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user5488123

Reputation:

Cannot connect to mac build host xamarin

I have two computers - hp and macbook. I trying to connect to mac os build host and have this.

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 2036

Answers (2)

Gabms
Gabms

Reputation: 83

Very very strange issue. The answer is ElCapitan. After many attempts, research, network analysis, packet analysis, firewalls behavior, I noticed that the requests from Windows to OSX not arrived. I upgraded to ElCapitan, and I was able to connect to the Mac with amazing speed.

Upvotes: 0

SushiHangover
SushiHangover

Reputation: 74094

  • First, reboot both machine and retry (seriously, number one problem I've seen with Build Host is hung services, you can unload/load them via the cmd line, but just reboot...)

  • Second, Try connecting via telnet (see below) (Failures here are the second most common thing I have seen).

  • Third, Still not connecting via telnet, Turn off the firewalls on both machines and retry the telnet test. (If this works, open ports 5000 on both)

  • Forth, I see your PC and Mac are on different subnets, place them on the same subnet and skip Wifi, direct cable them together!

Try connecting to the build server from the Windows machine via telnet:

  • Install the Telnet Client from "Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off."

In a command prompt, run:

telnet "buildhost IP address" 5000

(Replace "buildhost IP address" with the IP address of your Mac)

Type HELO and press return.

Note: HELO is intentionally spelled with just one "L".

If everything's working correctly, the build server will reply with something like this:

MTBSERVERPORTS:52566;52567

Note: There should be nothing else returned but the line above, and nothing before you enter it. If you get a string of errors before you even enter HELO, u-b-broken.. ;-/ Upgrade to the most recent stable version of Xamarin.iOS on both machines, and retry. Otherwise contact support.

Personally, I would upgrade to the Xamarin 4.0 for Visual Studio (currently an alpha release) as it replaces the PIN pairing with a SSH tunnel that avoids all of the older issues with 3.0 Build Host connection problems.

Re: http://developer.xamarin.com/releases/vs/xamarin.vs_4/xamarin.vs_4.0/

This version also introduces the new Xamarin Mac Agent which replaces the old Xamarin Build Host with a new approach taking advantage of the built-in MacOS Remote Login feature based on SSH for a faster and more reliable connectivity.

Build Host Troubleshooting

Additional build host connection troubleshooting steps

Upvotes: 2

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