General Info
Vendor |
JetBrains |
License |
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Type |
free, open-source |

Plugin Description
This plugin provides an implementation of TeamCity cloud support for VMWare Player (TeamCity comes bundled with Amazon EC2 support).
It is meant to be both a useful tool for small teams and an example of the TeamCity cloud API usage.
The plugin allows launching one of pre-configured VMWare virtual machines based on the build queue on the TeamCity server.
The plugin has a server part (installed on the TeamCity server) and a client part (installed on each physical machine to run virtual machines). The client part communicates with the installed VMWare Player using the VMWare VIX API.
Plugin Development Status
Working proof-of-concept implementation.
Download
From the demo server:
TeamCity 7+ compatible build
TeamCity 6.5 compatible build
TeamCity Versions Compatibility
TeamCity 6.5+
Usage
- Install the plugin on TeamCity server.
- Open the TeamCity | Administration | Server Administration | Agent Cloud web UI page and create a cloud profile with "VMWare" type.
For each physical machine that should be able to run virtual images:
- Install the latest VMWare Player and latest VMWare VIX API. The installed VMWare player and VMWare VIX should have corresponding versions (the same build number). You can usually download the VIX API from VMWare Player download page.
- Download and unpack the TeamCity VMWare plugin client application: in the top right corner of the TeamCity web UI, click the arrow next to your username, and select My Settings and Tools.
- create a folder for virtual machines and create as many virtual machines as necessary
- ensure each virtual machine has the latest VMWare tools installed
- ensure each virtual machine has a TeamCity agent installed, and the agent is launched on the machine boot. See other agent requirements.
- start each virtual machine to ensure that there are no dialog boxes shown by VMWare player while the machine is starting.
- create the following configuration file for each machine named
<something>-image-info.xml
and put it into the directory containing vmware image directories:
- start TeamCity VMWare client with:
The plugin was tested with VMWare Player 3.0.1-227600 and VMware VIX 1.8.2-227600 on Windows
Feedback
If you believe you've faced a bug: Issue Tracker (project: TeamCity)
If you want to ask a question or discuss: Forum
We do not guarantee support for the plugin, but will be happy to receive feedback on it.
Development links
Please note that TeamCity cloud API is still in development and it may change a lot in future TeamCity versions.
3 Comments
Alexander V. Ilyin
Does this plugin support multiple agents on one VM?
Sergey Pak
Any kind of cloud integration is not designed to work with multiple agents on the same VM. You might want to try, but most likely it won't work as supposed and there can be side effects like problem with auto-authorization, double starts, extra agent licences consuming, etc.
Sergey Pak
Some feedback from forum: