I have a pipeline for building and deploying an angular app. It builds successfully but fails during deployment with the error:

##[error]Error:

No package found with specified pattern: /home/vsts/work/1/s/**/*.zip
Check if the package mentioned in the task is published as an artifact in the build or a previous stage and downloaded in the current job.

I added debug script to see the pipeline workspace and i can see the zip file in the drop folder as it was meant to be. But in the debug stage, it is not referencing that location and i get the error i stated above.

`/home/vsts/work/1:
TestResults
a
b
drop
s

/home/vsts/work/1/TestResults:

/home/vsts/work/1/a:

/home/vsts/work/1/b:

/home/vsts/work/1/drop:
249.zip

/home/vsts/work/1/s:`

My pipeline is below:

`trigger:
- main

resources:
  - repo: self

variables:
  azureSubscription: 'VMS ARM SC NRG'
  webAppName: 'vms-dev-webclient'
  vmImageName: 'ubuntu-latest'
  dev-url: 

stages:
- stage: Build
  displayName: Build Angular App
  jobs:
  - job: Build
    displayName: Build Angular App
    pool:
      vmImage: $(vmImageName)

    steps:
    - task: NodeTool@0
      displayName: 'Install Node.js'
      inputs:
        versionSpec: '22.x'

    - script: npm install
      displayName: Install npm packages

    - script: npm run build --if-present
      displayName: Build Angular project

    - task: ArchiveFiles@2
      displayName: 'Archive Build Output'
      inputs:
        rootFolderOrFile: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/dist'
        includeRootFolder: false
        archiveType: zip
        archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip
        replaceExistingArchive: true

    - publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip
      artifact: drop
      displayName: Publish Build Artifact

- stage: Deploy_Development
  displayName: Deploy to Development
  dependsOn: Build
  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main'))
  jobs:
  - deployment: Deploy
    displayName: Deploy to Development
    environment: Development
    pool:
      vmImage: $(vmImageName)
    strategy:
      runOnce:
        deploy:
          steps:
          - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
            displayName: 'Download Build Artifacts'
            inputs:
              artifactName: 'drop'
              downloadPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop'

          - script: ls -R $(Pipeline.Workspace)
            displayName: 'Debug: List Pipeline Workspace'

          - task: AzureWebApp@1
            displayName: 'Deploy to Development'
            inputs:
              azureSubscription: $(azureSubscription)
              appName: $(webAppName)
              #packageForLinux: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
              packageForLinux: '/home/vsts/work/1/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
              deploymentMethod: 'zipDeploy'              
              startUpCommand: 'pm2 serve /home/site/wwwroot/dist/vms-project-web --spa --no-daemon'

          - task: CmdLine@2
            displayName: Confirm Deployment
            inputs:
              script: 'curl -sSf $(dev-url) > /dev/null'
              failOnStderr: true`

I need any help I can get.

I tried hard coding the path: packageForLinux: '/home/vsts/work/1/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip' and its still the same error.

I have a pipeline for building and deploying an angular app. It builds successfully but fails during deployment with the error:

##[error]Error:

No package found with specified pattern: /home/vsts/work/1/s/**/*.zip
Check if the package mentioned in the task is published as an artifact in the build or a previous stage and downloaded in the current job.

I added debug script to see the pipeline workspace and i can see the zip file in the drop folder as it was meant to be. But in the debug stage, it is not referencing that location and i get the error i stated above.

`/home/vsts/work/1:
TestResults
a
b
drop
s

/home/vsts/work/1/TestResults:

/home/vsts/work/1/a:

/home/vsts/work/1/b:

/home/vsts/work/1/drop:
249.zip

/home/vsts/work/1/s:`

My pipeline is below:

`trigger:
- main

resources:
  - repo: self

variables:
  azureSubscription: 'VMS ARM SC NRG'
  webAppName: 'vms-dev-webclient'
  vmImageName: 'ubuntu-latest'
  dev-url: https://vms-dev-webclientt.azurewebsites

stages:
- stage: Build
  displayName: Build Angular App
  jobs:
  - job: Build
    displayName: Build Angular App
    pool:
      vmImage: $(vmImageName)

    steps:
    - task: NodeTool@0
      displayName: 'Install Node.js'
      inputs:
        versionSpec: '22.x'

