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Preparing for Azure Boards Integration

You need to create an OAuth Token for use in FlexDeploy. This token will be entered for Azure DevOps Personal Access Token on Issue Tracking Instance.

  1. Go to Azure Boards and log in as the user you want to use for FlexDeploy to Azure Boards Integration.

  2. Generate a Personal Access Token in Azure Boards following this guide. ​

  3. Choose an expiration date based on your security policies. Shorter expiration dates will require updating the ITS more frequently.

  4. Choose the following OAuth scopes to comment on and change status of issues:

Create Issue Tracking Instances

An Azure Boards instance looks like this:

Supported Azure DevOps API Versions

  • 5.1-preview, 5.2-preview, 5.3-preview, 5.4-preview, 5.5-preview, 5.6-preview, 5.7-preview, 5.8-preview, 5.9-preview,

  • 6.0-preview, 6.1-preview, 6.2-preview, 6.3-preview, 6.4-preview, 6.5-preview, 6.6-preview, 6.7-preview, 6.8-preview, 6.9-preview,

  • 7.0-preview, 7.1-preview.

Configure Folder or Project for Issue Tracking

Configure Azure Boards Issue Tracking Instance on your project or parent folder. Issue Tracking configurations are inherited by sub-folder and projects. This configuration will allow you to integrate Azure Work Items with your builds. See Configure Project for Issue Tracking for more details.

Optionally configure for Comment and/or Status update after build or deploy execution.

Linking Azure Work Items with FlexDeploy Builds

Now you are ready to link Azure Work Items with project builds.

Linking with Commit Messages

Set up your FlexDeploy Project with a ticket pattern. The pattern must be Azure Boards Project name + “-” + issue number.

Following this pattern, make a commit message.

Push and merge your change.

When you create a build, the issue numbers are pulled from your commits.

Linking by Manual Entry at Project Build Time

Issue numbers can also be entered on the build request form to link the issue at build time.

The issue number should be Azure Boards Project Name-Issue Number

Linking Issues to Project Packages

If you are working with a package-based project, you can associate issues with packages that will live through its build and deployment lifecycle.

Add one or more Issues by clicking the edit package button on the right panel. The dropdown only shows previously linked issues. Type the entire issue key to make a new one. The issue number should be in the format Azure Boards Project Name-Issue Number. After saving, all builds and deployments of this package will automatically be associated to that Azure Boards Issue.

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