How to Clone with Azure DevOps

To enable Datacoves cloning from Azure DevOps, you must complete a series of steps outlined in this guide.

1. Create your Application

Step 1: Create your Application

If you do not have an Entra ID application created, follow these steps:

Step 1

• From your Azure Portal, search for EntraID.

Step 2

• Select App Registrations from the left navigation menu.

Step 3

• Select + New registration and fill out the fields:
  • Name: Give your application a meaningful name
  • Supported account types: Select Accounts in this organizational directory only

Step 4

2. Add your Application as a User in the DevOps Portal

Step 2: Add your Application as a User in DevOps Portal

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✅ Now that you have created your EntraID application and added it as a user in the DevOps Portal, proceed to the next tab to configure Azure DevOps authentication.

3. Gather DevOps Authentication details

Step 3: Gather DevOps Authentication Details

Application (Client) ID and Directory (Tenant) ID

Step 1

• From your Azure Portal, search for EntraID.

Step 2

• Select App Registrations from the left navigation menu.

Step 3

• Select All Applications and select your newly created app.

Step 4

Repo SSH and HTTP URLs

Step 1

• Log in to your Azure DevOps Portal.

Step 2

• Navigate to your project.

Step 3

• Navigate to your repo and select the Clone button.

Step 4

✅ Be sure to save all of these details in a safe notepad. Proceed to the next tab to configure Azure DevOps authentication.

4. Authenticate Azure DevOps

Step 4: Authenticate Azure DevOps

Step 1

• Navigate back to the tab where you created your application in the Azure Portal. You should be inside your newly created application.
• Select the Certificates & Secrets option in the left navigation menu.

Secret or Certificate Authentication Method

Secret-Based Authentication

Step 2

• Select Client Secrets in the top navigation menu and + New Secret.

Step 3

• Give it a meaningful description and set your desired expiration date.

Step 4

Certificate-Based Authentication

Step 2

• Select Certificates from the top navigation menu.

Step 3

• To generate a certificate PEM file, begin project configuration.

Step 4

• Select Azure DevOps Certificate as your Cloning Strategy.

Step 5

• Copy the certificate and save it as a plain text file on your desktop with a .pem extension datacoves_cert.pem.

Step 6

• Navigate back to your Azure Portal tab and select Upload certificate. Upload the PEM file you saved in the previous step.

Step 7

• Give it a description and select Add.