Build Runner

Build runner is a part of TeamCity that allows integration with a specific build tool (Ant, MSBuild, Command line, etc.). In a build configuration, a build runner defines how to run a build and report its results.

Each build runner has two parts:

• the server-side settings that are configured through the web UI

• the agent-side part that executes a build on an agent

TeamCity comes bundled with the following runners:

• .NET CLI (dotnet)

• .NET Process Runner

• Ant

• Command Line — run an arbitrary command line

• Deployers

  • Container Deployer

  • FTP Upload

  • SMB Upload

  • SSH Upload

  • SSH Exec

• Duplicates Finder (ReSharper)

• Duplicates Finder (Java)

• FxCop

• Gradle

• Inspections (IntelliJ IDEA) — a set of IntelliJ IDEA inspections

• Inspections (ReSharper) — a set of ReSharper inspections

• IntelliJ IDEA Project, and its earlier version: Ipr (deprecated)

• Maven

• MSBuild

• MSpec

• NAnt

• NuGet-related runners

• NUnit

• PowerShell

• Rake

• Simple Build Tool (Scala)

• Visual Studio (sln) — Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010/2012/2013/2015 solutions

• Visual Studio 2003 — Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 solutions

• Visual Studio Tests (with integrated MSTest)

• Xcode Project

Technically, build runners are implemented as plugins.

Build runners are configurable in the Configuring Build Steps section of the Create/Edit Build Configuration page.