I'm not able to connect a Devops repository to create my own environment ARM template into DevTest lab. How to debug this issue?

Question

Hello,

I'm trying to add a personal AZURE DevOps repository to my AZURE DevTest Lab to create my own ARM template .
I succeeded to connect the repository to visualise my custom artifacts, but I'm not able to visualise my custom ARM template's environments.
To accomplish that I used an environment ARM template form the public repository on GitHub and I copied it on my personal DevOps repository and doesn't appear in the list of my available environments. ( For example the WebApp-MySQL environment)

How can i debug this issue ?

Best regards
Mohamad

Answer 1

Hello again @Mohamad CHHIMI ,

When completing the documentation to add template repositories to the lab, it looks like the issue is the expected Azure Resource Manager template folder path. Each environment needs to be in its own folder and the recommendation is to have those folders in an environments/templates folder.

For example, I have a copy of the WebApp template that I've made some modifications to. My GitHub repository looks like this:

MyGitHubRepository/MyTemplates/MyWebAppTemplate

When adding the Azure Resource Manager template repository, I need to enter the parent folder for the Azure Resource Manager template folder path:

/MyTemplates

After doing this, I'm able to see my ARM environment when creating a new lab:

Answer 2

Hello @Anonymous ,

Thank you for your answer. The problem is resolved.
I can now see my custom environment.

Best regards
Mohamad

Answer 3

Hello, @Mohamad CHHIMI !

Thank you for reaching out! Azure DevOps and its services are not supported in Microsoft Q&A because the Azure DevOps team and DevOps community are actively answering questions here:

https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/spaces/21/index.html

Answer 4

Hello @Mohamad CHHIMI ,

Let's start out with the following and see where you are running into trouble:

Add template repositories to the lab
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devtest-labs/devtest-lab-create-environment-from-arm#add-template-repositories-to-the-lab

1. In your lab resource, go to Settings > Configuration and policies
2. Under external resources, click on Repositories and then Add a repository
3. Complete the wizard and Save

After successfully completing that, you should see your repository listed:

Answer 5

Hello @Anonymous ,

I made exactly the same steps.
I added the repository, one for artifacts and one for environments.
For the artifacts repo i can see my custom artifact in the available artifacts list.

For the environments i can't see my custom environments. Only public environments are visible in the list of available environments.
When i save my configuration we can see that AZURE try to populate the AZURE Resource manager template cache.

Then it's saved correctly.

When i go to deploy a custom environments only public environment are available. My custom environments doesn't appear.

Best regards
Mohamad