    - script: npm install
      displayName: Install npm packages

    - script: npm run build --if-present
      displayName: Build Angular project

    - task: ArchiveFiles@2
      displayName: 'Archive Build Output'
      inputs:
        rootFolderOrFile: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/dist'
        includeRootFolder: false
        archiveType: zip
        archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip
        replaceExistingArchive: true

    - publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip
      artifact: drop
      displayName: Publish Build Artifact

- stage: Deploy_Development
  displayName: Deploy to Development
  dependsOn: Build
  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main'))
  jobs:
  - deployment: Deploy
    displayName: Deploy to Development
    environment: Development
    pool:
      vmImage: $(vmImageName)
    strategy:
      runOnce:
        deploy:
          steps:
          - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
            displayName: 'Download Build Artifacts'
            inputs:
              artifactName: 'drop'
              downloadPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop'

          - script: ls -R $(Pipeline.Workspace)
            displayName: 'Debug: List Pipeline Workspace'

          - task: AzureWebApp@1
            displayName: 'Deploy to Development'
            inputs:
              azureSubscription: $(azureSubscription)
              appName: $(webAppName)
              #packageForLinux: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
              packageForLinux: '/home/vsts/work/1/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
              deploymentMethod: 'zipDeploy'              
              startUpCommand: 'pm2 serve /home/site/wwwroot/dist/vms-project-web --spa --no-daemon'

          - task: CmdLine@2
            displayName: Confirm Deployment
            inputs:
              script: 'curl -sSf $(dev-url) > /dev/null'
              failOnStderr: true`

I need any help I can get.

I tried hard coding the path: packageForLinux: '/home/vsts/work/1/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip' and its still the same error.

• angular
• azure-devops
• azure-pipelines
• pipeline
• cicd

4 Answers 4

Why do you use an unexisting parameter of AzureWebApp@1 task? Whatever you set to the packageForLinux, the build always try to find by $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/*.zip pattern.

If you download to the $(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop then use the same folder package:$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip or package:$(Pipeline.Workspace)/**/*.zip

Try to use package: instead of packageForLinux:

https://learn.microsoft/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-web-app-v1?view=azure-pipelines

package: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/*.zip' # string. Required. Package or folder. Default: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/*.zip.

You hardcoded path which could be changed. Instead of '/home/vsts/work/1/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip' try '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip', since you declared that your artifact should be downloaded here

          - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
            displayName: 'Download Build Artifacts'
            inputs:
              artifactName: 'drop'
              downloadPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop'

Whin a YAML pipeline, if there are build jobs publish artifacts before the deployment jobs, or the current YAML pipeline has pipeline resources which publish artifacts, in the deployment jobs of current YAML pipeline, it will automatically add the download task to download all artifacts from current run and the associated pipeline resources.

• Artifacts from the current run are downloaded to $(Pipeline.Workspace)/<artifact name>.
• Artifacts from the associated pipeline resource are downloaded to $(Pipeline.Workspace)/<pipeline resource identifier>/<artifact name>.

In the deployment jobs, if you want to change the downloading path of the artifacts, you should:

• Disable the automatic download task (- download: none).
• Use the Download Pipeline Artifacts task (currently latest version is DownloadPipelineArtifact@2) to download the artifacts to the specified paths you want.

Note: If you do not disable the automatic download task, the extra download tasks generate and cause the same artifacts be downloaded twice.

For your case, since the artifact is from the current pipeline run, and you set the downloading path of artifacts to be same as the default downloading path of the automatic download task in the deployment job, you can remove the DownloadPipelineArtifact@2 task and just use the automatic download task like as below.

. . .

stages:
- stage: Build
  displayName: Build Angular App
  jobs:
  - job: Build
    . . .

- stage: Deploy_Development
  displayName: Deploy to Development
  dependsOn: Build
  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main'))
  jobs:
  - deployment: Deploy
    . . .
    strategy:
      runOnce:
        deploy:
          steps:
          - script: ls -R $(Pipeline.Workspace)
            displayName: 'Debug: List Pipeline Workspace'

          - task: AzureWebApp@1
            displayName: 'Deploy to Development'
            inputs:
              azureSubscription: $(azureSubscription)
              appType: webAppLinux
              appName: $(webAppName)
              package: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/drop/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
              deploymentMethod: 'zipDeploy'              
              startUpCommand: 'pm2 serve /home/site/wwwroot/dist/vms-project-web --spa --no-daemon'

          . . .