CruiseControl.NET for CI in Game development

CruiseControl.NET for CI in Game development

    有个项目使用了CruiseControl.NET（以下简称CC.NET）作为持续集成工具，周末抽空研究了一下，发现这款由ThoughtWorks贡献的开源工具功能非常强大，主要体现在下面三个方面：

1）灵活、高可配置性，如：多重组合条件触发、多任务队列策略；

2）兼容目前几乎所有的流行SCM工具，使得多种异构系统能够由CruiseControl.NET统一监控和管理；

3）完善的使用文档，使上手和维护变得容易；

    而该项目引以自豪的代码check in触发构建的功能通过CC.NET也很容易实现。之前使用过Hudson，该系统采用主从式架构，使用者通过网页让Master控制Slave动作，由于Master由别的部门管理，出问题后需要联系相关人解决，会有一定的处理延迟，而且安装在构建机上的Slave服务经常崩溃。而CC.NET直接安装在构建机上，配置IIS后可通过网页直接访问，操作维护都较前者容易。由于之前的构建脚本是用VisualBuild实现的，所以不可能再花时间用CC.NET再写一遍。而通过实验得知，其实CC.NET能够以ExecutableTask的形式很好地与VisualBuild集成，目前每小时定时构建、NightBuild和构建成功后触发的自动测试都已经放到了CC.NET上了。

    ccnet.config Example:

<cruisecontrol xmlns:cb="urn:ccnet.config.builder">
  <queue name="Q1" duplicates="ApplyForceBuildsReAdd" />
  <queue name="Q2" duplicates="ApplyForceBuildsReAdd" />
  <project name="AgileBuild" queue="Q1" queuePriority="1">
    <category>AutoBuild</category>
    <triggers>
      <filterTrigger startTime="18:00" endTime="10:00">
        <trigger type="intervalTrigger" name="Continuous" seconds="1800" buildCondition="ForceBuild" />
        <weekDays>
          <weekDay>Monday</weekDay>
          <weekDay>Tuesday</weekDay>
          <weekDay>Wednesday</weekDay>
          <weekDay>Thursday</weekDay>
          <weekDay>Friday</weekDay>
        </weekDays>
      </filterTrigger>
    </triggers>
    <tasks>
      <exec>
        <executable>VisBuildCmd.exe</executable>
        <buildArgs>E:\GAMEDev\AgileBuilder.bld</buildArgs>
        <baseDirectory>D:\VisBuildPro7</baseDirectory>
        <buildTimeoutSeconds>3000</buildTimeoutSeconds>
      </exec>
    </tasks>
  </project>
  <project name="NightBuild" queue="Q2" queuePriority="1">
    <category>AutoBuild</category>
    <triggers>
      <scheduleTrigger time="23:00" buildCondition="ForceBuild" name="Scheduled">
        <weekDays>
          <weekDay>Monday</weekDay>
          <weekDay>Tuesday</weekDay>
          <weekDay>Wednesday</weekDay>
          <weekDay>Thursday</weekDay>
          <weekDay>Friday</weekDay>
        </weekDays>
      </scheduleTrigger>      
    </triggers>  
    <tasks>
      <exec>
        <executable>VisBuildCmd.exe</executable>
        <buildArgs>"BUILD_OPTION=clientworldeffect" "PACK_TYPE=RAR" E:\GAMEDev\NightBuilder.bld</buildArgs>
        <baseDirectory>D:\VisBuildPro7</baseDirectory>
        <buildTimeoutSeconds>0</buildTimeoutSeconds>
      </exec>
    </tasks>
  </project>
  <project name="NightAutoTest" queue="Q2" queuePriority="2">
    <category>AutoTest</category>
    <triggers>
      <projectTrigger serverUri="tcp://heath-builder:21234/CruiseManager.rem" project="NightBuild">
        <triggerStatus>Success</triggerStatus>
        <innerTrigger type="intervalTrigger" seconds="60" buildCondition="ForceBuild" />
      </projectTrigger>
    </triggers>
    <tasks>
      <exec>
        <executable>VisBuildCmd.exe</executable>
        <buildArgs>E:\GAMEDev\AutoTest.bld</buildArgs>
        <baseDirectory>D:\VisBuildPro7</baseDirectory>
        <buildTimeoutSeconds>0</buildTimeoutSeconds>
      </exec>
    </tasks>
  </project>  
</cruisecontrol>

References

[1] http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net/

[2] http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/