Azure DevOps pipeline build not showing warnings

[everton-o]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is an issue or something I'm actually doing incorrectly. Locally the warnings are exhibited just fine but in Azure DevOps not. I tried using cli task and powershell task but I get the same result. Below is an image of when I build the template locally.

Build on Azure DevOps:

Also, I forced some errors in the template.bicep, they were captured but the task succeded :

Build script

# Build bicep to make sure no errors exist 

name: build-azure-bicep

trigger: none

pool: 
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

stages:
  - stage: Build
    jobs:
    - job: Build
      steps:
      - task: AzureCLI@2
        inputs:
          azureSubscription: xxxxxxxxxxx
          scriptType: 'pscore'
          scriptLocation: 'inlineScript'
          inlineScript: 'az bicep build --file path/azuredeploy.bicep'

[kevball2]

I would not worry about build the file for validation, but rather just running validation and let the CLI transpile the bicep file for you

steps:
  - task: AzureCLI@2
    displayName: 'Validate Bicep File"
    inputs:
      azureSubscription: '${{ parameters.azureServiceConnection }}'
      scriptType: 'bash'
      scriptLocation: 'inlineScript'
      inlineScript: |
        az --version
        az deployment sub validate \
        --name 'Validation Deployment Name' \
        --location '<location>' \
        --template-file 'template.bicep' \
        --parameters 'parameterfile.json' 

You can also run the same type of validation for group deployments as well
it would also be good to have a bicep.config file in place to allow for linting

My pipelines will have a build stage with a task to run validation. you could also run a az deployment <action> what-if to test you file as well. Since the CLI can build the bicep file for you without being told to, the only reason you may want a build action would be to use the
Azure Resource Manager Template Deployment Task Action to deploy the JSON file

[everton-o]

Thanks for your suggestion!!

[brwilkinson]

I've been meaning to repro this one, however in the meantime, just wanted to check @everton-o if you are happy to mark @kevball2 response as answered?

[everton-o]

Thanks @brwilkinson , I thought already had done it.