azure-devops-repository-powershell-backup

Introduction

Microsoft don't provide any built-in solution to backup Azure Devops Services.

They ask them to thrust the process as described in the Data Protection Overview page.

However most companies want to keep an on-premise backup of their code repositories in case of Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).

Project

This project provides a Powershell script to backup all azure devops repositories of an Azure Devops Organization. The original bash script can be found here.

Powershell Script

Prerequisite

• Git for Windows: Downloads
• Azure CLI: Installation guide
• Azure CLI - Devops Extension: Installation guide

Interaction with the Azure DevOps API requires a personal access token.

For this backup script you'll only need to generate a PAT with read access on Code

Launch script

./backup-azure-devops-repository.ps1 -Organization 'DEVOPS_ORG_URL' -PAT DEVOPS_PAT -BackupDir 'BACKUP_DIRECTORY' -DryRun $true 

Parameters:
   -o | -Organization: 
        The azure devops organisation URL (eg: https://dev.azure.com/my-company)
   -d | -BackupDir: 
        The directory where to store the backup archive.
   -p | -PAT: The Personnal Access Token (PAT) that you need to generate for your Azure Devops Account
   -x | -DryRun: true/false - If you want to create a dummy file instead of cloning the repositories
   -r | -RetentionDays 7 - Retention in days