Create and Test an ASP.NET Core App in Azure Pipelines

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Create and Test an ASP.NET Core App in Azure Pipelines

Your company, Globomantics, has started using Azure Repos to manage code. They want you to make a pipeline that will automatically build and test an ASP.NET Core application when changes are made to the code repository.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 21, 2025

Duration

45m

Challenge

Create a New Azure DevOps Organization and Project
- Log in to the Azure portal.
- Create a new private project named AwesomeProject
Challenge

Import an Existing Repo into Azure Repos
- Create a new Azure Repo by importing a GitHub Repo: https://github.com/pluralsight-cloud/lab-Create-and-Test-an-ASP.NET-Core-App-in-Azure-Pipelines
Challenge

Install a Self-hosted Agent on the Provided VM
- Install a self-hosted agent onto the provided Linux VM.
- Use a personal access token for the authentication method.
Challenge

Create a New Azure DevOps Pipeline
- Create a new Azure DevOps pipeline using Azure Repo and the project you created.
Make sure the following has been configured in the pipeline YAML:
- The trigger is set to main
- The pool is set to name: 'Default'
- There is a task to use .NETCore 3.1.x
Challenge

Test the Pipeline by Modifying Some Code
- Make a change to Index.cshtml and push to the main branch.
- Verify job success.

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