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Create The Java Build Pipeline Using The Self-Hosted Agent In Azure Devops

In this article, we will create the Java build pipeline using the self-hosted agent in Azure DevOps.

Creation Of Environment For Self-Hosted Agent

As I am using my local machine as a self-hosted agent, I will install some softwares on my local machine. For that, I will install following softwares

JDK (latest version)
Maven (https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi)

Picture showing the maven portal for downloading the maven

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Once JDK is installed and Maven is downloaded, set the environmental variables "MAVEN_HOME" and "JAVA_HOME".

Picture showing adding the MAVEN_HOME and JAVA_HOME in environmental variables

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Also add the values in the "Path".

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Adding Code In The Repository

For this article, I am downloading the sample code from the https://github.com/vipin-k/spring-framework-petclinic

And upload it to my repository.

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Change In Pom.Xml

Change the "pom.xml" file and make it more simple for the sake of this article. Here is the updated file.

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"><modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion><groupId>org.springframework.samples</groupId><artifactId>spring-framework-petclinic</artifactId><version>5.1.3</version></project>

Edit The Pipeline

For java build pipeline, add the following steps

Maven
Copy Files To
Publish Artifacts

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In the "Maven pom.xml", specify the maven path.

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And change the contents of "Copy Files to: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)" task.

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Now save and queue the build. Here is the output

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Friday, July 16, 2021

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