How to spawn an offline process from a TFS vNext build step that would last beyond the build?
It seems that if my build step spawns a child process, that process cannot survive the end of the build - it is killed.
But I have a scenario where a child process is triggered in order to complete offline certain operations that the build should not wait for their completion (reporting metrics to Azure AppInsights).
This procedure worked fine in XAML builds, but now that we migrated to vNext it is broken, because the child process is killed when the build ends.
What can be done about it?
tfs
azure-devops vnext asked Nov 11 at 1:06
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It seems that if my build step spawns a child process, that process cannot survive the end of the build - it is killed.
But I have a scenario where a child process is triggered in order to complete offline certain operations that the build should not wait for their completion (reporting metrics to Azure AppInsights).
This procedure worked fine in XAML builds, but now that we migrated to vNext it is broken, because the child process is killed when the build ends.
What can be done about it?
tfs
azure-devops vnext asked Nov 11 at 1:06
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It seems that if my build step spawns a child process, that process cannot survive the end of the build - it is killed.
But I have a scenario where a child process is triggered in order to complete offline certain operations that the build should not wait for their completion (reporting metrics to Azure AppInsights).
This procedure worked fine in XAML builds, but now that we migrated to vNext it is broken, because the child process is killed when the build ends.
What can be done about it?
tfs
azure-devops vnext asked Nov 11 at 1:06
mark
19.4k56186373
It seems that if my build step spawns a child process, that process cannot survive the end of the build - it is killed.
But I have a scenario where a child process is triggered in order to complete offline certain operations that the build should not wait for their completion (reporting metrics to Azure AppInsights).
This procedure worked fine in XAML builds, but now that we migrated to vNext it is broken, because the child process is killed when the build ends.
What can be done about it?
tfs
azure-devops vnext tfs
azure-devops vnext asked Nov 11 at 1:06
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asked Nov 11 at 1:06
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asked Nov 11 at 1:06
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The easiest way is to schedule a task using the task scheduler.
Example using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler NuGet package:
using (var ts = new TaskService())
// Create a new task definition and assign properties
var td = ts.NewTask();
td.Triggers.Add(new TimeTrigger(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1)));
td.Actions.Add(new ExecAction(MyExe, MyArgs));
ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition(MyTaskName, td).Run();
ts.RootFolder.DeleteTask(MyTaskName);
edited Nov 12 at 12:52
mark
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answered Nov 11 at 10:31
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The schedule has to be created and auto deleted when completed. Do you happen to know the details of how can this be done from C#? I can probably google it, but these kinds of details will make your answer truly awesome.
– mark
Nov 11 at 18:56
I know :). Haven't had the time to look it up. There are plenty of examples on setting up a scheduled task from powershell. An online powershell script task would do the trick. Depending on its usage I'd either give it a fixed name and just leave it there or use the build definition ID or something to clean it up afterwards. Then pass that id in as a parameter to the schedules task.
– jessehouwing
Nov 12 at 11:03
1
I have taken the liberty to edit your question and add the example code based on what I did for myself. Thanks again.
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1 Answer
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The easiest way is to schedule a task using the task scheduler.
Example using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler NuGet package:
using (var ts = new TaskService())
// Create a new task definition and assign properties
var td = ts.NewTask();
td.Triggers.Add(new TimeTrigger(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1)));
td.Actions.Add(new ExecAction(MyExe, MyArgs));
ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition(MyTaskName, td).Run();
ts.RootFolder.DeleteTask(MyTaskName);
edited Nov 12 at 12:52
mark
19.4k56186373
answered Nov 11 at 10:31
jessehouwing
66.7k9160234
The schedule has to be created and auto deleted when completed. Do you happen to know the details of how can this be done from C#? I can probably google it, but these kinds of details will make your answer truly awesome.
– mark
Nov 11 at 18:56
I know :). Haven't had the time to look it up. There are plenty of examples on setting up a scheduled task from powershell. An online powershell script task would do the trick. Depending on its usage I'd either give it a fixed name and just leave it there or use the build definition ID or something to clean it up afterwards. Then pass that id in as a parameter to the schedules task.
– jessehouwing
Nov 12 at 11:03
1
I have taken the liberty to edit your question and add the example code based on what I did for myself. Thanks again.
– mark
Nov 12 at 12:50
add a comment |Â
The easiest way is to schedule a task using the task scheduler.
Example using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler NuGet package:
using (var ts = new TaskService())
// Create a new task definition and assign properties
var td = ts.NewTask();
td.Triggers.Add(new TimeTrigger(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1)));
td.Actions.Add(new ExecAction(MyExe, MyArgs));
ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition(MyTaskName, td).Run();
ts.RootFolder.DeleteTask(MyTaskName);
edited Nov 12 at 12:52
mark
19.4k56186373
answered Nov 11 at 10:31
jessehouwing
66.7k9160234
The schedule has to be created and auto deleted when completed. Do you happen to know the details of how can this be done from C#? I can probably google it, but these kinds of details will make your answer truly awesome.
