TeamCity Basics

Question

I am trying out TeamCity for build integration for my project. I am completely new to this. I understand I need to install TeamCity in a server and by default it installs one agent also. I have all that completed until now. And I have MS TFS as Version controlling software on my local machine... and my question is how do I get TeamCity 'appear' in my VS projects? I mean do I have to install another Team City Build agent on my local development machine? is that how it works? thanks for any comments and info. Basically what I am asking is.. 1) what do I need to do at the development local machine level that makes it 'connected' to TeamCity server or agents .. installed on the server. 2)Do I need to install Visual studio on the same server as TeamCity for the plugins to work?

Answer 1

I am not entirely sure what is exactly the question, but let me describe the workflow:

You installed the teamcity server on your buldserver, it created an agent as well.

The next thing you need to do is setup a teamcity project and build configuration. It is quite straitforward to make TeamCity check TFS (or any source control) for changes, check out and build a project.

TFS or Visual Studio does not need to know about TeamCity.

If you want to track the build status, you can check it in web interface or use TeamCity Tray Notifier (download link is available in TeamCity web interface).

If you need more build agents, the download link is available in web interface.

Hope this helps.