These instructions assume that the Rational Team Concert integration
has been set up and the plug-in has been installed in your Rational
Team Concert client.
For instructions about setting up the integration, see Rational Build Forge and Rational Team Concert.
To set up a build definition and run a build:
- Set up a build definition.
- In the Team Artifacts view, expand the project folder.
- Right-click Builds, and then click New
Build Definition.
- In New Build Definition, select Create a new build,
and then click Next.
- In General Information, Enter the build ID and description. Select Rational
Build Forge in the Available Templates list. Click Next.
- In Additional Configuration, select both General and Properties,
and then click Finish. A tab is created labeled
with the Build ID you entered.
- Click the Build Forge tab.
- Select a project for the build definition.
- Click the Build Forge tab. Enter the information necessary to
connect to Build Forge:
- Hostname - host name of the host where Build Forge runs. This
must match the Console URL system setting if
it is set. If you cannot access that setting in , contact an administrator.
- Port - port used to communicate with Build Forge. Port 3966 is
the default. If Connect securely to Build Forge is
selected, Port 49150 is shown by default. If the port number for your
installation is different, enter it. This must match the port set
in the Console URL system setting if it is
set. If you cannot access that setting in , contact an administrator.
- User name - the user name for connecting to Build Forge. The user
must already exist in Build Forge.
- Password - password for the user name
- Confirm password - password for the user name
- Click Get Projects
- Select the project for this build definition in the Build
Forge Projects list that appears.
- Request a build.
- Right-click the build definition, and then select Request
build.
- Specify the Build Options and Build Properties you want, and then
click Submit.
- Check build results.
- After the build finishes, select it in the list in the Builds tab.
A window is shown.
- Under External Links, click the Build Forge Results link.
- A login panel for Build Forge is shown. Log in.
- Go to , and then select your build from the
list.
- The build steps and results are shown. Click on a step link to
see the log for the step.
- When done, click Logout and close the window.