⇢ A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Azure DevOps Pipelines — PART-4
Azure DevOps YAML pipelines can seem complex at first glance, but they’re actually just a series of steps laid out in a logical order. Let’s break down the key components — Jobs, Stages, Tasks, and Steps — in easy-to-understand terms.
Azure DevOps YAML pipelines are like a recipe for baking a cake. You have a list of ingredients (Jobs), organized into different steps (Stages), each with specific tasks to complete (Tasks), and individual instructions for each task (Steps).
Stages
Stages are the big steps in your recipe, like mixing the batter, baking the cake, and decorating it. Each stage groups together related jobs. For example, you might have a “Build” stage for compiling your code and a “Test” stage for running tests.
Jobs
Jobs are like different tasks you need to complete, such as mixing ingredients or baking the cake. In a pipeline, you might have a job for building your code, another for running tests, and one for deploying your application.
Tasks
Tasks are the specific actions you need to take within each job, such as measuring ingredients or preheating the oven. In a pipeline, tasks could include compiling code, running tests, or copying files.
Steps
Steps are the individual instructions within each task, like mixing flour and sugar or setting the oven temperature. Each step represents a single action, such as running a script or executing a command.
Create Pipeline
Let’s create a simple pipeline using the above key components(Stages, Jobs, Tasks, and Steps).
If you want the steps to create a azure devops pipeline, please follow ⚙️ Creating Your First Azure DevOps Pipeline 🛠️.
This YAML pipeline consists of two stages: “Build” and “Deploy & Test”. In the “Build” stage, the application is built and tests are run, while in the “Deploy & Test” stage, the application is deployed and additional tests are performed.
In my case, I have created pipeline using above YAML and named it as key-components-pipeline.
Run Pipeline
Now run the above created pipeline.
That’s It! We’ve successfully created a pipeline with multiple stages and jobs, and we’ve tested it. The pipeline ran without any issues, completing all stages and jobs successfully.
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