows Update — built-in provisionerFile — download files into the build VM
Validation (Optional)
Run source validation after customization
continueOnFailure option to proceed even if validation fails
Distribute
Managed Image — distribute to a managed imageAzure Compute Gallery — distribute to a gallery image definition
Target regions with replica counts
Automatic or explicit versioning
Exclude from latest flag
VM Profile
Custom VM size (e.g. Standard_D4s_v5)
Build timeout (minutes)
OS disk size override
Proxy VM size for VNet-connected builds
Container Instance subnet for isolated builds
Optional Settings
VM boot optimization (on by default)
Error handling action (cleanup / abort)
Output Variables
Variable
Description
imageUriResource ID of the distributed image
templateNameName of the created image template
runOutputFull run output name
Requirements
Azure DevOps agent 2.144.0+
A user-assigned managed identity with appropriate RBAC roles
A storage account for customizer package upload (if using package-based customizers)
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