Azure Pipelines CI: PR Gating via Aikido Dashboard
Introduction
You can easily configure Azure DevOps PR Gating via the Aikido interface. This doc focusses on managing configurations in bulk - multiple repos at the same time - without code.
Note. If you want to manage your Azure Pipelines Configurations in code (and per repo), please check out our other article.
Use Cases
Bulk Repository Management: Easily specify and manage configurations for multiple repositories at once through the Aikido interface.
Zero Code Integration: Install the Aikido app on Azure DevOps to manage checks without embedding any code, simplifying the setup process.
Cost Efficiency: By managing Azure DevOps Checks through Aikido, avoid using CI minutes on Azure DevOps, leading to significant cost savings.
Setting up Azure DevOps CI
Step 1. Go to the Integrations Page and select Azure Pipelines in the CI gating section.
Step 2. Select PR Gating Configuration via Aikido Dashboard in the modal that pops up
Step 3. Grant Aikido the necessary permissions.
Step 4. Aikido redirects you to the Azure Pipelines page with an overview of your repos. You can start configuring your repos. We recommend starting out with 1 repo to make sure everything works well.
Step 5. Select repos in bulk and click Configure Scans button in the top right.
Step 6.This will trigger the modal to choose the severity level for failure and the scans you want to execute.
If you've added new repositories after the initial setup, you'll need to configure those repos as well.
When creating or updating PR's, you'll now see the status of the checks on the pull request in Azure DevOps.
Adding Exceptions for specific repos
You might want to have 1 specific repo where the configuration slightly differs. You can easily add exceptions by clicking the triple dots on a repo item or just select 1 or more items and go through the Configure Scans process again.