Private Cocapods repo in devops Pipelines

Question

Working with Azure Devops and iOS is a first to me. I am trying to create a Build Pipeline in Azure devops for an iOS App that has several private cocoapods repository (PodXSource) and a private spec repository(projectPodSpecsRepository).

I can't seem to manage to execute the Azure Cocoapod task. I've tried several ways but none are working. Am I missing something?

here is a part of my yaml pipeline:

- script: 
          git clone https://$(gitUser):$(gitPat)@dev.azure.com/happydump/projectCore/_git/projectPodSpecsRepository

          git config --global credential.helper store

          git clone https://$(gitUser):$(gitPat)@dev.azure.com/happydump/projectCore/_git/Pod1Source

          git clone https://$(gitUser):$(gitPat)@dev.azure.com/happydump/projectEvaluations/_git/Pod2Source

          git clone https://$(gitUser):$(gitPat)@dev.azure.com/happydump/projectEvaluations/_git/Pod3Source

          git clone https://$(gitUser):$(gitPat)@dev.azure.com/happydump/projectEvaluations/_git/Pod4Source

          git clone https://$(gitUser):$(gitPat)@dev.azure.com/happydump/projectEvaluations/_git/Pod5Source


- task: CocoaPods@0
  inputs:
    forceRepoUpdate: false

The $(gitUser) and $(gitPat) are both pipeline secrets for credentials purposes.

The Podfile:

# Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '10.0'

source 'https://dev.azure.com/happydump/projectCore/_git/projectPodSpecsRepository'
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'

target 'projectDemo' do
  # Comment the next line if you're not using Swift and don't want to use dynamic frameworks
  use_frameworks!

  # Pods for projectDemo
  pod 'Pod1'
  pod 'Pod2'
  pod 'Pod3'
  pod 'Pod4'
  pod 'Pod5'

end

Here is the log from the CocoaPods task:

##[section]Starting: CocoaPods
==============================================================================
Task         : CocoaPods
Description  : Install CocoaPods dependencies for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects
Version      : 0.151.1
Author       : Microsoft Corporation
Help         : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/package/cocoapods
==============================================================================
[command]/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/bin/pod --version
1.7.1
[command]/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/bin/pod install
[!] The version of CocoaPods used to generate the lockfile (1.7.3) is higher than the version of the current executable (1.7.1). Incompatibility issues may arise.
Analyzing dependencies
Adding spec repo `azure-happydump-projectcore-_git-projectpodspecsrepository` with CDN `https://dev.azure.com/happydump/projectCore/_git/projectPodSpec`
[!] Unable to add a source with url `https://dev.azure.com/happydump/projectCore/_git/projectPodSpec` named `azure-happydump-projectcore-_git-projectpodspecsrepository`.
You can try adding it manually in `/Users/vsts/.cocoapods/repos` or via `pod repo add`.
##[error]The process '/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/bin/pod' failed with exit code 1
##[error]The 'pod' command failed with error: The process '/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/bin/pod' failed with exit code 1
##[section]Finishing: CocoaPods

I followed this link to get there but nothing does the trick.

I can't seem to find a way to make that work. Thanks for your time.

EDIT: using gem install cocoapods to the yaml file just deletes the [!] The version of CocoaPods used to generate the lockfile (1.7.3) is higher than the version of the current executable (1.7.1). Incompatibility issues may arise. warning but doesn't fix the problem.

EDIT2: Using pod repo add azure-happydump-projectcore-_git-projectpodspecsrepository https://$(gitUser):$(gitPat)@dev.azure.com/happydump/projectCore/_git/projectPodSpecsRepository doesn't help either. Tha error message from the CocoaPods task will just change to ... [!] Unable to add a source with url https://dev.azure.com/happydump/projectCore/_git/projectPodSpec named azure-happydump-projectcore-_git-projectpodspecsrepository-1. ...

Answer 1

The problem was due to an a url formatting difference within the Podfile.lock file:

Podfile: https://dev.azure.com/happydump/projectCore/_git/projectPodSpecsRepository

Podfile.lock https://[email protected]/DefaulCollection/projectCore/_git/projectPodSpecsRepository

reverting the url from the Podfile.lock did the trick!

Here are the final files:

Pipeline: Note that I am zipping the cocoapods repo in order not to clone them for each build.

pool:
  vmImage: 'macos-latest'

variables: 
  FILEEXISTS: false

steps:
- task: CmdLine@2
  inputs:
    script: 'sudo gem install cocoapods'


- task: PowerShell@2
  inputs:
    targetType: 'inline'
    script: 'Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=CP_HOME_DIR;]$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/Cache"'

- task: CacheBeta@0
  inputs:
    key: PodReposTestZip | $(Agent.OS) | $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/Konectom/Podfile.lock
    path: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/Cache/tmp/
  displayName: Cache Podfiles packages


- bash: |
    if [ -d $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/Cache/tmp ]; then
      echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=FILEEXISTS]true"
    fi

- task: ExtractFiles@1
  inputs:
    archiveFilePatterns: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/Cache/tmp/cocoapods.zip'
    destinationFolder: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/Cache/repos'
    cleanDestinationFolder: true
  condition: eq(variables.FILEEXISTS, 'true')

- task: CmdLine@2
  inputs:
    script: 'pod repo add azure-company-project-_git-specrepository-ios https://$(gitUser):$(gitPat)@dev.azure.com/company/project/_git/repo'

- task: CocoaPods@0
  inputs:
    forceRepoUpdate: false
    workingDirectory: 'AppDir'

- task: InstallAppleCertificate@2
  inputs:
    certSecureFile: 'Certificats.p12'
    certPwd: '$(certifPwd)'
    keychain: 'temp'

