Continuous integration server with Hudson for Java, .NET and beyond.

Continuous Integration and Automated Build Environment...

We all know it's super awesome and we need to have this practice. The point of this post is simple. How to get hudson (very simple continuous integration server) up and running to checkout (from svn, git, etc) and build your java (maven, ant) or .net (nant) projects at light speed.

First download the hudson.war from http://hudson-ci.org/. You will need jre 1.5+ and ........that's it! No DB no configuration no nothing!!!! Hudson stores your setup under ~/.hudson in xml files but for all practical intents and purposes you don't need to worry about it.

start the embedded jetty by typing the following in your terminal:

java -jar hudson.war

This will start jetty at http://localhost:8080

Go to that URL in your browser. You should see something like this



Now if your using git you need to install the git plugin. Go to the nav bar on the left and then to manage hudson->manage plugins. Here you can install the git plugin (as well as the nant plugin if your working in .net).

Lastly, you create a new job. When you create a new job you can go to configure and fill out the easy to follow GUI form.

That's it!