Dev Test Lab Artifact files naming convention

Question

I am trying to create a new custom artefact for my dev test lab, and I am following this documentation.

What is unclear to me is the naming conventions used. If I go by the naming convention used in the example in the above link: the folder name should be "os-package" or "os-task".

But what is unclear to me (even from the example) is the naming convention for the files.There are different conventions for different files in the same folder:

• Artifactfile.json
• ChocolateyPackageInstaller.ps1
• startChocolatey.ps1

Is there a naming convention documented somewhere that I should follow?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, there have been a lot of people involved with these artifact development, and not everyone was careful with their filenames. There is not one convention used throughout, although I would suggest to use Pascal casing.

One important thing is to make sure the file Artifactfile.json is spelled and cased exactly so, otherwise that file may not be recognized. (artifactfile.json will also work)

Here is the public repo for reference: https://github.com/Azure/azure-devtestlab