The Atlassian Connector for Visual Studio lets you monitor your Bamboo builds from within Visual Studio.
Prerequisites
Please make sure that you have installed the Atlassian Connector for Visual Studio, as described in the Installation Guide, and defined at least one Bamboo server, as described in the Configuration Guide.
Summary of What You Can Do
Below are the highlights of viewing Bamboo builds within IDEA. Follow the links to the relevant sections of the user guide.
- View the builds.
- Re-run a build.
- Open the Bamboo build details in a browser.
Accessing the Bamboo Builds Tab in Visual Studio
To open the connector's JIRA Issues window in Visual Studio, if it isn't already open:
- Open a solution in Visual Studio.
- Show the Atlassian tool window, if it's not already displayed by clicking 'Tools' and selecting 'Toggle Atlassian Tool Window'. The connector window appears within Visual Studio.
- Select the Bamboo tab in the connector window toolbar.
Using the Bamboo Builds Tab
The Bamboo builds tab shows information about all builds on all servers defined in the connector configuration panel.
Screenshot: The Bamboo builds tab in the connector window
The icon next to each build shows:
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A red exclamation mark for failed builds. |
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A green tick for builds that have passed. |
Using the Toolbar
The toolbar in the Bamboo builds tab provides the following functionality:
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Refresh the contents of the list by polling the configured Bamboo servers. |
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Views the selected build in your browser. |
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Re-run the selected build. |
Viewing the Build Details
Viewing the Build Summary
To view the summary for a build,
- Open the builds tab as described above.
- Double-click the desired build. The build summary for the build will display.
Viewing the summary for a build
Viewing the Build Log
To view the logs for a build,
- Open the builds tab as described above.
- Double-click the desired build. The build summary for the build will display.
- Click the 'Build Log' tab. The build log will display (note, the log may take a while to load).
- If you have the appropriate project open, you will be able to click on the class names, file paths, etc, in the log to navigate to the relevant information.
Viewing the log for a build