Azure Artifacts for packages - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Azure Artifacts for packages

📖 Scenario: You are working on a software project that requires managing and sharing packages securely within your team using Azure DevOps.You want to create an Azure Artifacts feed to store your packages and configure access permissions.

🎯 Goal: Build an Azure Artifacts feed configuration with proper access control to manage packages for your team.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create an Azure Artifacts feed named team-packages

Set the feed visibility to project

Add a user group called Developers with Contributor role to the feed

Enable upstream sources to allow pulling packages from public registries

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Teams use Azure Artifacts to securely share and manage packages within their organization, ensuring consistent dependencies and controlled access.

💼 Career

Knowing how to configure Azure Artifacts is essential for DevOps engineers and cloud architects managing CI/CD pipelines and package management in Azure.

1

Create an Azure Artifacts feed

Create an Azure Artifacts feed named team-packages using the Azure CLI command az artifacts feed create with the parameter --name team-packages.

Azure

# Use az artifacts feed create --name team-packages to create the feed
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the Azure CLI command az artifacts feed create with the --name option to create the feed.

2

Set feed visibility to project

Update the feed team-packages to have project visibility by adding the parameter --visibility project in the Azure CLI command.

Azure

az artifacts feed create --name team-packages \
# Set the feed visibility to project below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Add --visibility project to the feed creation command to restrict access.

3

Add Developers group with Contributor role

Add the user group Developers to the feed team-packages with the role Contributor using the Azure CLI command az artifacts feed collaborator add with parameters --feed team-packages, --collaborator Developers, and --role Contributor.

Azure

az artifacts feed create --name team-packages --visibility project
# Add Developers group with Contributor role below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use az artifacts feed collaborator add to assign roles to groups.

4

Enable upstream sources

Enable upstream sources on the feed team-packages by updating the feed with the parameter --upstream-enabled true using the Azure CLI command az artifacts feed update.

Azure

az artifacts feed create --name team-packages --visibility project
az artifacts feed collaborator add --feed team-packages --collaborator Developers --role Contributor
# Enable upstream sources below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use az artifacts feed update with --upstream-enabled true to allow pulling packages from public sources.