How do I run an arbitrary test command on a Hosted agent?

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I would like to test that a command I'm crafting will work fine on a Hosted Agent with my DevOps Build Pipeline. The command could be quite complex or as trivial as tsc --version, for example.

How do I do it without modifying my build-pipeline-definition.yaml or rerunning the Build Pipeline?

Can I ssh/remote into the Agent and play around there? Or is there another way?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '19 at 22:48

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How do I do it without modifying my build-pipeline-definition.yaml or rerunning the Build Pipeline?

At the moment, you don't. The way to test builds is to modify the build, run a build, and iterate if it's still not working.

Can I ssh/remote into the Agent and play around there?

No. If you need access to an agent, install and configure a private agent on a machine you control.

answered Mar 20 '19 at 22:48

Daniel Mann

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That's too limiting *sigh*. Thanks for sharing the information – Igor Soloydenko Mar 20 '19 at 23:15
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Just install the agent locally on your development pc. That way you get a faster feedback loop. – Wouter de Kort Mar 20 '19 at 23:39

How do I run an arbitrary test command on a Hosted agent?

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