Azure DevOps Agent on Kubernetes

The easiest and most effective method for creating and managing Azure DevOps agents on Kubernetes, without the need to spend time and effort wrestling with settings! Scale-out as much as is necessary and demolish them gracefully.

Important Release Notes

2.0.0

• ✅ ubuntu 20.04 based image
• ✅ yq upgrade to 4.40.7
• ✅ docker command could be executed without sudo
• ✅ Support for VSTS agent 3.232.3

1.0.9

• Pod Annotations have been implemented
• Service Account support has been implemented

✅ Thanks for contribitions to Alexandre Saison

✅ PR: #8

1.0.8

Since the 1.0.8 release , the Dockerfile and Helm chart have been configured to utilize a non-root user.

✅ Issue : Non-root user should be implemented

✅ Issue : docker could be called without sudo

Prerequisites

• Helm
• Personal Access Token with Agent Pool manage scope

You don't need to follow any more instructions beyond the standard self-hosted agent installation in order to utilize this helm chart.

Generate PAT on Azure DevOps

It is pretty straight-forward process with sufficient scope. Please choose one of the links below to generate a PAT.

⚠️ Only the PAT creation procedures are required

• Create a PAT
• Authenticate with a personal access token (PAT)

Installing the Chart

1. First you need to add repository (if you haven't done yet before)

helm repo add btungut https://btungut.github.io

2. Install the helm chart with required parameters

• With bash:

helm install {RELEASE-NAME} btungut/azure-devops-agent \
  --set agent.pat={PAT} \
  --set agent.organizationUrl=https://dev.azure.com/{YOUR-ORG} \
  --namespace {YOUR-NS}

• With powershell:

helm install {RELEASE-NAME} btungut/azure-devops-agent `
  --set agent.pat={PAT} `
  --set agent.organizationUrl=https://dev.azure.com/{YOUR-ORG} `
  --namespace {YOUR-NS}

Uninstalling the Chart

Run the following snippet to uninstall the release:

helm delete {RELEASE-NAME}

Parameters

Agent authentication parameters

⚠️ Helm chart provides two option for authentication. Please use only one of them.

Name	Description	Value
agent.pat	(1st Option) Personal access token for authentication	""
agent.patSecret	(2nd Option) Already existing secret name that stores PAT	""
agent.patSecretKey	(2nd Option) Key (field) name of the PAT that is stored in secret	"pat"

Agent configuration parameters

Name	Description	Value
agent.organizationUrl	Server / organization url, e.g.: https://dev.azure.com/your-organization-name	""
agent.pool	Agent pool name which the build agent is placed into	"Default"
agent.workingDirectory	Working directory of the agent	"_work"
agent.extraEnv	Additional environment variables as dictionary	{}

Other parameters

Name	Description	Value
image.repository	Azure DevOps agent image repository	btungut/azure-devops-agent
image.tag	Azure DevOps agent image tag (immutable tags are recommended)	3.232.3
image.pullPolicy	Azure DevOps agent image pull policy	IfNotPresent
image.pullSecrets	Azure DevOps agent image pull secrets	[]
replicaCount	Replica count for deployment	1
resources.requests.cpu	CPU request value for scheduling	"100m"
resources.requests.memory	Memory request value for scheduling	"128Mi"
resources.limits.cpu	CPU limit value for scheduling	"500m"
resources.limits.memory	Memory limit value for scheduling	"512Mi"
volumes	Volumes for the container	[]
volumeMounts	Volume mountings	[]

Please refer the values.yaml for other parameters.

Built-in binaries & packages

The binaries and packages listed below are included in the docker image used by the helm chart:

• Ubuntu 20.04
• unzip
• jq
• yq
• git
• helm
• kubectl
• Powershell Core
• Docker CLI
• Azure CLI
  • with Azure DevOps extension

Contributors

• Burak Tungut
• Alexandre Saison