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• A unified code repository - – the team must have access to shared code (team sharing, SVN)
• Daily commits - – every developer commits daily to the repository so changes are incremental
• Commits are built - – when the code is committed by a developer, the software is built to show it is functional.
• Builds are automatically tested - – When the code is built, unit tests are performed, so if errors are found in a unit test, the developer can correct those errors immediately.
• Results are available to everyone - – if a build breaks, everyone can see where the issue lies and what needs to be done to fix it.
• Successful builds are deployed immediately (automated deployment) - – this ensures that the latest software is available to everyone in the team (product owners, testers)

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• Repository software - software to manage the code base (SVN)
• Build software - – software to actually build and run unit testing (ANT)
• Communication software - – how to communicate information among the team members.
• Deployment software - – in our case, Servoy Application Server.
• Continuous build software - – software to manage the continuous build process and make sure each step is occurring.

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These instructions will concentrate on using the Windows installer. The other two options are available if a more customized installation is desired or necessary.
Once the installation file has been downloaded, executing the installer should open a window

Select all the components. Next, the installer will ask for a location. This location should have sufficient rights for read/write

Clicking install will start the installation. After the installation is complete, there should be a folder containing the program contents

Also, if you open the Local Services control panel for the machine, there should be a service named "CruiseControl Service" available that has not been started yet. Go ahead and start the service to start CruiseControl.
CruiseControl ships with a default Java project named ConnectFour. When CruiseControl starts, it will try to build this project (using Ant) and return a result. To see if this has occurred, open the CruiseControl dashboard at the following location: http://<serveraddress_or_localhost>:8080/dashboard|\. The application dashboard will launch and you should see a screen like below

If the build has passed, then CruiseControl is configured and running properly in its default state.
Some troubleshooting tips if installation does not work:

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The following information is a step by step guide to building a continuous build server. It includes a sample configuration for a sample set of solutions, as well as instructions on where to change this information for your solutions.

Step 1

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– Create a folder

Create a folder for the software factory:
c:/SoftwareFactory

Step 2

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– Install CruiseControl and Edit wrapper.conf

Install CruiseControl into the c:/SoftwareFactory/CruiseControl folder. Instructions. <<LINK>>
This is also a good time to make configuration changes to the wrapper.conf file Instructions <<LINK>> To work in this environment, we need to change and add some lines to wrapper.conf for the run directory and classpath:
Add two lines right above the wrapper.java.classpath lines in the wrapper.conf

wrapper.working.dir=c:/SoftwareFactory/workArea

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set.CC_INSTALL=c:/SoftwareFactory/CruiseControl

Modify three lines as follows:

wrapper.java.classpath.1=%CC_INSTALL%/lib/wrapper/*.jar

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wrapper.java.classpath.2=%CC_INSTALL%/lib/*.jar

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wrapper.java.library.path.1=%CC_INSTALL%/lib/wrapper

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wrapper.java.command=c:/Program Files/Java/jre6/bin/java

Save the wrapper.conf file.

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SVNAnt is a helper application used by ANT to update projects from the SVN. Download the application from: http://subclipse.tigris.org/files/documents/906/49042/svnant-1.3.1.zip. Extract the contents of the zip file into c:/SoftwareFactory/svnant-1.3.1

Step 4

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– Install Servoy Developer

We need an installation of Servoy Developer. Install Servoy Developer with the following options set

• Install Servoy in the folder c:/SoftwareFactory/Servoy
• Install with a separate PostgreSQL database, create a repository connection and create the repository.
• Create the workspace as c:/SoftwareFactory/DeveloperWorkspace

Step 5

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– Install command line SVN client

SVNAnt works better with a command line client. Recommended: slikSVN

Step 6

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– Checkout Solution Into Work Area

Using the command line client installed, check out the solution (or solutions) from the SVN into the workspace file located at c:/SoftwareFactory/checkout/testrunner. For details on how to do this, please refer to the SVN client you have chosen.

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A few items need to be configured at this point.
cruisecontrol.properties - – a few items in this file need to be configured for your environment

• Mail properties - – so CruiseControl can send emails on build status
• SVN properties - – username, password
• Directories - – workArea, and others.

config.xml - configure the modification sets
these lines need to be configured for every solution in the workspace
<svn localworkingcopy="${svnDir}/solution1" property="solution1_changed" />