Azure DevOps pipeline release fails with error - No package found with specified pattern: D:\a\r1\a\**\*.zip

Question

I tried following this, but was not successful.

I have an ASP.NET Core App Service (Web App) in Azure DevOps repository and the release over that builds always fails with this error:

Error: No package found with specified pattern: D:\a\r1\a***.zip

I'm pretty new to CI for App Services and not sure if I'm missing a step in my YAML or CI Build?

stages:
  - stage: SDL
    jobs:
    - job: SDLTools
      pool:
        name: Azure-Pipelines-EO-Windows2022-Office
      steps:
      - task: ms.vss-governance-buildtask.governance-build-task-component-detection.ComponentGovernanceComponentDetection@0
        condition: |
          and(
            eq(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main'),
            ne(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')
          )
        displayName: 'Component Detection'
      - task: ArchiveFiles@2
        inputs:
          rootFolderOrFile: '$(Build.BinariesDirectory)'
          includeRootFolder: true
          archiveType: 'zip'
          archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
          replaceExistingArchive: true        
      - task: AzureRmWebAppDeployment@4
        inputs:
          ConnectionType: 'AzureRM'
          azureSubscription: 'Subscription'
          appType: 'webApp'
          WebAppName: 'MyWebAppName'
          package: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/*.zip'
      - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1

I see that the archive compleete

D:\a\_work\_tasks\ArchiveFiles_35346534345f\2.231.0\7zip\7z.exe a -tzip -mx=5 D:\a\_work\1\a\26395403.zip @D:\a\_work\_temp\v6pxdmipzc

But then fails during the deploy.

No package found with specified pattern: D:\a\_work\1\s\*.zip<br/>Check if the package mentioned in the task is published as an artifact in the build or a previous stage and downloaded in the current job

Answer 1

If you observe the path of the archive (D:\a\_work\1\a\26395403.zip) and the path in the error message (D:\a\_work\1\s\*.zip) when deployment fails, there is a difference after the part D:\a\_work\1\.

That's because the $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) used while archiving the file is a different directory compared to $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory) used for picking up the zip while deploying the app.

So use the package location in AzureRMWebAppDeployment@4 task as '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/*.zip' in order for the agent to find the archived file.

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      - task: AzureRmWebAppDeployment@4
        inputs:
          ConnectionType: 'AzureRM'
          azureSubscription: 'Subscription'
          appType: 'webApp'
          WebAppName: 'MyWebAppName'
          package: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/*.zip'