Configure pipeline access to secrets for services
Securing access to services is essential when working with pipelines in Azure DevOps. Service connections allow you to store your pipelines’ credentials to access external resources, such as databases, web APIs, and other systems.
In this unit, learn how to use secrets for services and service connection secrets in Azure Pipelines using YAML.
Create a service connection
- Go to your Azure DevOps project.
- Navigate to the Project settings.
- Click on Service connections under Pipelines.
- Click on New service connection.
- Select the type of service connection you want to create (for example, Azure Service Bus, Kubernetes, Apple App Store or other).
- Enter the required information for the service connection.
- Click on Save.