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reference SDAF Azure DevOps pipelines

Published by Azure (Microsoft) Updated Sep 2
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Description

Reference catalogue of the 13 Azure DevOps pipeline wrappers that ship in sap-automation-bootstrap/pipelines: what each wrapper does, its documented parameters and preconditions, which variable groups it reads (SDAF-General, SDAF-<control-plane>, SDAF-<workload-environment>), and the documented 20 / 21 / 22 self-update ("level-up") path. Grounded in docs/pipeline-reference.md and docs/07-00-operations.md. Use when an operator says: "which pipeline should I run for X?", "what does pipeline 01/02/03/04/05/07/10/11/12/20/21/22 do?", "what parameters does the workload-zone pipeline take?", "what variable group does 05 read?", "explain 20 vs 21 vs 22", "how do I level up SDAF pipelines?". NOT for standing the ADO project up in the first place (see sdaf-ado-project-bootstrap), for running a deployment, or for GitHub Actions workflows.

SKILL.md

SDAF — Azure DevOps pipeline catalogue

Context primer for the 13 pipeline wrappers shipped in pipelines/. Answers "what does this pipeline do, what inputs does it take, what does it read, and when should I use it?" using only what docs/pipeline-reference.md and docs/07-00-operations.md document.

Two repository-resource files back the wrappers: pipelines/resources.yml declares sap-automation; pipelines/resources_including_samples.yml declares sap-automation and sap-samples. Both currently use ref: main. All pipeline files use trigger: none (docs/pipeline-reference.md).

When to invoke

  • "What does pipeline 03 do?" / "when do I run 10 vs 11 vs 12?"
  • "Which variable group does 05 read?" / "what does SDAF-General supply?"
  • "What are the parameters for the workload-zone pipeline?"
  • "How do I level up my ADO pipelines from upstream?"
  • "Explain 20 vs 21 vs 22."

Do not invoke for:

  • Creating the Azure DevOps project, agent pool, MSI, service connections, or variable groups (sdaf-ado-project-bootstrap).
  • Actually running a deployment — this skill primes context; it does not drive commands.
  • GitHub Actions workflows.

Deployment wrappers

Each wrapper lives in pipelines/ and extends a core template in Azure/sap-automation. See docs/pipeline-reference.md § Deployment wrappers.

WrapperPurpose (documented)Reads
01-deploy-control-plane.ymlDeploys control-plane resources and optional Web App. Key params: deployer, library, environment, use_deployer, reset, test. test is NOT forwarded to deployment scripts. reset may need multiple runs.SDAF-<control-plane>
02-sap-workload-zone.ymlStores credentials in Key Vault and deploys the workload zone. test: true reaches the installer and exits after terraform plan. Params include inherit_settings.SDAF-<workload-environment>
03-sap-system-deployment.ymlDeploys SAP-system infrastructure from a prepared SYSTEM configuration. Params: sap_system, environment, test (plan-only via TEST_ONLY).SDAF-<workload-environment>
04-sap-software-download.ymlDownloads a selected combined BOM. Uses resources_including_samples.yml. Params: combined BOM, override, environment, region, extras, re_download.SDAF-<workload-environment> (+ shared values from SDAF-General)
04-sap-software-download_v2.ymlDocumented alongside 04 in docs/pipeline-reference.md § Deployment wrappers: constructs a combined BOM from application, database, and kernel BOMs and derives region from environment. Uses resources_including_samples.yml. Public selection criteria versus 04 are unresolved in docs.SDAF-<workload-environment> (+ shared values from SDAF-General)
05-DB-and-SAP-installation.ymlRuns parameter validation and selected Ansible install stages. Params: system, environment, BOM, stage booleans, extras. The core job has no timeout.SDAF-<workload-environment>
07-sap-cal-installation.ymlSAP CAL install wrapper. The referenced core template was absent from the validated core checkout; do not run until the selected core ref supplies a validated template (docs/pipeline-reference.md).SDAF-<workload-environment>

Validation evidence: deployment templates change Azure resources, Terraform state, Key Vault content, SAP library content, or host configuration. They do not publish a general plan artefact through these wrappers. Use run logs, Terraform output, Azure resources, state, and service checks. Pipeline 01's test parameter does not drive a dry run. 02 and 03 provide plan-only through TEST_ONLY.

