Is it possible to schedule a CI Build in TFS server to clone a "remote Git repository" (i.e. from gitHub or gitLab) and run the build??
I know that TFS 2013 can work with a Self-hosted Git repo. But can i make a "TFS build controller" get the code from a remote repo and build it, like cloning/pulling from github?
I am only interested in running the continous integration build, not in using Visual Studio as a git client. (I use SourceTree as git client)
If you create a self hosted Git repo in TFS and clone your remote repo into it you will be able to configure a build for that folder. Then as part of the "pre-build" script you can run whatever you like to get the right bits to where they need to be.
Ideally you need to customise the build template to run a script pre-get that will sync the repos before TF Build gets the code.
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I would like to know if there is an alternative to gitlab runners compatible with bitbucket.
The main functionnalities i'm searching for is to install an executor on my server and use it to run some commands on the server where it is installed.
I've tried circle-ci, bitbucket pipelines and travis but all of those require to be connect to my server over ssh.
If you like the gitlab ci you can use it as a CI for bitbucket.
Just mirror your bitbucket repo on gitlab and your will be able to use all of gitlab ci features.
"The following are some possible use cases for repository mirroring:
You migrated to GitLab but still need to keep your project in another source. In that case, you can simply set it up to mirror to GitLab (pull) and all the essential history of commits, tags, and branches will be available in your GitLab instance."
It works on gitlab.com and also on gitlab self hosted (CE or Enterprise)
I am planning to do below
Copy from git repository to a Windows machine each time a commit/ update is made to that folder only. May be something like Jenkins can be used for same but unable to determine how can I do it?
Check commit made to repo ( this I have done)
As soon as commit is made to repo, trigger a jenkins job that will update this change to a windows server ( How to do this?)
If the repository is local, it would be easier to push directly to the Windows machine, assuming it has an SSH server (which Windows 10 2019.09 and more now have)
If the repository is distant, you can configure a webhook in order to call a Jenkins server for a specific job.
See for instance "Triggering a Jenkins build every time changes are pushed to a Git branch on GitHub" by David Luet
Or you can define a Jenkins pipeline that GitLab-CI can execute.
In both cases, your Jenkins job will have to copy the checked out repository.
I would use git bundle to compress the repository into one file (or a simple tar), copy it over the Windows server, and decompress there.
Since travis-ci.org doesn't support bitbucket.org I need another CI service which supports it and allows managing the build commands in a VCS file (like .travis.yml in travis).
My quite annoying research result so far is:
semaphoreci.com: projects which are forks aren't listed even after refreshing the project list
app.shippable.com: signing up with both github.com and bitbucket.org doesn't work
codeship.com: doesn't support to run commands as ''root'' user((https://codeship.com/documentation/faq/root-level-access/))
www.snap-ci.com: no support for bitbucket.org((http://www.slant.co/topics/186/~hosted-continuous-integration-services))
I don't get why people would not want to share the CI service build commands in the VCS - chances of good collaboration without such a feature seems small to me. Even if one adds a script file in the VCS it still needs to be set up in the CI service which appears to be an unnecessary step.
A few months ago Bitbucket launched Pipelines. Quoting from the link:
Continuous delivery is now seamlessly integrated into your Bitbucket Cloud repositories.
You may use it on free plans, but next year they will reduce the build minutes for free plans from 500 minutes to 50 minutes as told in this link.
Also, CircleCI is supporting Bitbucket. It has free plan with 1500 build minutes. It can be triggered by commit or tag in BB. https://circleci.com/
The company that owns BitBucket also has a product called Bamboo for CI. Though most should work with any git that provides a webhook.
According to this blog, it is possible to use Travis-CI for Bitbucket:
Clone github repository:
git clone https://github.com/{github_user}/{github_repository}
cd {github_repository}
Add submodule bitbucket repository:
git submodule add https://bitbucket.org/{bitbucket_user}/{bitbucket_repository}
Add .travis.yml to root dir:
git:
submodules:
false
before_install:
- echo -e "machine bitbucket.org\n login $BITBUCKET_USER_NAME\n password $BITBUCKET_USER_PASSWORD" >~/.netrc
- git submodule update --init --recursive
$BITBUCKET_USER_NAME is bitbucket username
$BITBUCKET_USER_PASSWORD is app password
Open https://travis-ci.org/{github_user}/{github_repository}
A Semaphore CI user can add a fork of a project to his Semaphore account following these steps on the documentation page. Also, Semaphore is building a fork pull request and those builds are visible.
There also is (now) an option to use GitLab as CI/CD server for repository hosted on Bitbucket.
See the documentation here: on GitLab site
I want to experiment with my project output on the TeamCity. I dont want to use git or any other version control system.
Is there a way to turn off the VCS in teamcity and make it build and execute local projects.
Just install TeamCity on your machine, up to 20 build configurations it's free. VCS roots are completely optional, you can just build solutions from a local path - VCS roots are just a means to getting your code locally from a repo so you can build / interact with it.
I would to run buildr on my svn repository - to build the files from \src\main\java in the subversion repository with username and password and save it to anther location on my disc.
How can I do it?
if i understand your question correctly, you are trying to setup a contiuous build system. checking out source code is the responsibility of your CI system. it would poll your svn, git or whatever cvs you use for changes and then build it on the configuration you provide.
a free build-server is jenkins (aka hudson). if you want a hosted solution you can go for travis-ci (it's free). or something expensive like atlassian bamboo.
You will have to write an Ruby build script - that when you execute will:
Checkout the source
do the 'buildr'
Commit the built file(s)
http://www.markdeepwell.com/2010/06/ruby-subversion-bindings/
http://blog.carlossanchez.eu/2009/08/18/using-subversion-ruby-bindings/
the easiest way is run external svn commands
task :checkout do
system 'svn checkout ..'
end