CruiseControl.NET and merging files. How to send log files? - cruisecontrol.net

<publishers>
<xmllogger>
<logDir>log</logDir>
</xmllogger>
<merge>
<files>
<file action="Copy" deleteAfterMerge="false">C:\_CCNET\Aso\Artifacts\msbuild-results.xml</file>
<file action="Copy" deleteAfterMerge="false">C:\_CCNET\Aso\Build\src\TestResult.xml</file>
</files>
</merge>
<email from="xx#xx.net" mailhost="mail.xx.net" mailhostUsername="xx" mailhostPassword="xx">
<users>
<user name="x" group="developers" address="xx#gmail.com"/>
</users>
<groups>
<group name="developers" />
</groups>
</email>
</publishers>
and xmllogger create folder log and save file in it with random name like log20111229001245.xml.
How can I merge this file to msbuild-results.xml and send it with mail?

You don't, at least not the way you are approaching this. The standard way would be:
Replace your xmllogger configuration with simple <xmllogger/> and put it after the merge publisher.
Unless the msbuild-results.xml and TestResult.xml files are very large, use action="Merge" instead of Copy for the merge publisher.
Set you email publisher to includeDetails="TRUE" - once the other files are merged into you build report, that tells CruiseControl.Net to output the full build report in the email.

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How to integrate xUnit.net with CruiseControl.net

I have a continuous integration server that discovers and runs assemblies with NUnit tests. I would like to add some assemblies with xUnit.net tests to the mix. How would I do that?
Download xunit-build-xyzw.zip from xUnit.net on CodePlex and extract it to, for example, C:\Program Files\xUnit.net. Add this location to PATH environment variable
be sure to have no trailing semicolon
Modify your CC.NET *.build script to discover assemblies by convention, as outlined below
note that command line argument syntax no longer has equals sign
In C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\server\ccnet.config, Merge XML files produced by NUnit runner and by xUnit.net runner, as outlined below
merging happens after build, irrespective of build status
be sure results of test run get deleted in the beginning of build script
Restart CC.NET
Download xUnitSummary.xsl from xUnit.net on GitHub and place it in C:\Program Files (x86)\CruiseControl.NET\WebDashboard\xsl
In C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\WebDashboard\dashboard.config, modify buildPlugins element as outlined below
Restart IIS
Additional info:
CruiseControl.Net – Server Installation at Neal's Blog
Step 2:
<project default="RunTests_xUnit">
<target name="RunTests_xUnit" description="Runs the discovered xUnit.net unit tests" depends="someCompileStep">
<!-- Outer loop to search through a list of different locations -->
<!-- Folders to be searched should listed as a semicolon deliminated list in the 'in' attribute -->
<foreach item="String" in="${TestAssemblyOutputPath}" delim=" ;" property="testsPath">
<echo message="Searching for xUnit.net test suites in ${testsPath}" />
<!-- Inner loop to search for dlls containing unit tests -->
<foreach item="File" property="filename">
<in>
<items basedir="${testsPath}">
<!-- see http://nant.sourceforge.net/release/0.91/help/types/fileset.html for how to include or exclude specific files or file patterns -->
<!-- attempt to run tests in any dlls whose name ends with UnitTestSuite.dll' -->
<include name="**UnitTestSuite.dll" />
</items>
</in>
<do>
<property name="testDLLName" value="${path::get-file-name-without-extension(filename)}" />
<echo message="Testing ${testDLLName} with xUnit.net" />
<exec program="${xunit-console.exe}" failonerror="true" resultproperty="resultVal">
<arg line="${testsPath}\${testDLLName}.dll /xml ${xUnitTestLogsFolder}${testDLLName}-xUnitResults.xml" />
</exec>
<fail message="Failures reported in ${testDLLName}." failonerror="true" unless="${int::parse(resultVal)==0}" />
</do>
</foreach>
</foreach>
</target>
</project>
Step 3:
<publishers>
<merge>
<files>
<file>C:\logs-location\xUnitTestLogs\*UnitTestSuite-xUnitResults.xml</file>
<file>C:\logs-location\TestLogs\*Tests-Results.xml</file>
</files>
</merge>
<xmllogger />
<statistics />
</publishers>
Step 5:
<buildPlugins>
<buildReportBuildPlugin>
<xslFileNames>
...
<xslFile>xsl\xUnitSummary.xsl</xslFile>
</xslFileNames>
</buildReportBuildPlugin>
...
<xslReportBuildPlugin description="xUnit.net Report" actionName="xUnitReport" xslFileName="xsl\xUnitSummary.xsl" />
...
</buildPlugins>

