Setup Azure DevOps Self Hosted Agent On-Premise & Troubleshooting Guidelines - Part 2
Azure Pipelines provides a powerful and flexible platform for continuous integration and deployment. While Microsoft offers hosted agents for executing pipeline tasks, there are scenarios where a self-hosted agent becomes necessary. In this blog post, we will walk you through the process of creating a self-hosted agent for Azure Pipelines, empowering you with the ability to run your pipelines on your own infrastructure. Benefits of self-hosted agents in Azure DevOps: Increased flexibility: Self-hosted agents allow you to run builds, tests, and deployments on platforms that are not supported by Azure Pipelines. Additionally, you can customize the environments to suit your specific needs and take advantage of the latest hardware capabilities. Greater control over the environment: Self-hosted agents give you full control over the environment, allowing you to access and install anything you need for your builds and tests. Seamless integration: With self-hosted agents, you can easily integrate your existing DevOps tools, such as source control, build systems, and test frameworks, into Azure Pipelines for a seamless DevOps experience. Cost savings: Self-hosted agents can help you save money on build-related costs, as you can use existing hardware to run your builds. You can also save costs by managing your own agents and using lower-cost cloud providers. Common Challenges: Setup: Setting up and configuring a self-hosted agent can be a time-consuming and complex process, as you have to install all necessary dependencies and configure the environment to suit your needs. Maintenance: With self-hosted agents, you are responsible for all maintenance activities, such as patching, updates, and security. Security: As you are managing your own environment, you need to ensure that all access is secure and comply with the required security standards. Scalability: Self-hosted agents can be difficult to scale, as you have to manually configure and manage additional agents as your needs grow.Setup Azure DevOps Self Hosted Agent On-Premise & Troubleshooting Guidelines
Azure DevOps supports the deployment of the builds from release pipelines to the on-premise environments using self-hosted pipeline agents. This article describes creating an Azure DevOps self-hosted agent in an on-premise Windows machine and some standard troubleshooting steps in case any issue.
