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Error when deploying DACPAC via Azure DevOps Pipelines

I am flushing out a CI/CD process with Azure SQL DB deployed via Azure DevOps Pipelines. I am using the Adventure works database and set up a visual studio project importing the schema.

I have a pipeline configured to publish the dacpac and run a subsequent deployment using the SqlAzureDacpacDeployment@1 and am getting the below error:

2020-10-10T02:36:34.1421137Z ##[error]Unable to connect to target server 'server.database.windows.net'. Please verify the connection information such as the server name, login credentials, and firewall rules for the target server.
2020-10-10T02:36:34.1605855Z ##[error]Windows logins are not supported in this version of SQL Server.
2020-10-10T02:36:34.2143924Z ##[error]The Azure SQL DACPAC task failed. SqlPackage.exe exited with code 1.Check out how to troubleshoot failures at https://aka.ms/sqlazuredeployreadme#troubleshooting-
2020-10-10T02:36:34.2522414Z ##[section]Finishing: SqlAzureDacpacDeployment

I am using windows latest and here is my YAML pipeline:

trigger:
- master

pool:
  vmImage: 'windows-latest'


jobs: 
- job: BuildDeploySQL
  variables:
  - group: SQLServerLogin
  steps:
  - task: VSBuild@1
    inputs:
      solution: '**\*.sln'
  - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
    inputs:
      targetPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)'
      publishLocation: 'pipeline'
  - task: SqlAzureDacpacDeployment@1
    inputs:
      azureSubscription: 'Subscription Name here'
      AuthenticationType: 'server'
      ServerName: 'server.database.windows.net'
      DatabaseName: 'AdventureWorks'
      SqlUsername: 'sqladmin'
      SqlPassword: ${{ variables.Password }}
      deployType: 'DacpacTask'
      DeploymentAction: 'Publish'
      DacpacFile: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\s\AdventureWorks\bin\Debug\*.dacpac'
      IpDetectionMethod: 'AutoDetect'

I have tried to deploy from my local machine and it is successful using the same sql credentials. Additionally I have confirmed that the SQL Database has allow Azure Services enabled. I have also tried to deploy the dacpac to a new empty database and get this same error.

I do believe this could be just a generic error message as my deployment logs do show a successful connection to the server:

2020-10-10T02:36:18.7912964Z Invoke-Sqlcmd -ServerInstance "server.database.windows.net" -Database "AdventureWorks" -Username "sqladmin"  -Password ******  -Inputfile 
....
2020-10-10T02:36:33.0554895Z Initializing deployment (Start)

** Update Just to rule out I did create a new SQL Login with DBO_owner permissions and ran the deployment using that and got the same error message.

Solution

  • The root issue was the password secret contained characters which escaped Powershell. Wrapping the secret in "" resolved it.