Multi Projects with CCNET

I have GIT repo as below,
\main
\Module A
\Module B
\Shared
When i make a change on Module B, CCNET will make a build from Module A and then Module B,
I dont want CCNET to do this way.It will take a lot of time.
I just want ccnet build only changes on Module B.
Somebody please help me :
My 1 project in CCNET Config:
enter code here
<project name="Dashboard 5.0" queue="Dashboard_01" queuePriority="01" category="01">
<artifactDirectory>&pathToArtifactsDirectory;Dashboard 5.0\</artifactDirectory>
&workingDirectory;
<webURL>http://&buildServerAddress;/ccnet/server/&buildServerName;/project/Dashboard 5.0/ViewLatestBuildReport.aspx</webURL>
&modificationDelaySeconds;
<triggers>
<intervalTrigger seconds='30' buildCondition='IfModificationExists'/>
<scheduleTrigger time='03:00' buildCondition='ForceBuild' name='Scheduled'/>
<scheduleTrigger time='11:00' buildCondition='ForceBuild' name='Scheduled'/>
</triggers>
<state type="state" directory="&pathToStatesDirectory;Dashboard 5.0\" />
<sourcecontrol type="git">
<repository>&gitAddress;</repository>
<branch>master</branch>
<autoGetSource>true</autoGetSource>
<fetchSubmodules>false</fetchSubmodules>
<executable>C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe</executable>
<commitBuildModifications>false</commitBuildModifications>
<commitUntrackedFiles>false</commitUntrackedFiles>
<timeout>3000000</timeout>
</sourcecontrol>
<tasks>
<nant>
<executable>&pathToNantFile;</executable>
<baseDirectory>&pathToBuildScriptsDirectory;Dashboard 5.0\</baseDirectory>
<buildArgs>-D:projects_to_build=dashboard_framework</buildArgs>
<buildFile>cruise.build</buildFile>
<targetList>
<target>automate</target>
</targetList>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>3000</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</nant>
</tasks>
<publishers>
<merge>
<files>
<file>&pathDB5MainCheckoutDirectory;framework\build\test-reports\*Test.dll-results.xml</file>
<file>&pathDB5MainCheckoutDirectory;framework\build\test-reports\Test*.dll-results.xml</file>
<file>&pathDB5MainCheckoutDirectory;framework\build\test-reports\simian.xml</file>
</files>
</merge>
<xmllogger />
</publishers>
Any check in for Module A or Module B will cause the project node to start either way. What you are looking for is similar to what subversion update command on a sub folder does and Git is not intended to be this way. An alternative you can create a separate repository for each module. The build script or Nant task would have to be separated as well.
In Git, if you have several directories that are always checked out independently, then these are really two different projects and should live in two different repositories. You can merge them back together at a later point using Git Submodules

Cruise Control.Net Email Publisher nothing happens

I have been unable to successfully send an email from my project builds. I have added the following section to the project in the ccnet.config file and nothing happens. I was hoping for some sort of trace or error messages in the build log assuming something is wrong.
<publishers>
<xmllogger logDir="C:\Build\src\Library\TestLibrary\BuildLogs" />
<artifactcleanup cleanUpMethod="KeepLastXBuilds" cleanUpValue="5" />
<email from="sbssatch#test.com" mailhost="mail.corp.test.com" mailport="25" mailhostUsername="batch" mailhostPassword="password" includeDetails="TRUE" useSSL="FALSE">
<users>
<user name="Eric Schrama" group="buildmaster" address="eschrama#mail.com"/>
</users>
<groups>
<group name="buildmaster" notifications="always"/>
</groups>
</email>
</publishers>
Eric
Email errors typically appear in the event viewer on the server. If the error was recognized by cruise control it would also typically show a failing task in the dashboard, along with a successful build.
You should ask the smtp server asministrator to get the log.
The error can be catch by CC.NET, resulting in an exception on the dashboard (if smtp if not accessible) but as it is in publish section, the global build will still be success.