– mark
Nov 11 at 18:56
I know :). Haven't had the time to look it up. There are plenty of examples on setting up a scheduled task from powershell. An online powershell script task would do the trick. Depending on its usage I'd either give it a fixed name and just leave it there or use the build definition ID or something to clean it up afterwards. Then pass that id in as a parameter to the schedules task.
– jessehouwing
Nov 12 at 11:03
1
I have taken the liberty to edit your question and add the example code based on what I did for myself. Thanks again.
– mark
Nov 12 at 12:50
add a comment |Â
The easiest way is to schedule a task using the task scheduler.
Example using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler NuGet package:
using (var ts = new TaskService())
// Create a new task definition and assign properties
var td = ts.NewTask();
td.Triggers.Add(new TimeTrigger(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1)));
td.Actions.Add(new ExecAction(MyExe, MyArgs));
ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition(MyTaskName, td).Run();
ts.RootFolder.DeleteTask(MyTaskName);
edited Nov 12 at 12:52
mark
19.4k56186373
answered Nov 11 at 10:31
jessehouwing
66.7k9160234
The easiest way is to schedule a task using the task scheduler.
Example using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler NuGet package:
using (var ts = new TaskService())
// Create a new task definition and assign properties
var td = ts.NewTask();
td.Triggers.Add(new TimeTrigger(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1)));
td.Actions.Add(new ExecAction(MyExe, MyArgs));
ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition(MyTaskName, td).Run();
ts.RootFolder.DeleteTask(MyTaskName);
edited Nov 12 at 12:52
mark
19.4k56186373
answered Nov 11 at 10:31
jessehouwing
66.7k9160234
edited Nov 12 at 12:52
mark
19.4k56186373
edited Nov 12 at 12:52
mark
19.4k56186373
edited Nov 12 at 12:52
mark
19.4k56186373
19.4k56186373
answered Nov 11 at 10:31
jessehouwing
66.7k9160234
answered Nov 11 at 10:31
jessehouwing
66.7k9160234
answered Nov 11 at 10:31
jessehouwing
66.7k9160234
66.7k9160234
The schedule has to be created and auto deleted when completed. Do you happen to know the details of how can this be done from C#? I can probably google it, but these kinds of details will make your answer truly awesome.
– mark
Nov 11 at 18:56
I know :). Haven't had the time to look it up. There are plenty of examples on setting up a scheduled task from powershell. An online powershell script task would do the trick. Depending on its usage I'd either give it a fixed name and just leave it there or use the build definition ID or something to clean it up afterwards. Then pass that id in as a parameter to the schedules task.
– jessehouwing
Nov 12 at 11:03
1
I have taken the liberty to edit your question and add the example code based on what I did for myself. Thanks again.
– mark
Nov 12 at 12:50
add a comment |Â
The schedule has to be created and auto deleted when completed. Do you happen to know the details of how can this be done from C#? I can probably google it, but these kinds of details will make your answer truly awesome.
– mark
Nov 11 at 18:56
I know :). Haven't had the time to look it up. There are plenty of examples on setting up a scheduled task from powershell. An online powershell script task would do the trick. Depending on its usage I'd either give it a fixed name and just leave it there or use the build definition ID or something to clean it up afterwards. Then pass that id in as a parameter to the schedules task.
– jessehouwing
Nov 12 at 11:03
1
I have taken the liberty to edit your question and add the example code based on what I did for myself. Thanks again.
– mark
Nov 12 at 12:50
The schedule has to be created and auto deleted when completed. Do you happen to know the details of how can this be done from C#? I can probably google it, but these kinds of details will make your answer truly awesome.
– mark
Nov 11 at 18:56
The schedule has to be created and auto deleted when completed. Do you happen to know the details of how can this be done from C#? I can probably google it, but these kinds of details will make your answer truly awesome.
– mark
Nov 11 at 18:56
I know :). Haven't had the time to look it up. There are plenty of examples on setting up a scheduled task from powershell. An online powershell script task would do the trick. Depending on its usage I'd either give it a fixed name and just leave it there or use the build definition ID or something to clean it up afterwards. Then pass that id in as a parameter to the schedules task.
– jessehouwing
Nov 12 at 11:03
I know :). Haven't had the time to look it up. There are plenty of examples on setting up a scheduled task from powershell. An online powershell script task would do the trick. Depending on its usage I'd either give it a fixed name and just leave it there or use the build definition ID or something to clean it up afterwards. Then pass that id in as a parameter to the schedules task.
– jessehouwing
Nov 12 at 11:03
1
1
I have taken the liberty to edit your question and add the example code based on what I did for myself. Thanks again.
– mark
Nov 12 at 12:50
I have taken the liberty to edit your question and add the example code based on what I did for myself. Thanks again.
– mark
Nov 12 at 12:50
add a comment |Â
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