Azure DevCenter Service client library for Python

The Azure DevCenter package provides access to manage resources for Microsoft Dev Box and Azure Deployment Environments. This SDK enables managing developer machines and environments in Azure.

Use the package for Azure DevCenter to:

Create, access, manage, and delete Dev Box resources Create, deploy, manage, and delete Environment resources

Getting started

Installating the package

python -m pip install azure-developer-devcenter

Prequisites

• Python 3.7 or later is required to use this package.
• You need an Azure subscription to use this package.
• You must have configured a DevCenter, Project, Network Connection, Dev Box Definition, and Pool before you can create Dev Boxes
• You must have configured a DevCenter, Project, Catalog, and Environment Type before you can create Environments

Create with an Azure Active Directory Credential

To use an Azure Active Directory (AAD) token credential, provide an instance of the desired credential type obtained from the azure-identity library.

To authenticate with AAD, you must first pip install azure-identity

After setup, you can choose which type of credential from azure.identity to use. As an example, DefaultAzureCredential can be used to authenticate the client:

Set the values of the client ID, tenant ID, and client secret of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET

Use the returned token credential to authenticate the client:

>>> import os
>>> from azure.developer.devcenter import DevCenterClient
>>> from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
>>> tenant_id = os.environ['AZURE_TENANT_ID']
>>> endpoint = os.environ["DEVCENTER_ENDPOINT"]
>>> client = DevCenterClient(endpoint, credential=DefaultAzureCredential())

Examples

Dev Box Management

>>> import os
>>> from azure.developer.devcenter import DevCenterClient
>>> from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
>>> from azure.core.exceptions import HttpResponseError
>>> tenant_id = os.environ['AZURE_TENANT_ID']
>>> endpoint = os.environ["DEVCENTER_ENDPOINT"]
>>> client = DevCenterClient(endpoint, credential=DefaultAzureCredential())
>>> try:
        # Fetch control plane resource dependencies
        projects = list(client.list_projects(top=1))
        target_project_name = projects[0]['name']

        pools = list(client.list_pools(target_project_name, top=1))
        target_pool_name = pools[0]['name']

        # Stand up a new dev box
        create_response = client.begin_create_dev_box(target_project_name, "me","Test_DevBox", {"poolName": target_pool_name})
        devbox_result = create_response.result()

        LOG.info(f"Provisioned dev box with status {devbox_result['provisioningState']}.")

        # Connect to the provisioned dev box
        remote_connection_response = client.get_remote_connection(target_project_name, "me", "Test_DevBox")
        LOG.info(f"Connect to the dev box using web URL {remote_connection_response['webUrl']}")

        # Tear down the dev box when finished
        delete_response = client.begin_delete_dev_box(target_project_name, "me", "Test_DevBox")
        delete_response.wait()
        LOG.info("Deleted dev box successfully.")
    except HttpResponseError as e:
        print('service responds error: {}'.format(e.response.json()))

Environment Management

>>> import os
>>> from azure.developer.devcenter import DevCenterClient
>>> from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
>>> from azure.core.exceptions import HttpResponseError
>>> tenant_id = os.environ['AZURE_TENANT_ID']
>>> endpoint = os.environ["DEVCENTER_ENDPOINT"]
>>> client = DevCenterClient(endpoint, credential=DefaultAzureCredential())
>>> try:
        # Fetch control plane resource dependencies
        target_project_name = list(client.list_projects(top=1))[0]['name']
        target_catalog_item_name = list(client.list_catalog_items(target_project_name, top=1))[0]['name']
        target_environment_type_name = list(client.list_environment_types(target_project_name, top=1))[0]['name']
        target_catalog_name = list(client.list_catalog_items(target_project_name, top=1))[0]['catalogName']

        # Stand up a new environment
        create_response = client.begin_create_or_update_environment(target_project_name,
                                                           "Dev_Environment",
                                                           {"catalogName": target_catalog_name,
                                                            "catalogItemName": target_catalog_item_name,
                                                            "environmentType": target_environment_type_name
                                                            })     
        
        environment_result = create_response.result()

        LOG.info(f"Provisioned environment with status {environment_result['provisioningState']}.")

        # Fetch deployment artifacts
        environment = client.get_environment_by_user(target_project_name, "me", "Dev_Environment")
        LOG.info(environment)

        # Tear down the environment when finished
        delete_response = client.begin_delete_environment(target_project_name, "me", "Dev_Environment")
        delete_response.wait()
        LOG.info("Completed deletion for the environment.")
    except HttpResponseError as e:
        print('service responds error: {}'.format(e.response.json()))

Key concepts

Dev Boxes refer to managed developer machines running in Azure. Dev Boxes are provisioned in Pools, which define the network and image used for a Dev Box.

Environments refer to templated developer environments, which combine a template (Catalog Item) and parameters.

Troubleshooting

Errors can occur during initial requests and long-running operations, and will provide information about how to resolve the error. Be sure to confirm that dependent resources, such as pools and catalogs, are set up properly and are in a healthy state. You will not be able to create resources with the package when your dependent resources are in a failed state.

Next steps

Get started by exploring our samples and starting to use the package!

Contributing

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