Copying artifacts not copying over files

[timmhagen]

I am trying this extension for the first time to deploy a windows service with the DevOps release pipeline, I am also new to DevOps, so please excuse any ignorance and could be merely a configuration issue. My issue is that I see the folder get created but I don't see any files getting copied over (zipped file), nor do I see any extracted files from the zip file, just an empty folder then I see this error...

• Attempting to locate [CPS.AnalyticsService]
• Identified [CPS.AnalyticsService] installation directory [D:\Applications_and_Services\CPS_Windows_Services\CPS.AnalyticsService]
• Copying [C:\azagent\A6_work\r11\a_CPS.Analytics.API-CI\drop\CPS.Analytics.Service.zip] to [D:\Applications_and_Services\CPS_Windows_Services\CPS.AnalyticsService]
• Starting [CPS.AnalyticsService]
• Service responded with [15]. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/cimwin32prov/startservice-method-in-class-win32-service for details.

I am assuming the error is in result of the empty folder and not finding the exe, which makes sense but why the files are not there doesn't. I would have expected that zip file get extracted into the folder, or at the very least the zip file copied over.

I have following configuration...

steps:

• task: MDSolutions.WindowsServiceManagerWindowsServiceManager.WindowsServiceManager.WindowsServiceManager@4 displayName: 'Deploy Windows Service' inputs: DeploymentType: DeploymentGroup ServiceName: CPS.AnalyticsService ArtifactPath: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/_CPS.Analytics.API-CI/drop/CPS.Analytics.Service.zip' InstallService: true InstallationPath: 'D:\Applications_and_Services\CPS_Windows_Services\CPS.AnalyticsService\CPS.AnalyticsService.exe' RunAsUsername: '$(CPSAnalyticsUser)' RunAsPassword: '$(CPSAnalyticsPassword)'

[Dejulia489]

Currently the artifact path does not support a zipped folder. I will open a feature to have this added soon. In the mean time if you would like to get your pipeline working simply update your artifact to a non-zipped directory that contains your service.

[xelent]

Hi Dejulia489,

What is the status of this feature?