# Azure DevOps and Local Service Development

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/azure-devops-and-local-service-development/237344>\
**Category:** Knowledge base\
**Tags:** azure, devops\
**Created:** [November 22, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/azure-devops-and-local-service-development/237344 "2019-11-22T11:48:58Z")\
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## **Introduction**

This document is a summary “cheat sheet” on how to configure/connect Software AG Designer with Azure Devops.

## **1. Creating a repository in Azure Devops**

Follow the below steps to create a repository

Request an Azure Devops trial account [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/services/devops/](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/services/devops/)

Create with start free with GitHub

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/7/7d40705937f80bc47abcc5528dd07eb9a12ff90a.png)

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Provide git hub credentials i.e. username and password in the next page. (might require further authentication via OTP)

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/e/e9ca65633366c6ba90570fa264738c26a977e6fb.png)

On successful login, you will be asked to create a project.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/2/2a6b10fdc87005c1e4b8472407b7632135895f3a.png)

Provide the project name and set Visibility as **Private** and say Create Project.(say Devops1).

Once the project is created it should see the below page.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/9/97c4a8994d34b8bc29c1e6673f82241693198463.png)

## **2.&nbsp;Setting up Azure Devops with Designer Workstation**

Designer will have GIT plugin installed with tool installation by default.

Launch Designer, click on Open Perspective(highlighted in red) and select **git** (black) and open.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/a/a75492ff26e016ca571750cd04a2515675731a1b.png)

Click on **Clone a Git repository** and provide the azure Devops project details

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/9/958c7944bb1af7a69b99bebeb15b3bfef4b45d93.png)

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You will get a page similar page below, copy the URL and use that in the designer.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/9/98d3005d4e75cf6188548fde61aa66924438245d.png)

Provide URI, Host, User, and Password (Note that user field will get auto-populated) of azure DevOps account below.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/5/5b90fbe12f274ea4db7652eb0b508b6e4af1b3b8.png)

Click **Next** &nbsp;and Finish.

On successful creation, you should see a similar page like below.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/6/6d76c818b957361a621ec045b4d0a43c5fed0b3e.png)

You can now import the projects from the repository to a workspace.

Follow the below steps to create a new local service development project.

Launch designer and connect to IS and click on any custom package and say create local service development project.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/d/d118a91fcad1873c03f2876fc17390709d5e7cad.png)

Click **OK** on the next pop-up.

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Select the repository which is created above step 2 and then click **Finish**.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/9/9e6d4c4c1616e0d93df33ebe9ca6fe9b3683e541.png)

Switch to git perspective and expand repository then navigate to working tree -\> {IS package}.

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/0/0b497814b43601a46255b53a893915d7f34d00aa.png)

Right click on the&nbsp;repository and click C **ommit...**

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/9/9e1e1ec26cfbeda8ebb211abd36c5897c70d0a08.png)

&nbsp;Click on the button next to unstated changes (highlighted) then all contents moved to stated changes.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/d/d96d9b7c4a5f5207c46a85b6bcf0d6ca898eb470.png)

Enter commit message and say **Commit and Push...**

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/9/9e1be0a6ac2f38412ffdcbec2c72a70030202303.png)

Verify the committed package in azure DevOps account.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/a/a3b2abaa396b17ba0ea29613d026e78f392e7bec.png)

 ![localservice.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/0/08f55769b0df8b20ae91e68695d68ca2883ae1de.png)