Quickstart: Get started with NuGet packages in Azure Artifacts

Azure DevOps Server 2019

Azure Artifacts enables developers to publish and download NuGet packages from sources such as feeds and public registries. With Azure Artifacts, you can create feeds that are either:

• Private, so you can share packages with your team and specific users.
• Public, so you can share packages openly with anyone on the internet.

In this quickstart, you learn how to:

• Create a new feed.
• Set up your project and connect to your feed.
• Publish NuGet packages.
• Download packages from your feed.

Prerequisites

• Create an Azure DevOps organization and a project if you haven't already.

• Install the latest NuGet version.

• Install the Azure Artifacts Credential Provider.

Create a feed

1. Sign in to your Azure DevOps server, and then go to your project.

2. Select Artifacts, and then select New feed.

3. For Name, enter a descriptive name for your feed.

   For Visibility, select an option to indicate who can view packages within the feed.

   If you want to include packages from public sources, select the Use packages from public sources through this feed option.

4. Select Create when you're done.

   

Note

By default, newly created feeds have their project's Build Service value set to Feed and Upstream Reader (Collaborator).

Connect to a feed

1. Sign in to your Azure DevOps server, and then go to your project.

2. Select Artifacts, and then select your feed from the dropdown menu.

3. Select Connect to Feed, and then select NuGet from the left pane.

4. Follow the instructions to add your package source URL to nuget.config.

   

Download packages

1. Get the package source URL

1. Sign in to your Azure DevOps server, and then navigate to your project.

2. Select Artifacts, select your feed from the dropdown menu, and then select Connect to Feed.

3. Select NuGet from the left navigation pane, then copy your Package source URL.

2. Set up Visual Studio

Windows

1. In Visual Studio, select Tools > Options.

2. Expand the NuGet Package Manager section, and then select Package Sources.

3. Enter the feed's Name value and the Source URL, and then select the green plus sign (+) to add a source.

4. If you enabled upstream sources in your feed, clear the nuget.org checkbox.

5. Select OK when you're done.

   

macOS

1. Create a personal access token.

2. In Visual Studio, on the menu bar, select Preferences.

3. Select NuGet, and then select Sources.

4. Select Add and enter your feed's name, the source URL, a username (any string), and your personal access token.

5. Select OK to save your source.

6. If you enabled upstream sources in your feed, clear the nuget.org checkbox.

7. Select OK when you're done.

   

3. Download packages

1. In Visual Studio, right-click your project, and then select Manage NuGet Packages.

2. Select Browse, and then select your feed from the Package source dropdown menu.

   

3. Use the search bar to search for packages from your feed.

Publish packages

To publish your package to your feed, run the following command. You can enter any string for the ApiKey argument.

nuget.exe push -Source <SOURCE_NAME> -ApiKey key <PACKAGE_PATH>

Examples:

• Project-scoped feed:

  nuget.exe push -Source https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/myOrganization/MyProject/_packaging/MyFeed/nuget/v3/index.json -ApiKey AZ release/myDemoPackage.1.0.0.nupkg
  

• Organization-scoped feed:

  nuget.exe push -Source https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/myOrganization/_packaging/myFeed/nuget/v3/index.json -ApiKey AZ release/myDemoPackage.1.0.0.nupkg
  

Note

The ApiKey is required, but you can use any arbitrary value when publishing to Azure Artifacts feeds.

Related content

• Publish NuGet packages with Azure Pipelines (YAML/classic)
• Publish packages to NuGet.org
• Use packages from NuGet Gallery