job-trigger-pipeline-multiple-times.yml

# Version 1.0
# Creator: Mika Haapsaari & Pawel Lukasiak
# Description:  This template triggers another pipeline a defined number of times.
#               Can be used for example to trigger a resource deployment pipeline with an identical set of parameters.  
#
# Parameters:
#   environment - Azure DevOps defined deployment environment
#   pipelinesSecurityToken [required] - PAT token that has read and execute pipeline access
#   devOpsOrganization [required] - URI of the Azure DevOps Organisation
#   devOpsProject [required] - name of the Azure DevOps project
#   devOpsPipeline [required] - name of the pipeline to be triggered
#   numberOfDeployments [required] - integer for pipeline trigger

parameters:
  environment: default-environment
  pipelinesSecurityToken: ""
  devOpsOrganization: ""
  devOpsProject: ""
  devOpsPipeline: ""
  numberOfDeployments: 2

jobs:
- deployment: deploy
  timeoutInMinutes: 120
  displayName: Deploy pipeline multiple times
  pool:
    vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
  environment: ${{ parameters.environment }}

  strategy:
    runOnce:
      deploy:
        steps:
        - script: |
            echo Organization ${{parameters.devOpsOrganization}}
            echo Project ${{parameters.devOpsProject}}
            echo Pipeline ${{parameters.devOpsPipeline}}
            export AZURE_DEVOPS_EXT_PAT=${{parameters.pipelinesSecurityToken}}
            export BUILD_DEFINITION=`az pipelines build definition list --name '${{parameters.devOpsPipeline}}' --org '${{parameters.devOpsOrganization}}' --project '${{parameters.devOpsProject}}' | jq -r '.[].id'`
            echo BuildDefinition ${BUILD_DEFINITION}
            export DEV_OPS_PROJECT='${{parameters.devOpsProject}}'
            echo DevOpsProject ${DEV_OPS_PROJECT}
            export DEV_OPS_PROJECT_NOSPACES=${DEV_OPS_PROJECT/ /%20}
            echo DevOpsProjectNoSpaces ${DEV_OPS_PROJECT_NOSPACES}
            for (( i=1; i<=${{parameters.numberOfDeployments}}; i++ ))
            do
              curl -X POST ${{parameters.devOpsOrganization}}/${DEV_OPS_PROJECT_NOSPACES}/_apis/pipelines/${BUILD_DEFINITION}/runs\?api-version\=6.0-preview.1 \
                    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                    -u "${AZURE_DEVOPS_EXT_PAT}": \
                    -d '{"stagesToSkip": [],"templateParameters": {"parameter": "${{parameters.parametervalue}}"},"variables": {}}'
            done
          displayName: 'Queue pipeline ${{parameters.numberOfDeployments}} time(s)'