TeamCity

The hassle with Pull Requests These days pull requests is a common technique of accepting changes from third-party contributors. In fact, it proved to be so convenient that some companies started to use it even for their regular development workflows. It is possible to configure TeamCity to run bui…

Some time ago we announced TeamCity Azure Resource Manager for TeamCity deployment in Azure cloud. Now we're glad to provide the TeamCity offer in the Azure Marketplace for streamlined TeamCity setup. It is also available as a TeamCity download option on the official JetBrains site: The of…

Some time ago we announced the plugin that turns TeamCity into a torrent tracker and a seeder for large artifacts. Judging by the flow of feedback — both positive and not so much — the plugin is in use by quite a few of our users. To remedy the not-so-much part, we are presenting a new version of…

We are happy to announce the Azure Resource Manager template for TeamCity. You can now deploy TeamCity to Azure cloud services and save time on configuration tasks. Get ready to start using TeamCity in several minutes! Deploy TeamCity to Azure Cloud Services The template performs the following…

TeamCity has been able to run build agents on AWS EC2 instances for ages. In addition to this, the new plugin for TeamCity, Amazon ECS Support, allows running Docker-based build agents in an EC2 Container Service cluster. The plugin is compatible with TeamCity 2017.1.x and later. First, downl…

Kubernetes nowadays is quite a popular way to run Docker containers. A number of teams and organizations already have a Kubernetes cluster configured and used in production. Now with the help of the TeamCity Kubernetes Support plugin, it is possible to use the same infrastructure to run TeamCity …

For a couple of weeks now, there has been a new button on the TeamCity website: Clicking it allows you to access TeamCity in the cloud, hosted by JetBrains. We call it TeamCity TestDrive. What is TestDrive? TestDrive is a limited cloud TeamCity offering. It is a way to try TeamCity for 60 days, …

⚠️ Please note that the official CloudFormation template for TeamCity has been deprecated and is no longer supported. As you might have noticed, there was recently an option added to the Get TeamCity page of our website: AWS. This lets you run TeamCity in AWS using the official Clou…

Starting from its very first version, TeamCity has provided support for IntelliJ platform-based IDEs. Because the IDEs are developed by JetBrains, this integration is the most powerful compared with other IDEs' integrations. The main idea behind the integration is the ability to take advantage of a…

When performing integration tests and deployments, build scripts need credentials to access external servers and services. Traditionally passwords are stored on the TeamCity server as secure parameters. But although secrets are masked in the UI, encrypted at rest, and protected from being exposed in…

When building, testing, and deploying an application with TeamCity, you may need to run a build under a specific user account, different from the one used to run the build agent. TeamCity RunAs Plugin Overview The teamcity-runas plugin can be used to run TeamCity build steps under a specified user…

We are happy to announce that now TeamCity provides a tight integration with Google Cloud services. The Google Cloud Agents plugin allows using Google Compute Engine to start cloud instances on demand to scale the pool of cloud build agents and also supports using cost-efficient preemptible virtual …