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ALOps and Build Pipelines for On Prem Extensions v2

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Is it possible to use Azure DevOps and the ALOps extension to compile and publish an on prem extension without using Docker?  If so, can someone point me to information on how to do that? 

I created a pipeline using ALOps and YML in DevOps, and using the Azure Pipeline agent for VS2017.  It failed in the compile phase with the error :  Exception calling ".ctor" with "1" argument(s): "invalid URI: The URI is empty."

I'm thinking that I'd have to create my own Agent and host that has BC files on it for this to work.  Is that correct?  Is that the benefit of using Docker, that you could use a generic BC Container that someone else (maybe MS or Freddy) has set up with all the necessary software/files installed?

How does all of this work to then publish to a remote client's server?  We create client customization extensions and also have a base vertical product that will eventually be an extension (Down to 1000 errors :-) ) and all of these we'd like to set up to be able to build and publish to clients from DevOps.

Sorry this is lengthy, there's obviously a lot I need to figure out.  Thanks in advance for any input!

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    Stefano Demiliani Profile Picture
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    Yes tou can compile and publish an onprem extension with ALOps and Azure DevOps. Docker in my opinio is the best way for working with DevOps (you can create a container for the build and destroy it after finishing the work, then with a release pipeline you can publish on your onprem instance).

    About the error: check in what phase of your pipeline occours, I think you missed a parameter.

    P.S. ALOps is not a standard tool but a third party one ;)

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