Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

How it works...

Let's look at the deployment-group-registration script in more detail. The error preference for this script is set to stop, implying the script will stop execution on the first failure:

$ErrorActionPreference="Stop";

Validate that the user executing the script is part of the administrator role on the host machine:

If(-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() ).IsInRole( [Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] “Administrator”)){ throw "Run command in Administrator PowerShell Prompt"};

Validate that the vstsagent folder exists in the System directory on the host machine. If not, create a new directory for vstsagent and navigate to that directory. If an agent already exists ...