Removal wrappers

Reverse-dependency order. Prefer Terraform removal; ARM fallback is last-resort, not a normal retry (docs/pipeline-reference.md § Removal wrappers).

WrapperDocumented behaviour
10-remover-terraform.ymlTerraform-based removal of the SAP system and workload zone per cleanup_sap / cleanup_zone. Wrapper defaults: SAP-system cleanup enabled, workload-zone cleanup disabled.
11-remover-arm-fallback.ymlDeletes selected resource groups via ARM and removes corresponding WORKSPACES artefacts. All three cleanup scopes default to enabled in the wrapper. Last resort.
12-remove-control-plane.ymlRemoves the control plane in a deployer-agent stage and a finalization stage. Loads the control-plane variable group; uses AZURE_CONNECTION_NAME.

Standalone configuration and update pipelines — the 20 / 21 / 22 level-up path

Documented in docs/pipeline-reference.md § Standalone configuration and update pipelines and docs/07-00-operations.md.

PipelineBehaviour
20-update-repositories.ymlPulls GitHub content into the Azure Repos core and sample repositories. Params: core source URL, sample source URL, branch, tag, force. force: true force-pushes.
21-update-pipelines.ymlCopies an enumerated set of wrapper files from source main into the bootstrap repository, commits, pushes. Omits _v2 and 07. force: true force-pushes.
22-sample-deployer-configuration.ymlCreates missing deployer and library examples, commits them, rewrites selected wrapper defaults, pushes each change. Does not generate complete workload-zone or SAP-system configuration. Params include control-plane and workload names, region, optional services, deployer count, identity.

Level-up sequence. docs/07-00-operations.md documents these pipelines in the order 20 (refresh source refs into Azure Repos) → 21 (refresh wrapper files in this repository) → 22 (regenerate optional deployer / library samples). Treat that as the documented order, not a mandate the docs enforce. Keep force=false unless a rollback is being executed. Re-run dependent deploy stages only after reviewing the new configuration and preserving state.

Variable-group dependencies

From docs/pipeline-reference.md § Variable-group dependencies:

  • Infrastructure templates load SDAF-General.
  • Control-plane templates load SDAF-<control-plane>.
  • Workload-zone, SAP-system, software, installation, and workload removal templates load SDAF-<workload-environment> as applicable.
  • SDAF-General supplies shared values including Deployment_Configuration_Path, tool versions, and SAP credentials (S-Username / S-Password).
  • Environment groups supply Azure identity, subscription, connection, agent, state, and Key Vault values.

An exhaustive per-variable catalogue for each environment group is NOT documented in this repository. When an operator asks for the full field list, state that gap and point at the two "Configure" pages that create the groups.

Preconditions common to every pipeline

Documented in docs/02-00-bootstrap.md and docs/02-10-configure-devops-project.md:

  1. The pipeline YAML path is created as a pipeline definition in the project.
  2. Repository resources in resources.yml / resources_including_samples.yml resolve their declared repositories.
  3. The Post Build Cleanup extension (PostBuildCleanup@4) is installed.
  4. The referenced agent pool exists, has an online compatible agent, and is authorized for the pipeline.
  5. Every referenced variable group and service connection is authorized for the pipeline.

See also

  • sdaf-ado-project-bootstrap — creates the project, pipelines, agent pool, MSI, service connections, variable groups, and Web App that this catalogue describes.
  • docs/troubleshooting.md — precondition failures (variable group missing, service connection fails, no agent, repository checkout fails, configuration not found).
  • docs/07-00-operations.md — operator context for level-up and removal ordering.
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