Azure.DevOps.Pipelines.Releases.Definition.ProductionApproval

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category: Microsoft Azure DevOps Pipelines severity: Severe online version: https://github.com/cloudyspells/PSRule.Rules.AzureDevOps/blob/main/src/PSRule.Rules.AzureDevOps/en/Azure.DevOps.Pipelines.Releases.Definition.ProductionApproval.md

Azure.DevOps.Pipelines.Releases.Definition.ProductionApproval

SYNOPSIS

An environment scoped to production should be protected by a human review

DESCRIPTION

Protecting a release pipeline production stage with a human check will help prevent accidental changes to production resources. For example, a service connection scoped to production should be protected with a check that requires a minimum number of reviewers or a specific CI pipeline must pass.

You can configure the minimum number of approvers for this rule by setting the releaseMinimumProductionApproverCount configuration value in PSRule. The default value is 1.

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RECOMMENDATION

Consider protecting a release stage environment scoped to production with a human approval check.

LINKS

• Release Pipelines