- task: InstallAppleProvisioningProfile@1
  inputs:
    provisioningProfileLocation: 'secureFiles'
    provProfileSecureFile: 'ProvisionFile.mobileprovision'

- task: Xcode@5
  inputs:
    actions: 'build'
    scheme: 'Konectom-dev'
    sdk: "iphoneos13.0"
    xcodeVersion: 'specifyPath'
    xcodeDeveloperDir: '/Applications/Xcode_11.app'
    configuration: 'Release'
    xcWorkspacePath: 'Konectom/Konectom.xcworkspace'
    packageApp: true
    signingOption: manual
    signingIdentity: $(APPLE_CERTIFICATE_SIGNING_IDENTITY)
    provisioningProfileUuid: $(APPLE_PROV_PROFILE_UUID)
    exportPath: $(build.artifactstagingdirectory)/pkgApp

- task: CmdLine@2
  inputs:
    script: 'ls -la $(build.artifactstagingdirectory)/pkgApp'

- task: ArchiveFiles@2
  inputs:
    rootFolderOrFile: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/Cache/repos/cocoapods'
    includeRootFolder: true
    archiveType: 'zip'
    archiveFile: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/Cache/tmp/cocoapods.zip'
    replaceExistingArchive: true
  condition: eq(variables.FILEEXISTS, 'false')

- task: AppCenterDistribute@3
  inputs:
    serverEndpoint: 'AppCenterEndpoint'
    appSlug: 'TestProject/TestApp'
    appFile: $(build.artifactstagingdirectory)/pkgApp/App.ipa
    releaseNotesOption: 'input'
    releaseNotesInput: ''
    destinationType: 'groups'
    symbolsOption: Apple

PodFile :

workspace 'Project'
#
# Sources reposotiries
#
source 'https://dev.azure.com/company/project/_git/PodSpecsRepository'
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'

# Global project platform
platform :ios, '10.0'

# Comment the next line if you're not using Swift and don't want to use dynamic frameworks
use_frameworks!

#
# Pods groups
#
def module0
  pod 'po1', '~> 0.1.87'
  pod 'pod2', '~> 0.1.29'
  pod 'pod3', '~> 0.1.20'
  pod 'pod4', '~> 0.1.13'
  pod 'pod5', '~> 0.1.15'
  pod 'pod6', '~> 0.1.15'
  pod 'pod7', '~> 0.1.18'
  pod 'pod8', '~> 0.1.10'
end

def Module1
  pod 'pod1', '~> 0.1.20'
end

def module2
  pod 'pod2', '~> 0.1.16'
end

def module3
  pod 'pod3', '~> 0.1.6'
end

def module4
  pod 'pod4', '~> 0.1.0'
end

def module5
  pod 'pod5', '~> 0.1.8'
end

def module6
  pod 'pod6'
end

#
# Main app target
#
target 'MainProject' do
  project 'MainProject'

  # Private Pods for Project
  privateRepo1
  privateRepo2
  privateRepo3
  privateRepo4
  privateRepo5
  privateRepo6

  # Third party pods
  pod 'SlideMenuControllerSwift', '~> 4.0'
  pod 'SPPermissions/Camera'
  pod 'SPPermissions/Location'
  pod 'SPPermissions/Notification'
  pod 'SPPermissions/Motion'

  target 'TestsProject' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
  end

  target 'UiTestsProject' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
  end

  # Post install routine
 post_install do |installer|
   installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
     # force swift version 4.0 for these pods
     if target.name == ‘SlideMenuControllerSwift’
       target.build_configurations.each do |config|
         config.build_settings[‘SWIFT_VERSION’] = ‘4.0’
       end
     end
     target.build_configurations.each do |config|
         config.build_settings[‘EXPANDED_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY’] = “”
         config.build_settings[‘CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED’] = “NO”
         config.build_settings[‘CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED’] = “NO”
     end
   end
 end
end

Podfile.lock:

PODS:
  - pod1(0.1.29):
    - Kronos (~> 4.0.0)
  - pod2(0.1.20)
  - Alamofire (5.0.0-rc.3)
  - pod3(0.1.32):
    - pod2(~> 0.1.20)
    - pod1(~> 0.1.29)
    - lottie-ios (~> 2.5.0)
  - Kronos (4.0.0)
  - lottie-ios (2.5.3)
  - SlideMenuControllerSwift (4.0.0)
  - SPPermissions/Camera (4.1.4):
    - SPPermissions/Core
  - SPPermissions/Core (4.1.4)
  - SPPermissions/Location (4.1.4):
    - SPPermissions/Core
  - SPPermissions/Motion (4.1.4):
    - SPPermissions/Core
  - SPPermissions/Notification (4.1.4):
    - SPPermissions/Core

DEPENDENCIES:
  - pod1(~> 0.1.20)
  - pod2(~> 0.1.10)
  - pod3(~> 0.1.15)
  - pod4(~> 0.1.29)
  - pod5(~> 0.1.0)
  - SlideMenuControllerSwift (~> 4.0)
  - SPPermissions/Camera
  - SPPermissions/Location
  - SPPermissions/Motion
  - SPPermissions/Notification

SPEC REPOS:
  https://dev.azure.com/company/project/_git/PodSpecsRepository:
    - pod1
    - pod2
    - pod3
    - pod4
    - pod5
  https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git:
    - Alamofire
    - AppCenter
    - GzipSwift
    - KDCircularProgress
    - Kronos
    - lottie-ios
    - SlideMenuControllerSwift
    - SPPermissions
    - SwiftKeychainWrapper

SPEC CHECKSUMS:
  checksums

PODFILE CHECKSUM: checksum
COCOAPODS: 1.8.4