IISExpress Log File Location

IISExpress writes log and configuration data to pre-determined location out of the box.
The directory is an "IISExpress" directory stored in a user's Documents directory.
In the directory is stored the following folders files underneath.
Config
Logs
TraceLogFiles
The location of my home directory is on a network share, determined by group policy
Currently we are encountering scenarios where visual studio locks up when stopping debugging Silverlight applications using IIS Express.
I was looking to change the location for the log & configuration data for IISExpress to see if this fixes the problem of visual studio locking up. Is it possible to change the default location of log & config files ?
1 . By default applicationhost.config file defines following two log file locations. Here IIS_USER_HOME would be expanded as %userprofile%\documents\IISExpress\.
<siteDefaults>
<logFile logFormat="W3C" directory="%IIS_USER_HOME%\Logs" />
<traceFailedRequestsLogging directory="%IIS_USER_HOME%\TraceLogFiles" enabled="true" />
</siteDefaults>
You can update above directory paths to change the log file locations.
2 . If you are running IIS Express from command line, you can use '/config' switch to provide configuration file of your choice. Following link may help you http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/870/running-iis-express-from-the-command-line/
http://www.iis.net/configreference/system.applicationhost/sites/sitedefaults
<configuration>
<system.applicationHost>
<sites>
<siteDefaults>
<logFile
logFormat="W3C"
directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\LogFiles"
enabled="true"
/>
<traceFailedRequestsLogging
enabled="true"
directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\FailedReqLogFiles"
maxLogFiles="20"
/>
<limits connectionTimeout="00:01:00" />
<ftpServer serverAutoStart="true" />
<bindings>
<binding
protocol="http"
bindingInformation="127.0.0.1:8080:"
/>
</bindings>
</siteDefaults>
</sites>
</system.applicationHost>
</configuration>
I find web.config documentation is a messy. It is therefore better to provide a complete parent history than a floating snippet with the expectation that the reader naturally knows where it goes.
By default it will be in:
C:\Users\ user_name \Documents\IISExpress\Logs\

Cruise control merging?

I had successfully extracted the compilation log present in my IDE into some one xml file very well. So in order to merge it I had mentioned in my ccnet.config file inside the publisher task using the <merge>
section.
But when I force my build, I am able to get the output.xml file correctly but an
error is thrown in ccnet.config window that it is unable to merge as this file is currently used by some other process.
Please see below:
[VSAT:ERROR] Publisher threw
exception:
ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.Core.CruiseC
ontrolException: Unable to read the
contents of the file: C:
\ThreePartition\outp ut.xml --->
System.IO.IOException: The process
cannot access the file 'C:\ThreeP
artition\output.xml' because it is
being used by another process.
Can you suggest any method by which merging can be done successfully?
I have pasted the whole ccnet.config file below.
<project name="VSAT">
<sourcecontrol type="filtered">
<sourceControlProvider type="filesystem">
<repositoryRoot>C:\ThreePartition</repositoryRoot>
<autoGetSource>true</autoGetSource>
<ignoreMissingRoot>false</ignoreMissingRoot>
</sourceControlProvider>
<exclusionFilters>
<pathFilter>
<pattern>C:\ThreePartition\wrSbc750gx_ThreePartition\**</pattern>
</pathFilter>
<pathFilter>
<pattern>C:\ThreePartition\*.txt</pattern>
</pathFilter>
<pathFilter>
<pattern>C:\ThreePartition\*.xml</pattern>
</pathFilter>
</exclusionFilters>
</sourcecontrol>
<triggers>
<intervalTrigger name="continuous" seconds="240"
buildCondition="IfModificationExists" />
</triggers>
<tasks>
<nant>
<executable>C:\Nant-0.85\bin\NAnt.exe</executable>
<buildFile>nant.build</buildFile>
</nant>
</tasks>
<publishers>
<merge>
<files>
<file>C:\ThreePartition\output.xml</file>
</files>
</merge>
<xmllogger logDir="C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\server\DF2.0-CI
\Logfiles" />
<email from="BuildAdmin#server.com"
mailhost="smtp.servermail.com" includeDetails="TRUE">
<users>
user name="Maddy" group="buildmaster"
address="Mymail#server.com"/>
</users>
<groups>
<group name="buildmaster" notification="always"/>
<group name="developers" notification="change"/>
</groups>
</email>
</publishers>
</project>
</cruisecontrol>
I had just placed the publishers section below for the better view
<publishers>
<merge>
<files>
<file>C:\ThreePartition\output.xml</file>
</files>
</merge>
<email from="BuildAdmin#server.com" mailhost="smtp.server.com" includeDetails="TRUE">
<users>
<user name="Maddy" group="buildmaster" address="Maddy.#server.com"/>
</users>
<groups> <group name="buildmaster" notification="always"/>
<group name="developers" notification="change"/>
</groups>
</email>
Some ideas:
Eliminate other obvious applications that would be writing to that file: other CCNet projects, other CCNet instances (e.g. are you maybe running the service and something from the command line?), or perhaps your source control.
If you're not attached to NAnt, try MSBuild and see if you get the same error. If all you're doing is compiling, you can pass the .sln or .csproj as a parameter directly to MSBuild.
Make sure you're on the latest version of CCNet - they regularly publish what I would consider fairly major bug fixes regularly.
What is says: the question is which process has open your xml while CC.net is trying to merge -- perhaps Process Explorer could be useful? Perhaps it works if you copy the xml output to a separate file and merge that.

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