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Placing toscha in the windows container agent

tarun k 405 Reputation points
2025-07-03T13:51:39.1266667+00:00

I am trying to install tosca in the container agent, Please suggest way

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  1. Durga Reshma Malthi 5,650 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-07-07T08:31:27.8533333+00:00

    Hi tarun k

    As we discussed in private message, in your file, there is tosca client file but tosca events.xml file is not there

    firstly, make sure your repo structure should be like this

    Docker-Windows-Agent/
├── optionalp/
│   └── Dockerfile
├── install_build_tools/
├── Toscha/
│   ├── ToscaCIClient.exe
│   ├── ToscaCIClient.log
│   ├── ToscaCIExecution.dll
│   ├── TOSCACIEvent.json
│   ├── ToscaCIJavaClient.jar
│   └── etc...

    Inside optionalp/Dockerfile,

    WORKDIR /scripts
COPY install_build_tools/* ./

    then add this in your docker file,

    # Copy Tosca binaries into container
COPY ./Toscha/ "C:/Tosca/"

    Make sure the script sets environment variables and checks for the main executable:

    Write-Host "Configuring Tosca..."
$ToscaPath = "C:\Tosca"
# Set environment vars
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("TOSCA_HOME", $ToscaPath, "Machine")
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $env:PATH + ";$ToscaPath", "Machine")
# Validate installation
if (!(Test-Path "$ToscaPath\ToscaCIClient.exe")) {
    Write-Error "ToscaCIClient.exe is missing at $ToscaPath"
    exit 1
}
Write-Host "Tosca installed successfully."

    The Dockerfile already runs this:

    RUN powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File install_tosca.ps1 $AUSER $env:AUSER $APASS $env:APASS

    So, this script will automatically run inside the container build.

    From the optionalp folder, run this command to create a Windows container image with Tosca preloaded in C:\Tosca.

    docker build -t myagent-with-tosca .

    Once your container agent is running and registered with Azure DevOps, use the Tosca tools in your pipeline like this:

    - script: |
    C:\Tosca\ToscaCIClient.exe /run /workspace "C:\Tosca\MyWorkspace" /someOption
  displayName: 'Run Tosca Test'

    Hope this helps!

    Please Let me know if you have any queries.

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  1. Durga Reshma Malthi 5,650 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-07-04T07:44:11.68+00:00

    Hi tarun k

    Since you’re working with a self-hosted Windows container agent and already have the Tosca binary files locally, here’s how you can structure your Dockerfile to make those files available within the container for pipeline execution:

    # Use Windows base image that supports Tosca components
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2022
# Create a working directory inside the container
WORKDIR C:\ToscaAgent
# Copy Tosca binary files from your local machine into the container
# NOTE: Ensure this folder is in the same location as your Dockerfile during build
COPY TOSCA\* C:\ToscaAgent\
# Optionally set environment variables
ENV TOSCA_HOME="C:\ToscaAgent"
ENV PATH="$PATH;C:\ToscaAgent"
# (Optional) Run ToscaCIClient.exe for validation or initialization if needed
# RUN C:\ToscaAgent\ToscaCIClient.exe --help
# Set default command (you can override in pipeline)
CMD ["cmd.exe"]

    Make sure your local folder (let’s say C:\ToscaInstaller) contains Tosca CLI tools like ToscaCIClient.exe

    Hope this helps!

    Please Let me know if you have any queries.

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