build-agent

What do I need to install a Visual Studio 2010 (sln)-compatible Build Agent in TeamCity?

I seem to be unable to install a build agent on our TeamCity 5.1.2 build server that is compatible with a VS2010 (sln) build configuration. Under "Build Runners", the following runners are listed: Ant: Runner for Ant build.xml files Duplicates finder (.NET): C# and VB duplicate code finder Command Line: Simple command execution ...

how to stop "cannot stop" builds on TeamCity

I get "cannot stop" status once in a while after trying to stop builds on TeamCity. I would expect that killing my build process on build agent would do the trick, but it doesn't work. Stopping TeamCity agent process on the build machine doesn't help either. Restarting build agent (i.e. computer) does the trick, but it takes plus 2-3min ...

How do I set the "Version control path to custom assemblies" for custom MSBuild tasks

With TFS 2010 build controllers/agents there is the option to set a version control path to custom assemblies that will be available on all build agents. The documentation states that this works for custom workflow activities as well as custom MSBuild tasks (about in the middle of the page): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee330...

Using multiple build agents in TFS 2010

In my TFS2010 environment, I have 2 machines as dedicated build agents. I was expecting that once these build agents were registered, if I queue a new build, TFS would wait for the first free agent and assign that agent to the build, but if I queue a build and another build is already running, the second build sits in a queued state unti...