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Reputation: 5027

TeamCity Basics

I am trying out TeamCity for build integration for my project. I am completely new to this. I understand I need to install TeamCity in a server and by default it installs one agent also. I have all that completed until now. And I have MS TFS as Version controlling software on my local machine... and my question is how do I get TeamCity 'appear' in my VS projects? I mean do I have to install another Team City Build agent on my local development machine? is that how it works? thanks for any comments and info. Basically what I am asking is.. 1) what do I need to do at the development local machine level that makes it 'connected' to TeamCity server or agents .. installed on the server. 2)Do I need to install Visual studio on the same server as TeamCity for the plugins to work?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2195

Answers (2)

Ben Richards
Ben Richards

Reputation: 3575

1) What do I need to do at the development local machine level that makes it 'connected' to TeamCity server or agents .. installed on the server.

Answer: You don't need anything on the development local machine. You need to configure TeamCity to check your TFS repository on an interval or setup a trigger in TFS that will notify TeamCity of new code being checked in.

2) Do I need to install Visual studio on the same server as TeamCity for the plugins to work?

Answer: No, you don't need the full blown Visual Studio, but it might be the easiest thing to get everything working. You need at least the latest MS Build tools (at the moment Microsoft Build Tools 2015 from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48159). You might also need the various SDKs (or parts of them) - Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 10 (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk), Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8 (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-8-sdk).

Upvotes: 0

Anton Vidishchev
Anton Vidishchev

Reputation: 1389

I am not entirely sure what is exactly the question, but let me describe the workflow:

You installed the teamcity server on your buldserver, it created an agent as well.

The next thing you need to do is setup a teamcity project and build configuration. It is quite straitforward to make TeamCity check TFS (or any source control) for changes, check out and build a project.

TFS or Visual Studio does not need to know about TeamCity.

If you want to track the build status, you can check it in web interface or use TeamCity Tray Notifier (download link is available in TeamCity web interface).

If you need more build agents, the download link is available in web interface.

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 5

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