Azure-Pipelines

Question 1

Agent

Answer 1

An agent is an installable software that runs a build or deployment job.

Question 2

Artifact

Answer 2

An artifact is a collection of files or packages published by a build. Artifacts are made available for next tasks, such as distribution or deployment.

Question 3

Build

Answer 3

A build represents one execution of a pipeline. It collects the logs associated with running the steps and the results of running tests.

Question 4

Continuous delivery

Answer 4

Continuous delivery (CD) (also known as Continuous Deployment) is a process by which code is built, tested, and deployed to one or more test and production stages. Deploying and testing in multiple stages helps drive quality.

Question 5

Continuous integration

Answer 5

Continuous integration (CI) is the practice used by development teams to simplify the testing and building of code.

Automated tests and builds are run as part of the CI process.

Question 6

Deployment target

Answer 6

A deployment target is a virtual machine, container, web app, or any service used to host the application being developed. A pipeline might deploy the app to one or more deployment targets after the build is completed and tests are run.

Question 7

Job

Answer 7

A job represents an execution boundary of a set of steps. All the steps run together on the same agent.

A build contains one or more jobs. Most jobs run on an agent.

Question 8

Pipeline

Answer 8

A pipeline defines the continuous integration and deployment process for your app. It’s made up of steps called tasks.

It can be thought of as a script that describes how your test, build, and deployment steps are run.

Question 9

Release

Answer 9

When you use the visual designer, you create a release pipeline also to a build pipeline. A release is a term used to describe one execution of a release pipeline. It’s made up of deployments to multiple stages.

Question 10

Stage

Answer 10

Stage
Stages are the primary divisions in a pipeline: “build the app,” “run integration tests,” and “deploy to user acceptance testing” are good examples of stages.

Question 11

Task

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A task is the building block of a pipeline. For example, a build pipeline might consist of build tasks and test tasks. A release pipeline consists of deployment tasks. Each task runs a specific job in the pipeline.

Question 12

Trigger

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A trigger is something that’s set up to tell the pipeline when to run. You can configure a pipeline to run upon a push to a repository at scheduled times or upon completing another build. All these actions are known as triggers.

Question 13

Microsoft-hosted agents

Answer 13

Each time a pipeline is run, a new virtual machine (instance) is provided. The virtual machine is discarded after one use.

Question 14

Self-hosted agents

Answer 14

An agent that you set up and manage on your own to run build and deployment jobs is a self-hosted agent.

Question 15

Agent pool jobs

Answer 15

The most common types of jobs. The jobs run on an agent that is part of an agent pool.

Question 16

Container Jobs

Answer 16

Similar jobs to Agent Pool Jobs run in a container on an agent part of an agent pool.

Question 17

Deployment group jobs

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Jobs that run on systems in a deployment group.

Question 18

Agentless jobs

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Jobs that run directly on the Azure DevOps. They don’t require an agent for execution. It’s also-often-called Server Jobs.

Question 19

Agent pools

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Instead of managing each agent individually, you organize agents into agent pools. An agent pool defines the sharing boundary for all agents in that pool.

Question 20

The pre-defined “Azure-Pipelines” agent pool

Answer 20

A pre-defined agent pool with Microsoft-hosted agents.

It will often be an easy way to run jobs without needing to configure build infrastructure.

Question 21

Agent Pool Roles (Reader on organization/project agent pool)

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Organization agent pool: Members of this role can view the organization’s agent pool and agents.

Project pool: Members of this role can view the project agent pool and agents.

Question 22

Agent Pool Roles (Service Account on organization agent pool)

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Members of this role can use the organization agent pool to create a project agent pool in a project.

Question 23

Agent Pool Roles (Administrator on Organization Agent Pool)

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can register or unregister agents from the organization’s agent pool

manage membership for all roles of the organization agent pool

Question 24

Agent Pool Roles (User on Project Agent Pool)

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Members of this role can use the project agent pool when authoring build or release pipelines.

Question 25

Agent Pool Roles( Administrator on Project Pool)

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manage membership for all roles of the project agent pool.