Service Fabric Application Deployment Task fails because of missing default value

Environment

• Server - VSTS
• Agent - VS2017 Hosted

Issue Description

Service Fabric Application Deployment v.1.4.1 fails with this error (the full error is below):

##[error]Exception calling "Parse" with "1" argument(s): "String was not recognized as a valid Boolean."

Further analysis in debug mode points to line 36 in deploy.ps1: $configureDockerSettings = [System.Boolean]::Parse((Get-VstsInput -Name configureDockerSettings))

It seems that the default value isn’t set in my build definition, which I created yesterday with version 1.3.11. A workaround is to make a change to the Build Definition and save it, which adds these params to the build definition:

"configureDockerSettings": "false", "registryCredentials": "AzureResourceManagerEndpoint", "dockerRegistryEndpoint": "", "azureSubscriptionEndpoint": "", "registryUserName": "", "registryPassword": "", "passwordEncrypted": "true"

Error logs

2017-10-12T19:49:28.9401893Z ##[debug]Leaving D:\a_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.4.1\deploy.ps1. 2017-10-12T19:49:28.9842309Z ##[debug]Caught exception from task script. 2017-10-12T19:49:28.9872083Z ##[debug]Error record: 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0392219Z ##[debug]D:\a_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.4.1\deploy.ps1 : Exception calling “Parse” with “1” argument(s): “String was not recognized as a valid Boolean.” 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0402233Z ##[debug]At line:1 char:1 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0412228Z ##[debug]+ . 'd:\a_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c … 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0422233Z ##[debug]+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0432231Z ##[debug] + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (😃 [deploy.ps1], MethodInvocationException 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0442235Z ##[debug] + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FormatException,deploy.ps1 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0462233Z ##[debug] 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0902339Z ##[debug]Script stack trace: 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0942351Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, D:\a_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.4.1\deploy.ps1: line 36 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0942351Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0962367Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 22 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0972368Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 18 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0982378Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1 2017-10-12T19:49:29.0992386Z ##[debug]Exception: 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1032431Z ##[debug]System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException: Exception calling “Parse” with “1” argument(s): “String was not recognized as a valid Boolean.” —> System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid Boolean. 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1042402Z ##[debug] at System.Boolean.Parse(String value) 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1052400Z ##[debug] at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Type , Object ) 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1062404Z ##[debug] — End of inner exception stack trace — 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1072413Z ##[debug] at System.Management.Automation.ExceptionHandlingOps.CheckActionPreference(FunctionContext funcContext, Exception exception) 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1082409Z ##[debug] at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction2.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1092412Z ##[debug] at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1102416Z ##[debug] at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1112425Z ##[debug] at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1122421Z ##[debug] at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.LightLambda.RunVoid1[T0](T0 arg0) 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1132428Z ##[debug] at System.Management.Automation.PSScriptCmdlet.RunClause(Action1 clause, Object dollarUnderbar, Object inputToProcess) 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1142426Z ##[debug] at System.Management.Automation.PSScriptCmdlet.DoEndProcessing() 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1152438Z ##[debug] at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessorBase.Complete() 2017-10-12T19:49:29.1372485Z ##[error]Exception calling “Parse” with “1” argument(s): “String was not recognized as a valid Boolean.”

[bishal-pdMSFT]

No it has not been fixed yet. While we are in the progress, you can unblock yourself by using the workaround in the original post - Check and uncheck “Configure docker settings” check box under “Docker settings” group in release/build definition

[bishal-pdMSFT]

Thanks for reporting it. We are trying to hot-fix it.