CruiseControl Remote Dashboard Access

Question

Sorry if this is kind of a noob question, but I'm just starting to use CruiseControl, and I'd like to allow access to the DashBoard from anywhere on the internet.

I can't find any documentation on how to do this. I'm running it off of a Windows machine, and I can start CC and view the DashBoard through http://localhost:8080/

Any ideas?

Update: I added a new Inbound rule for my machine on 8080, however http://canyouseeme.org/ says it's not open. Strange...

Answer 1

I don't think any special action is needed to allow external access, so I think your problem is more of a general web hosting problem than it is specific to CruiseControl. Here are a few things that might be worth looking at:

• Make sure your firewall is not blocking access to the port.
• Make sure your network's domain policy allows external access to your computer.
• Are you starting CruiseControl from the command line or as a service? If starting from the command line, try starting it as a service and see if the results are different. How to do this depends on your system configuration, but usually, if you are using CruiseControl .NET, run the command net start "CruiseControl.Net Server". If you are using standard CruiseControl, run net start "CruiseControl Service".