See Build Artifacts in Azure DevOps with YAML Pipeline

Question

I seem to be missing something. When creating a build pipeline with the classic editor I can see an artifacts tab on the top right:

There I can browse what the compiler created, helping to find out the folder structure for the release pipeline.

Now when I create a build pipeline with the YAML template (also NET Framework) there is no such thing as Artifacts:

According to the logs, some files have been written. Is there some kind of browser for files, or do I have to guess which of these variables match to which folder in the logfiles?

This is how my summary page looks like:

This is the YAML:

# .NET Desktop
# Build and run tests for .NET Desktop or Windows classic desktop solutions.
# Add steps that publish symbols, save build artifacts, and more:
# https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/apps/windows/dot-net

trigger:
- master

pool:
  vmImage: 'windows-latest'

variables:
  solution: '**/*.sln'
  buildPlatform: 'Any CPU'
  buildConfiguration: 'Release'

steps:
- task: NuGetToolInstaller@1

- task: NuGetCommand@2
  inputs:
    restoreSolution: '$(solution)'

- task: VSBuild@1
  inputs:
    solution: '$(solution)'
    platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
    configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'

- task: ArchiveFiles@2
  inputs:
    rootFolderOrFile: '$(Build.BinariesDirectory)'
    includeRootFolder: false
    archiveType: 'zip'
    archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/Release.zip'
    replaceExistingArchive: true

The YAML i use is mostly the standard YAML produced when building from a Github Repository. Does this affect if i can see Artifacts? Should i somehow copy the Github content to Azure first and then build it?

Answer 1

This seems be the different UI of classic and YAML .

To see the artifacts structure, you can go summary page( https://dev.azure.com/xxxx/xxxx/_build/results?buildId=xxx&view=results ) of one build. Then focus one the right part and you will see like below:

Click on it, then you will see its folder structure( https://dev.azure.com/xxx/xxx/_build/results?buildId=xxx&view=artifacts&type=publishedArtifacts ):

Answer 2

Update: i found the problem: The default YAML file for GitHub Builds does NOT include a "publish" Step. After adding this to the end of the Build YAML

- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
  inputs:
    PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
    ArtifactName: 'drop'
    publishLocation: 'Container'

it in fact creates the "Artifacts" Tab:

Thanks for the help anyone