Pass parameter to Azure CLI Task in DevOps

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How do you pass a parameter to an Azure CLI Task in Azure DevOps?

Take the very basic example of showing basic info about a VM. A basic CLI command would be:

az vm show --name myVM --resource-group dev -o table

Now if I wanted to parameterize that command, so that I could pass in the VM Name, who would i do it?

I've tried creating a CLI Task as both an in-line script and a file, passing parameters using the Azure DevOps Argument builder, but nothing seems to work. The parameter looks like this:

-vmname "win10-vs"

In the script, I can't get the -vmname parameter, no matter what I try. I've tried:

$1
$vmname
%vmname
%vmname%

So how do I do it?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 16 '19 at 17:53

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to use build variables you can use the $(var_name) notation, so in your inline script you would use the following:

az vm show --name $(my_variable) --resource-group dev -o table

if you would launch the script you'd use the same approach. if you are actually talking about how to get parameters in bash script, it should be $1 for the first parameter (as far as I recall)

answered Apr 16 '19 at 17:53

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How do you read parameters that are sent in to inline scrips via the **arguments** textbox? – marlinspike Apr 16 '19 at 18:10
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check this thread: https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/issues/9416 – 4c74356b41 Apr 16 '19 at 18:18
Here's the answer: - For Mac/Linux Hosts, use positional arguments like: $1 - For Windows Hosts, use positional arguments like: %1 – marlinspike Apr 16 '19 at 18:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '21 at 13:49

Try passing the parameters in "Environment Variables" instead of "Script Arguments"

Inside your script use $myParameter

By the way, I tried what was mentioned in the answer but it didn't work for me. I'm running a Shell script on a windows host using Azure CLI Task 2.*

Pass parameter to Azure CLI Task in DevOps

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