Habitat Endpoint

Habitat Endpoint

An endpoint, called 'Habitat Endpoint' is bundled with this extension. This allows multuple Habitat depots to be configured and reused across tasks as required.

VSTS endpoints hold secrets secret so this is the best place to add your Habitat signing key and GitHub token. This information will never be displayed in log files, but will be accessed by the tasks that need them.

The following table describes each of the fields in the screenshot:

Field Name	Description	Example
Connection Name	Name of this connection. This is what will be seen in the service drop down on appropriate tasks	Habitat Depot
Habitat Depot URL	This allows for private depots to be targeted when they are available.	https://bldr.habitat.sh
Origin Name	Name of the origin that will be used to build packages	myorigin
Revision	The revision of the origin to use	20170610095911
Public Key	The public key associated with the specified origin
Signing Key	The signing (private) key associated with the specified origin
GitHub Auth Key	GitHub authentication token for publishing packages to the Habitat depot
Use Sudo	Some habitat tasks may need to use sudo to work correctly, this option states if they are allows to do so	True

• Habitat Depot URL - it is not possible to set a default value for this field, but it is required. Use https://bldr.habitat.sh
• Use Sudo - the tasks that use sudo if it is configured are:
  • Install Package
  • Package Export