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Marc75
Marc75

Reputation: 1

How do I set up a dedicated TFS build server in TFS 2018?

We are using a server running Windows Server 2012 R2 for our TFS work item management and source control.

But we want to set up a dedicated Build server. We are running TFS 2018 Update1.

I've downloaded the latest available Build agent and ran the script 'config.cmd' from the dedicated Build Server.

In previous versions of TFS you were at least supposed to run the TFS Installation Wizard if I'm correct to configure the Build Service. But this changed since TFS 2015.

But where can you see that my dedicated server (that I used to run config.cmd) is actually used for executing the Build process?

I cannot really find information on how to install and configure multiple servers for running TFS.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1332

Answers (1)

huserben
huserben

Reputation: 1096

as far as I know running the config.cmd is enough. The machine where the script is executed will then register with the server instance - during the configuraiton you had to specify the TFS Server URL right?

On the Server side, you can go to the Agent Pools (where you initially downloaded the Agent Configuration). After clicking on the Agent Pools on the left-hand side you should see all Agents registered to that Queue. To which Queue your agent belongs was as well specified during the configuration on the agent itself as part of the config.cmd.

Agent Configuration

If you want to add more agents, you can simply run the config.cmd on other machine and register your agent with the same server instance. It is even possible to have more than one agent on the same physical hardware if you want that.

Upvotes: 1

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