Dockerised Installation of TeamCity Server and Agent

Author: Mohammad Mazhar Ansari

In this blog, we will try to learn how we can install TeamCity Server and Agent as a docker image and the required configuration.

What is TeamCity?

  • TeamCity is a build management and continuous integration server from JetBrains.

Features of TeamCity

  • It provides several ways to reuse the settings of the parent project to subproject.
  • For a single build, Teamcity can take source code from two different VCS.
  • It can also detect builds which are hung.
  • For easy access, you can mark build.
  • We can run parallel builds simultaneously in different environments.
  • Formatted text can be set for Build status which makes the server perform some actions.
  • You can build docker images in separate steps with the extension to other runners (Gradle, Maven, etc.).
  • Testers can be replaced with agents.

Download and Install TeamCity

In this blog, I am going to show how you can install dockerised versions of TeamCity Server and Agent.

  • Download TeamCity Server Image using below command
docker pull jetbrains/teamcity-server
  • For more info refer here.
  • Download TeamCity Server Image using below command
docker pull jetbrains/teamcity-agent
  • For more info refer here.

Run TeamCity Server:

  • Use Below command to run TeamCity Server
docker run -d --name teamcity-server-instance -v /opt/docker/teamCity/teamcity_server/datadir:/data/teamcity_server/datadir -v /opt/docker/teamCity/teamcity_server/logs:/opt/teamcity/logs -p 9111:8111 jetbrains/teamcity-server
  • Check status using below command
docker ps

Configure TeamCity Server:

  • Open http://<Server-IP>:<Port>
  • Click On Proceed
  • Click On Proceed and wait as it will take some time to configure
  • Check “Accept license agreement” and Click on “Continue
  • Provide required detail and click on “Create Account

Note: As I am going to use TeamCity for Demo, so I will be configuring it’s default setting.

Run TeamCity Client:

  • Use Below command to run TeamCity Agent
docker run -d --name teamcity-agent-instance -e SERVER_URL="http://teamcity-server-instance:8111" --link teamcity-server-instance -v /opt/docker/teamCity/teamcity_agent/conf:/data/teamcity_agent/conf jetbrains/teamcity-agent
  • Check status using below command
docker ps

Configure TeamCity Agent:

  • Run TeamCity Agent (using above command if using dockerised version)
  • Open TeamCity Server URL in browser
  • http://192.168.56.101:9111/login.html
  • Provide required information and click on “Log In
  • Click on Agent Tab
  • Now you can see Unauthorized (1), that means you are agent is running successfully
  • Click on Unauthorized Tab
  • You can see one Agent is showing as Connected
    Now Click on Authorize
  • Provide a comment and Click on Authorize
  • Agent will appear in Connected Tab now
  • Done and now we are ready to use TeamCity.

Advantages of TeamCity

  • Server and Agent are platform independent and can install anywhere
  • Automated Deployment
  • Integration using any SCM tools.
  • Check History and Status of Build JOBS.

Disadvantages of TeamCity

  • Upgrading from one version to another causes a lot of work to be done.
  • Teamcity is not open source after 3 agents and 100 builds users need to take license and to be paid.
  • The user community for TeamCity is very less as compared to other CI tools in the market.

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