Currently in our company we are executing tests from CCNet (in Automation VM) by specifying different build arguments, however I feel it is now best to migrate to better automation server which is Jenkins
I am new to Jenkins world however I started installing the jenkins (though had issue in starting the Jenkins Service, later found it was due to JDK version issue)
But now I have installed all the needed plugins(GIT - for gitlab repository, MSBuild and MStest)
But I do not know how do I specify build arguments in Jenkins the way we do it in CCNet.config files
Here is the CCNet Config File that we use to Force the build
- <project name="AutoTests - Payments" queue="Q13">
- <triggers>
- <!--<scheduleTrigger time="03:30" buildCondition="ForceBuild" name="Scheduled" />-->
- </triggers>
- <workingDirectory>D:\GIT-TA</workingDirectory>
- <artifactDirectory>D:\DEV\deploy\AutomatedTest\BuildLogs\BasicTests.Payments</artifactDirectory>
- <category>AutomatedTest</category>
- <modificationDelaySeconds>60</modificationDelaySeconds>
- <labeller type="defaultlabeller">
- <prefix>0.1.</prefix>
- <incrementOnFailure>true</incrementOnFailure>
- <labelFormat>000</labelFormat>
- </labeller>
- <tasks>
- <exec>
- <executable>D:\MSTestExtended\Runner.exe</executable>
- <buildArgs>run-tests /project:payments /retriesCount:1</buildArgs>
- <buildTimeoutSeconds>6800</buildTimeoutSeconds>
- <successExitCodes>0</successExitCodes>
- </exec>
- </tasks>
- <publishers>
- <merge>
- <files>
- <file>D:\DEV\deploy\AutomatedTest\Results\TestPublish\BasicTests.Payments_Rerun.trx</file>
- </files>
- </merge>
- <xmllogger />
- </publishers>
Likewise we have many projects and then we do the build for that, but now in Jenkins I feel little lost - how do I configure it to with my according
Note: IN CCNet - it used to pick the branch whichever is checkout in VM, but I see in Jenkins we also need to manually setup the branch name; so in that case also Is there a way to specify the branch during build time?
And if I can add the selection for run-tests /project:payments /retriesCount:1 - when we initiate the jenkins build, it will aske to select the arguments
Can someone help me in that to understand the Jenkins way of doing this?