Running the tools on Unix/Linux? Posible?

[masteragi]

Dear nkkAgility Community,

first of all - thank you for providing this tool - really appreciate your work. 🙏

I am running the source project of the application in VSCode on a linux machine (Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)) and I am able to compile the project and run the 'init' to generate a configuration file but when I run the 'execute' (the processors are disabled for now), I get the the following Exception:

System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types.
Could not load type 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.Internal.ProcessGuidanceType' from assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common, Version=19.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.

Here the entire log:

[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Application Starting
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[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local]                                                                                
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] ===============================================================================
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Azure DevOps Migration Tools [Object Model] 
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] v0.0.0.1
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] naked Agility with Martin Hinshelwood 
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] ===============================================================================
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Telemetry Note:
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local]    We use Application Insights to collect usage and error information in order to improve the quality of the tools.
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local]    Currently we collect the following anonymous data:
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local]      -Event data: application version, client city/country, hosting type, item count, error count, warning count, elapsed time.
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local]      -Exceptions: application errors and warnings.
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local]      -Dependencies: REST/ObjectModel calls to Azure DevOps to help us understand performance issues.
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local]    This data is tied to a session ID that is generated on each run of the application and shown in the logs. This can help with debugging. If you want to disable telemetry you can run the tool with '--disableTelemetry true' on the command prompt.
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local]    Note: Exception data cannot be 100% guaranteed to not leak production data
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] --------------------------------------
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Start Time: 07/01/2024 16:15:04
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Running with args: execute
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] OSVersion: Unix 6.1.94.99
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Version (Assembly): 0.0.0.1
[16:15:04 DBG] [-931-local] DetectOnlineService::IsOnline
[16:15:04 ERR] [-931-local] Error checking if we are online.
System.PlatformNotSupportedException: The system's ping utility could not be found.
   at System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping.GetPingProcess(IPAddress address, Byte[] buffer, Int32 timeout, PingOptions options)
   at System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping.SendWithPingUtility(IPAddress address, Byte[] buffer, Int32 timeout, PingOptions options)
   at System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping.SendPingCore(IPAddress address, Byte[] buffer, Int32 timeout, PingOptions options)
   at System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping.Send(IPAddress address, Int32 timeout, Byte[] buffer, PingOptions options)
   at System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping.Send(String hostNameOrAddress, Int32 timeout, Byte[] buffer, PingOptions options)
   at MigrationTools.Host.Services.DetectOnlineService.IsOnline() in /workspaces/Azure-DevOps-Migration-Tools/src/MigrationTools.Host/Services/DetectOnlineService.cs:line 36
[16:15:04 WRN] [-931-local] You are either not online or have chosen `skipVersionCheck`. We will not check for a newer version of the tools.
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Telemetry: True
[16:15:04 DBG] [-931-local] Hosting starting
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Hosting environment: Production
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Content root path: /workspaces/Azure-DevOps-Migration-Tools/src/MigrationTools.ConsoleFull/bin/Debug/net7.0
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
[16:15:04 DBG] [-931-local] Hosting started
[16:15:04 INF] [-931-local] Config Found, creating engine host
[16:15:05 INF] [-931-local] Creating Migration Engine 68166e93-2c62-4a41-80d0-77dd08bd8093
[16:15:05 INF] [-931-local] ProcessorContainer: Of 3 configured Processors only 0 are enabled
[16:15:05 ERR] [-931-local] Unhandled exception!
System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types.
Could not load type 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.Internal.ProcessGuidanceType' from assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common, Version=19.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.
Could not load type 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.Internal.ProcessGuidanceType' from assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common, Version=19.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeModule.GetTypes(RuntimeModule module)
   at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes()
   at MigrationTools._EngineV1.Containers.ProcessorContainer.<>c.<Configure>b__7_2(Assembly a) in /workspaces/Azure-DevOps-Migration-Tools/src/MigrationTools/_EngineV1/Containers/ProcessorContainer.cs:line 41
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectManySingleSelectorIterator`2.ToList()
   at MigrationTools._EngineV1.Containers.ProcessorContainer.Configure() in /workspaces/Azure-DevOps-Migration-Tools/src/MigrationTools/_EngineV1/Containers/ProcessorContainer.cs:line 39
   at MigrationTools._EngineV1.Containers.EngineContainer`1.EnsureConfigured() in /workspaces/Azure-DevOps-Migration-Tools/src/MigrationTools/_EngineV1/Containers/EngineContainer.cs:line 43
   at MigrationTools._EngineV1.Containers.ProcessorContainer.get_Count() in /workspaces/Azure-DevOps-Migration-Tools/src/MigrationTools/_EngineV1/Containers/ProcessorContainer.cs:line 26
   at MigrationTools.MigrationEngine.Run() in /workspaces/Azure-DevOps-Migration-Tools/src/MigrationTools/MigrationEngine.cs:line 87
   at MigrationTools.Host.ExecuteHostedService.<StartAsync>b__5_1() in /workspaces/Azure-DevOps-Migration-Tools/src/MigrationTools.Host/ExecuteHostedService.cs:line 37
System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.Internal.ProcessGuidanceType' from assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common, Version=19.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.
System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.Internal.ProcessGuidanceType' from assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common, Version=19.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.
[16:15:05 INF] [-931-local] Application is shutting down...
[16:15:05 DBG] [-931-local] Hosting stopping
[16:15:05 DBG] [-931-local] Exiting with return code: 1
[16:15:05 INF] [-931-local] Application Ending
[16:15:05 INF] [-931-local] The application ran in 00:00:01.4853311 and finished at 07/01/2024 16:15:05
[16:15:05 DBG] [-931-local] Hosting stopped

Any pointers towards what I can check/change are much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help. 🙏

[MrHinsh]

It's not possible to run these tools on Linux. They require .NET 4.8 (Full framework). This is a a requirement imposed upon us by the Azure DevOps Extended APIs which were written for much older versions of TFS.

[masteragi]

Thank you for your reply. I also wanted to give it a try with Mono but it works differently then expected. It will be easier to switch to a Windows-based machine. Thank you. 🙏