Can I have multiple build pipelines for the same repository?

Question

I have a repository with two solutions in it. Both solution files exist in the root directory, essentially like this:

/WebsiteOneDirectory/
/WebsiteTwoDirectory/
/.gitignore
/WebsiteOne.sln
/WebsiteTwo.sln

Is it possible for me to build multiple pipelines pointed at this repository to build the different solutions? When I create my first pipeline it is generating a azure-pipelines.yml file for the repo, so I am unsure how/if I am going to be able to have multiple pipeline configurations if that is a fixed name it expects.

Answer 1

In addition to James Reed's answer, if you prefer using the .yml files, what I would recommend is to create multiple .yml definitions, one for each pipeline.

Here's what one would look like:

trigger:
  branches:
    include:
    - master
  paths:
    include:
    - WebsiteOneDirectory/*
    exclude:
    - WebsiteTwoDirectory/*

For building, you'd need to specify which solution to build. For a (.net core) example:

variables:
    buildConfiguration: 'Release'
pool:
    vmImage: 'Ubuntu-16.04'
steps:
- script: dotnet build WebsiteOne --configuration $(buildConfiguration)