How to add bindings in devops pipeline with Yaml

Question

How I can add Bindings in a "IIS web app manage" task using yaml? I tried putting the bindings like classic pipeline and doesnt work

Coign

Answer 1

You need to create a JSon with all information like this:

                                {
                                        "bindings":[{
                                            "protocol":"http",
                                            "ipAddress":"*",
                                            "port":"xxxxx",
                                            "sslThumbprint":"",
                                            "sniFlag":false
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "protocol":"http",
                                            "ipAddress":"*",
                                            "hostname":"yyyyyy.com",
                                            "port":"80",
                                            "sslThumbprint":"",
                                            "sniFlag":false
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "protocol":"http",
                                            "ipAddress":"*",
                                            "hostname":"xxxxxxxx.com",
                                            "port":"80",
                                            "sslThumbprint":"",
                                            "sniFlag":false
                                        }
                                    ]
                                } 

Coign

It would be helpful if learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/deploy/… or github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/blob/master/Tasks/… mentioned the format expected!? – Leery

can someone please point out where you put the above JSON ?? – Exhaust

@JohnJoseph I've added an answer with an example – Birdie

any idea how would you make the port a variable ? – Tungus

Answer 2

The accepted answer doesn't give a great example on usage. The Bindings input accepts a multiline string formatted as a particular JSON object. Also be sure to set AddBinding: true as it appears it will ignore the Bindings input without it.

On a related note, if you are storing your certificates in WebHosting (as opposed to MY), the deployment will fail as the task won't be able to find your certificate. Here's the relevant github enhancement to fix this

task: IISWebAppManagementOnMachineGroup@0
displayName: 'IIS Web App Manage'
inputs:
    IISDeploymentType: 'IISWebsite'
    ActionIISWebsite: 'CreateOrUpdateWebsite'
    ...
    AddBinding: true
    Bindings: |
        {
            bindings:[
                {
                    "protocol":"http",
                    "ipAddress":"*",
                    "hostname":"mywebsite.com",
                    "port":"80",
                    "sslThumbprint":"",
                    "sniFlag":false
                },
                {
                    "protocol":"https",
                    "ipAddress":"*",
                    "hostname":"mywebsite.com",
                    "port":"443",
                    "sslThumbprint":"...",
                    "sniFlag":true
                 }
            ]
        }

Birdie

any idea how would you make the port a variable ? – Tungus

Use Azure Pipelines variables or template parameters. – Coachwhip

For those wondering what the format of the "bindings" option should be (I couldn't find any documentation for it), I think I've found it in the source code: github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/blob/master/Tasks/… – Denicedenie