Register Azure Deployment Agents

Register Azure Deployment Agents Like a Boss

The PowerShell script provided on the Deployment Pool/Deployment Group Forms in Azure DevOps is very useful, but does not show all the command line switches to allow you to fully automated scripted deployment of Azure DevOps Agents

I find the following two snippets cover most bases

Register as part of a Deployment Group with tags

.\config.cmd --deploymentgroup --deploymentGroupName '{your-deployment-group}' `
			--agent $env:COMPUTERNAME `
			--runasservice `
			--windowsLogonAccount "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" `
			--work '_work' `
			--url '{your-organisation-url}' `
			--auth pat --token {your-token} `
			--projectname '{your-project}' `
			--addDeploymentGroupTags --deploymentGroupTags "{comma-separated-tags}" 

Register as part of a Deployment Pool

.\config.cmd --deploymentpool --deploymentPoolName '{your-deployment-pool}' `
			--agent $env:COMPUTERNAME `
			--runasservice `
			--windowsLogonAccount "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" `
			--work '_work' `
			--url '{your-organisation-url}' `
			--auth pat --token {your-token}

NB If you are using the provided script, simply replace the contents of .\config.cmd ... ;

You can see all the possible switches using

.\config.cmd --help