Is there a way to run Azure Pipelines configurations locally to see their output?

Question

I have a sample yaml file that I need to get running, I can see it runs in Azure Pipelines but how do I run it locally to test it out on my computer?

Tried powershell, docker, libraries that parse YAML, but none run the file such as yaml.load(some sample text)

steps:
- script: echo Hello, world!
  displayName: 'Run a one-line script'

What I expect to see, is a window titled Run a one-line script that says hello world! on it, yet I can't seem to run this, I could use IIS to run this file if that is possible.

Answer 1

Is there a way to run Azure Pipelines configurations locally to see their output?

Agree with Charles.

I am afraid there is no such a way to run Azure Pipelines configurations locally.

As we know, the YAML is the configuration file for Azure pipeline, which could not be executed separately from the Azure pipeline. If you leave the compiler, the YAML file will not be recognized, for example, the copy task:

- task: CopyFiles@2
  displayName: 'Copy Files'
  inputs:
    TargetFolder: '$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)'

The YAML syntax is very simple, but if we do not use the Azure pipeline, Other compilers will not be able to parse this syntax unless we develop a compiler like Azure pipeline.

Besides, I know that if we want to make sure YAML file is working before submitting it to the Repos. we may need takes a lot of trials/failures to submit, until I am correct, it is a very painful thing. Many other users have the same request, there is an user voice about it:

Ability to test YAML builds locally

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Hope this helps.