Build visual studio application in Jenkins

Post date: Feb 24, 2015 5:17:24 AM

I came across the scenario where I need to automate the visual studio build using Jenkins. So I have started search about Jenkins and come up with this tutorial to make lazy developer job more lazzzy..

1. Download Jenkins on below URL

    http://jenkins-ci.org/

2. Run the jenkins and check it on browser http://localhost:8080/

3. Update Jenkins configuration with Java and MSBuild plugins.

4. Click Configuration System and JDK and MSBuild plugins. If plugins not installed before then install it using Manage Plugins.

5. Create New automation project

• Click New Item

• Enter Item Name

• Select FreeStyle Project and do click

• It takes you project configuration page where we can configure more stuffs like project file location, TFS and FTP

•  Select "Advance Project Option" and give the project folder path. I don't have any Source Code Management system like CVS or TFS to download the project. I just want to build local project for testing purpose.

• Select Build Tab and Choose the build version which we configured on Jenkins Configuration page.

6. That's all, do save now and u will be redirect to home page. 

Select the project and click "Build Now" to build the project.

Hope it will helps you to understand the jenkins configuration. There are many things can be done using jenkins. Keep searching it.....