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  • Getting x86 .NET 3.x tests running on the latest Azure Devops hosted agents

    author Richard Fennell calendar Mar 6, 2023 · 3 min read · Tech Tips DevOps  ·
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    Background

    At Black Marble we have our own private build agents, but they are built using the same Packer process as the Microsoft hosted ones. I recently rebuilt our agents to match the latest version of the hosted agents, and I ran into an issue with some .NET 3.1 based x86 MSTests. The tests were failing with the …


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  • Getting "cannot find path" error using Install-Package

    author Richard Fennell calendar Feb 27, 2023 · 1 min read · Tech Tips DevOps  ·
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    Background

    I was recently trying to use PowerShelGet Install-Package to install a module from an Azure DevOps Artifacts hosted PowerShell Gallery using the following script

    1# For authentication use a PAT as the password, UID can be anything
    2$PATcreds = Get-Credential 
    3Register-PSRepository -Name BM -SourceLocation …

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  • What happens when you link an Azure DevOps Variable Group to an Azure Key Vault?

    author Richard Fennell calendar Feb 13, 2023 · 2 min read · Tech Tips DevOps  ·
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    Background

    It is a really useful feature that you can expose Key Vault stored secrets as Azure DevOps pipeline variables via a variable group, but what happens when you do this? And what can you do if you try to expose too many variables?

    I was recently working on a system where there was an increasing number of Key …


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  • Handling return values from Azure Functions in Hugo static website

    author Richard Fennell calendar Jan 20, 2023 · 4 min read · Tech Tips  ·
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    Background

    I am using an Azure Function as backend for processing forms submissions from a Hugo static website, to process a simple contact form.

    I wanted to add reCAPTCHA support, as the site was generating too many spam emails. I also wanted to show a different confirmation pages depending on whether the reCAPTCHA …


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  • Could not find assembly deploying a dotnet 6 console app

    author Richard Fennell calendar Jan 13, 2023 · 2 min read · Tech Tips  ·
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    Problem

    After deploying a dotnet 6 console app to a production server, I got the following error:

    Exception: [Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.Odbc, Version=6.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'. The system cannot find the file specified.]

    The strange thing was the same EXE, built on a …


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  • Duplicate Test DLLs with vstest.console.exe causes failures

    author Richard Fennell calendar Jan 9, 2023 · 2 min read · Tech Tips  ·
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    The Problem

    I recently did our regular update of our Azure DevOps Private build agents. It is rare we see problems when we do this, but this time one of our very regularly run builds started to fail when running unit tests.

    We had not changed the project source code, all the test ran locally in Visual Studio. We had …


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  • GitHub agent Node version stops Hugo site build

    author Richard Fennell calendar Dec 16, 2022 · 2 min read · Tech Tips  ·
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    The Problem

    I have blogged previously about moving various web sites over to become Hugo Static Sites.

    Recently one of my site's, one using the tailwindscss module, GitHub Build and Deployment Workflow started failing with the following error:

     1Start building sites … 
     2hugo v0.108.0- …

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  • Updating my Azure DevOps Pipeline Task to Use the Node16 Runner

    author Richard Fennell calendar Dec 13, 2022 · 3 min read · Tech Tips  ·
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    Background

    It is easy to create an Open Source Project and leave it to gather technical debt as the libraries it depends upon are updated.

    I have tried to keep on top of updating all my Azure DevOps Pipeline Extensions, and I have to say Dependabot has certainly helped, but I have not been as diligent as I might have …


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  • Fixing my Logitech Spotlight Presentation Remote that would not switch on

    author Richard Fennell calendar Nov 14, 2022 · 4 min read · Tech Tips  ·
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    The Problem

    I am getting back out in front of audiences again as opposed to doing Teams/Zoom events. So I dug out my trusty Logitech Spotlight presentation remote from the bag where it had been sitting for well over a year. However, there was a problem, it would not pair with my re-built Windows 11 PC. It could not …


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  • Using Azure DevOps Migration Tools Again

    author Richard Fennell calendar Nov 11, 2022 · 5 min read · Tech Tips  ·
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    I have recently been working with a client who needed to move Azure DevOps Work Items between Team Projects on different Azure DevOps instances. The only realistic choice was to use the free open source Azure DevOps Migration Tools.

    I have used these tools before, but it was a while ago, and as it is under active …


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