如何将上游构建的二进制文件传递给远程下游构建从属服务器

Question

We're using Hudson on Windows to build a .NET solution and run the unit tests (NUnit). Hudson is thereby used to start batch files that do the actual work.

I am now trying to set up a new test that is to run on a build slave and will run very long. The test should use the binaries produced by the upstream build.

I have searched the Hudson documentation but I cannot find how to pass upstream build artifacts to downstream slaves. How do I do this?

Answer 1

Use the Copy Artifact plugin in your downstream build.

Just specify the name of the upstream job and the paths to copy into your downstream workspace.

Answer 2

Depending on the source control management you are using, you could cheat and use that. i am not a fan of checking in binaries, especially if they are large. But I have in the past taken generated binaries or installers generated via a CI build, automated the check in of them into a separate svn repository and had the slave machine pull from that repo when dictated by the master and perform whatever tests you are needed to execute.

Answer 3

It might be a little bit overkill for you, if you are only dependent on the binaries. But there is also the Clone Workspace SCM Plugin , which archives your whole workspace and you could check it out with the next job as if it would come from an SCM. It is pretty new.

We currently use a different setup. We have an Artifact Repository, where we push our binaries. The second job pulls the binaries from that repository. Physically it is just a standard Windows share, where we create a subfolder with thw job build number in it. If you also use the [Parameterized Trigger Plugin][2] you can pass the build number from job 1 to job 2 and run your test on the right binary. The side effect is, that you can reuse the binaries later without keeping a long history with in Hudson.

[2]: http://Parameterized Trigger Plugin