I have set a build variable which I would like to consume in my inline powershell script.
I tried $($myvariable) but this comes out blank.
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Pass build variables to powerhshell inline script in Azure DevOps
To get the build variables with inline power shell script, you can try to use following syntax $env:variable:
$env:myvariable
The build variable:
The build result:
Note:At this moment, the value of nested variables (like $(myvariable$(Build.SourceBranchName))) on build variables table are not yet supported in the build pipelines.
Hope this helps.
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vixero
Link to the docs: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/utility/…
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How would you get the secret variables passed into the inline script like this? I have used ConvertTo-SecureString "$($password)" -AsPlainText -Force, but that was the $ password was passed into an external script. It didn't work for inline scripts.
here's what's working for me:
$(variableName)
for example built-in variable called Build.BuildNumber can be accessed like so:
$(Build.BuildNumber)
full example with format function:
- task: AzurePowerShell@3
displayName: UpdatePrereq
inputs:
azureSubscription: ${{ parameters.azureSubscription }}
ScriptType: InlineScript
Inline: |
${{ format('. $(Build.Repository.LocalPath)\scripts\_helpers.ps1
Update-DeploymentPrereq -resourceGroup {1} -location {3}
Update-Prereq -pathSuffix {0} -pathBase $(Build.Repository.LocalPath) -resourceGroup {1} -buildId $(Build.BuildNumber) -paramFile {2}
Update-DeploymentConcurrency -resourceGroup {1} -buildId $(Build.BuildNumber)',
parameters.buildDir, parameters.resourceGroupName, parameters.paramFile, parameters.location ) }}
azurePowerShellVersion: LatestVersion
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If you need to use nested variables you can use something like this:
$name = "CONNECTIONSTRING_$(Agent.MachineName)"
$val = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($name)
And then you get the value of the variable named CONNECTIONSTRING_MACHINENAME
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Use $env:variableName
If your variable names contain dots, replace the dots with underscore:
Write-Host "variable.name= $env:variable_name"
