Question

Your team uses Azure DevOps for source control and work tracking, but an external system running Jenkins must automatically start a build whenever code is pushed to the main branch of a specific Azure Repos Git repository. Security requires that the integration send only the relevant event data to a single HTTP endpoint, without granting Jenkins broad API access or requiring polling. What should you configure in Azure DevOps?

Accepted Answer

Create a Service Hooks subscription for the 'Code pushed' event, filtered to the repository and main branch, with a Web Hooks action pointing to the Jenkins endpoint URL.

Answer

Add a Jenkins service connection under Project Settings and reference it from a build validation branch policy on main.

Answer

Grant Jenkins a full-scope Personal Access Token and configure Jenkins to poll the Azure DevOps REST API for new commits on main.

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Configure an Azure Pipelines YAML CI trigger with a path filter and a 'Publish to Jenkins' task at the end of the pipeline.