TFS – RELEASE MANAGER VERSION (1.0)

MOUDLE NAME RELEASE MANAGER

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1. TABLE OF CONTENT

1. TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................................................... 2

2. TFS RELEASE MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................................... 3

OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................. 3

DETAILED POINTS ...................................................................................................................... 3

DEPLOYMENT OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 3

3. CONFIGURAITON STEPS ............................................................................................................. 4

FIRST TIME CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................... 4

RELEASE MANAGEMENT STEPS .................................................................................................. 4

3.1. ADMINISTRATION CONFIGURATION ............................................................................ 5

3.2. RELEASE PATH CONFIGURATION .................................................................................. 7

3.3. RELEASE TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION .......................................................................... 9

3.4. RELEASE EXECUTION CONFIGURATION ...................................................................... 10

4. TIPS / TRICKS ........................................................................................................................... 11

4.1. CONNECTION STRING COMPONENT [Configuration Variables] ................................. 11

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2. TFS RELEASE MANAGEMENT

OVERVIEW

Release management is a continuous deployment solution

makes release cycles repeatable, visible and more efficient by automating

deployments through every environment from Team Foundation Server (TFS) until

production.

DETAILED POINTS

Release Management Components

1. Release Management Client:

Desktop application to manage release information

Web client is used to act on Approval Request

2. Release Management Server:

heart of release management components

Web and Windows Services that expose contracts used by all other

components

DEPLOYMENT OVERVIEW

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3. CONFIGURAITON STEPS

FIRST TIME CONFIGURATION

RELEASE MANAGEMENT STEPS

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3.1. ADMINISTRATION CONFIGURATION

3.1.1. SMTP server Configurations

3.1.2. TFS Connection Configurations

3.1.3. Configure Users

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3.1.4. Configure Groups

3.1.5. Pickup List (Stages – Technology)

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3.2. RELEASE PATH CONFIGURATION

3.2.1. Server Configuration

3.2.2. Environment Configuration

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3.2.3. Release Path Configuration

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3.3. RELEASE TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION

3.3.1. Release Path Build Definition

3.3.2. Release Path Build Definition

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3.4. RELEASE EXECUTION CONFIGURATION

3.4.1. Start Release

3.4.2. Approve Release

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4. TIPS / TRICKS

4.1. CONNECTION STRING COMPONENT [Configuration Variables]

4.1.1. Overview

create new component that copy values from release manager to

configuration file web.config using xcopy tool

4.1.2. Steps

1. Regular web Config app settings

2. Replace regular to release configuration variable syntax

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3. Add New Component in release template in specific stage

4. Use Xcopy Tool

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5. Add Configuration Variable with same name in web config

(Eg. DBNAME)

6. Add Component in Release Template Stage

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7. Write variable value in stage (Eg. Database name for test stage)

8. Final Result After Deploy the Release