Build Runner

Build runner is a part of TeamCity that allows integration with a specific build tool (Ant, MSBuild, Command Line, and so on). 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.

See also:

Administrator's Guide: Configuring Build Steps