HOWTO: Migrate from Azure DevOps to ProGet

Migrating an Azure DevOps repository to ProGet can be done in a matter of minutes using ProGet’s Feed Importer feature. This feature allows packages from a remote feed to be downloaded to a local feed.

This article will guide you through how to use the Feed Importer feature to migrate packages from your Azure DevOps repositories to ProGet.

Generating your Personal Access Token

Migrating your packages from Azure DevOps using any of the methods listed in this article will require a Personal Access Token.

From Azure DevOps, navigate to "Settings" and select "Personal Access Tokens".

Now select "New Token" from the top right and then configure the details of your token. Once this is done select "Create".

Finally, make sure you copy the Personal Access Token provided.

Migrating Packages from Azure DevOps to ProGet

Migrating your packages can be done quickly and easily, in only a few clicks. All you will need is your Azure DevOps organization name and the Personal Access Token we generated above.

Step 1: Create a New Feed

To begin we'll create a new feed that we will import our existing packages to. Start by navigating to "Feeds" and selecting "New Feed".

Then select the package type. In this case, we will select "NuGet (.NET) Packages".

Step 2: Connect to Azure DevOps

As we will be connecting to our Azure DevOps repository, select "Connect to Another Feed".

Next, select "Import Packages from Another Feed".

Then name your feed. In this case, we will call it internal-nuget.

Now select "Azure Artifacts", which will configure ProGet to migrate your packages from Azure DevOps.

Step 3: Migrate Your Packages

Now enter your organization name and the Personal Access Token you generated here.

Next, select the repository of your NuGet packages. ProGet will automatically filter your NuGet repository from others, making it easier to find and select. In this case, our repository name is test-nuget. Then select "Confirm Import".

Finally, select "Begin Import". ProGet will now migrate all of your Azure DevOps packages. Navigate to "Feeds" and the internal-nuget feed you created, where it will list all migrated packages.

Uploading via Bulk Upload

Using ProGet's bulk upload function you can download packages from Azure DevOps, and then upload them in bulk to ProGet. Here we will show how to bulk upload PyPi packages, although uploading other packages is conceptually the same.

Step 1: Download Packages from Azure DevOps

To download your packages from Azure DevOps, start by navigating to "Artifacts", select the appropriate feed (e.g. test-pypi), and then select the package you want to download. In this case, we want to download dummy-py-library.

From here, select the file name to download the package.

Step 2: Upload Packages in Bulk

From ProGet, navigate to the feed you want to upload your packages to. If you need to create one follow these steps earlier in this article. From here select "Import Packages".

Then select "Import/Copy Package Files on Disk".

Next, specify the source of your packages, and select "Import".

Navigating back to the feed, we can see all packages have been uploaded.