How to pass binaries built upstream to a remote downstream build slave

Question

We're using Hudson on Windows to build a .NET solution and run the unit tests (NUnit). Hudson is thereby used to start batch files that do the actual work.

I am now trying to set up a new test that is to run on a build slave and will run very long. The test should use the binaries produced by the upstream build.

I have searched the Hudson documentation but I cannot find how to pass upstream build artifacts to downstream slaves. How do I do this?

Answer 1

Use the Copy Artifact plugin in your downstream build.

Just specify the name of the upstream job and the paths to copy into your downstream workspace.