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Replicate Multiple Azure DevOps Accounts


Replicate multiple Azure DevOps accounts to one or many databases.

CData Sync for Azure DevOps is a stand-alone application that provides solutions for a variety of replication scenarios such as replicating sandbox and production instances into your database. Both Sync for Windows and Sync for Java include a command-line interface (CLI) that makes it easy to manage multiple Azure DevOps connections. In this article we show how to use the CLI to replicate multiple Azure DevOps accounts.

Configure Azure DevOps Connections

You can save connection and email notification settings in an XML configuration file. To replicate multiple Azure DevOps accounts, use multiple configuration files. Below is an example configuration to replicate Azure DevOps to SQLite:

Windows

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <CDataSync> <DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType> <DatabaseProvider>System.Data.SQLite</DatabaseProvider> <ConnectionString>AuthScheme=Basic;Organization=MyAzureDevOpsOrganization;ProjectId=MyProjectId;PersonalAccessToken=MyPAT;</ConnectionString> <ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll> <NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName> <DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString> <TaskSchedulerStartTime>09:51</TaskSchedulerStartTime> <TaskSchedulerInterval>Never</TaskSchedulerInterval> </CDataSync>

Java

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <CDataSync> <DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType> <DatabaseProvider>org.sqlite.JDBC</DatabaseProvider> <ConnectionString>AuthScheme=Basic;Organization=MyAzureDevOpsOrganization;ProjectId=MyProjectId;PersonalAccessToken=MyPAT;</ConnectionString> <ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll> <NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName> <DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString> </CDataSync> You can connect to your Azure DevOps account by providing the Organization and PersonalAccessToken.

Obtaining a Personal Access Token

A PersonalAccessToken is necessary for account authentication.

To generate one, log in to your Azure DevOps Organization account and navigate to Profile -> Personal Access Tokens -> New Token. The generated token will be displayed.

If you wish to authenticate to Azure DevOps using OAuth refer to the online Help documentation for an authentication guide.

Configure Queries for Each Azure DevOps Instance

Sync enables you to control replication with standard SQL. The REPLICATE statement is a high-level command that caches and maintains a table in your database. You can define any SELECT query supported by the Azure DevOps API. The statement below caches and incrementally updates a table of Azure DevOps data:

REPLICATE Builds;

You can specify a file containing the replication queries you want to use to update a particular database. Separate replication statements with semicolons. The following options are useful if you are replicating multiple Azure DevOps accounts into the same database:

You can use a different table prefix in the REPLICATE SELECT statement:

REPLICATE PROD_Builds SELECT * FROM Builds

Alternatively, you can use a different schema:

REPLICATE PROD.Builds SELECT * FROM Builds

Run Sync

After you have configured the connection strings and replication queries, you can run Sync with the following command-line options:

Windows

AzureDevOpsSync.exe -g MyProductionAzureDevOpsConfig.xml -f MyProductionAzureDevOpsSync.sql

Java

java -Xbootclasspath/p:c:\sqlitejdbc.jar -jar AzureDevOpsSync.jar -g MyProductionAzureDevOpsConfig.xml -f MyProductionAzureDevOpsSync.sql

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