Add licenses to deployable package (pipeline)

Add licenses to deployable package

- In the relevant branch create the Licenses folder

- add all required license files to that folder (txt files). If you have a deployable package with licenses you can get txt files from that deployable zip package (AosService\Scripts\License)

- find the existing " Add Licenses to Deployable Package" step in the pipeline or add it

- step should be placed just before Publish Artifact: Packages step

- modify " Add Licenses to Deployable Package" step

Check workspace mappings ( Get sources step), in this case, it is getting sources directly to $(Build.SourcesDirectory):

Therefore Search pattern should be:

$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\Licenses\*.txt

More about file matching options.

Check Copy Files to: Staging Directory to identify the location:

Go to any successful pipeline run details and open Related/N published

Expand the Packages folder and see the exact package name:

Take note that the file name consists of (separated by underscore)

• AXDeployableRuntime
  
• Build number of D365 F&SCM platform
• Build number (pipeline)
  

Set Filename and path:

$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\Packages\AXDeployableRuntime_7.0.6931.60_$(Build.BuildNumber).zip

Final look of the Add licenses to Deployable Package step:

If you want to automate platform build number as well - follow the steps in the end.

- make a test pipeline run and download the prepared zip package, make sure that under AosService\Scripts\License it contains relevant license files

Automate Platform build number

- add new variable PlatformBuildVersion

- add additional task PowerShell and call is " PowerShell Script - set PlatformBuildVersion"

- place step before Add Licenses to Deployable Package:

- change step properties:

Switch Type to Inline

Script:

Add-Type -Path "K:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory\bin\Microsoft.Dynamics.BusinessPlatform.ProductInformation.Provider.dll"
[Microsoft.Dynamics.BusinessPlatform.ProductInformation.Provider.ProductInfoProvider] $provider = [Microsoft.Dynamics.BusinessPlatform.ProductInformation.Provider.ProductInfoProvider]::get_Provider();
$PlatBuild = $provider.PlatformBuildVersion
Write-Host $PlatBuild
Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=PlatformBuildVersion]$PlatBuild"

- change Filename and path property of Add licenses to Deployable Package step to:

$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\Packages\AXDeployableRuntime_$(PlatformBuildVersion)_$(Build.BuildNumber).zip

References:

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhJEuMvFCCY

Article: https://www.codecrib.com/2021/01/isv-licenses-in-packages.html