This configuration section contains settings for accessing the test cases on the remote Azure DevOps server.
The following example shows the most common options within this section.
{
...
"remote": {
"projectUrl": "https://specsyncdemo.visualstudio.com/MyCalculator",
"user": "myuser",
"password": "%MYPWD%",
"testSuite": {
"name": "BDD Scenarios",
"testPlanId": 12345
}
},
...
}
{% hint style="info" %} The remote settings of the Azure DevOps project can also be specified in the knownRemotes section of one of the parent configuration file or in the user-specific configuration file. Check Hierarchical configuration files for details. {% endhint %}
Setting | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
projectUrl |
The full URL of the Azure DevOps or VSTS project (including project collection name if necessary). Must not include project team name: for multi-team projects the root project URL has to be specified. See What is my Azure DevOps project URL for details. | mandatory |
authenticationMethod |
The authentication method to be used for connecting to the remote server. Possible values: Interactive , UserNamePassword , PAT , ServicePrincipal |
automatically detect UserNamePassword or PAT |
user |
The Azure DevOps user name or personal access token (PAT) to be used for authentication. For ServicePrincipal authentication method the application ID is specified here. It may contain environment variables in ...{env:ENV_VAR}... form. See Azure DevOps authentication options for details. |
interactive prompt |
password |
The password to be used for authentication. For ServicePrincipal authentication method the client secret is specified here. It may contain environment variables in ...{env:ENV_VAR}... form. See Azure DevOps authentication options for details. |
interactive prompt |
tenantId |
Only for ServicePrincipal authentication method: specify the Microsoft Entra Tenant ID. |
Mandatory for ServicePrincipal authentication method |
authenticationCertificateThumbprint |
Only for ServicePrincipal authentication method: specify the thumbprint of the client certificate to be used for authentication. The certificate has to be saved to the Personal certificate store. |
client secret (password ) is used |
securityProtocol |
The security protocol to be used for the remote connection (Ssl3 , Tls , Tls11 , Tls12 ). |
system default |
ignoreCertificateErrorsForThumbprint |
The thumbprint of the server certificate that should be treated as trusted. It is recommended to install trusted certificates on the operating system instead of using this setting. See related Troubleshooting entry for details. | SSL is verified by the OS |
testSuite |
Specifies a test suite within the Azure DevOps project as a target container of the synchronized test cases. If the test suite is specified, SpecSync will add the synchronized test cases to it for push command and consider the test cases within the suite for pull command. See Group synchronized test cases to a test suite for details. |
test cases are not included in a test suite |
testSuite/name |
The name of the Test Suite. For suites with non-unique names, please use the testSuite/id or testSuite/path setting. |
either name , id or path is mandatory |
testSuite/id |
The ID of the Test Suite as a number. | either name , id or path is mandatory |
testSuite/path |
The path of the Test Suite from the root of the Test Plan, separated by / (e.g. Ordering/Card Payment ). |
either name , id or path is mandatory |
testSuite/testPlanId |
Deprecated, use 'testPlan' instead. | not specified |
testSuite/testPlan |
The name or ID of the Test Plan to search or create the test suite in, e.g. My Plan or #1234 . (Optional, improves performance) |
not specified |
azureDevOps |
Azure DevOps server configuration settings.
|
uses default AzureDevOps server settings |
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