Build and Release Management

CruiseControl 2.7 Error: atusReportTask- Failed to reach dashboard instance

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:05:29 +0000

Are you using CruiseControl 2.7? Have you inspected the CC log lately? Seeing this error message? atusReportTask- Failed to reach dashboard instance : http://mydomain.com:8080/dashboard/buildloop/listener, either the dashboard has not started up or there is a network problem Recently I’ve been experiencing some build wlappc jspc freezing issue which I’ve fixed and works fine when I [...] Related posts:

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WebLogic’s wlappc ANT Task Compilation Freezing/Hanging Errors

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:38:15 +0000

Wow. This little problem was extremely tricky to detect — mainly due to WebLogic’s wlappc ANT Task’s poor documentation. In one of the projects I’m working on, there is a need to pre-compile WebLogic JSP so it will be much faster during deployment/runtime and we can catch any potential errors early. Previously, this step of [...] Related posts:

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CruiseControl 2.7 Error: atusReportTask- Failed to reach dashboard instance Are you using CruiseControl 2.7? Have you inspected the CC...

How To Increase Heap Size for ANT’s OutOfMemory Error using ANT_OPTS

admin — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:19:28 +0000

Ever run into an ANT compilation or ANT task related compilation OutOfMemoryError problem? This little bugger of a problem can be rather tricky to debug. You may run into this problem when you have a large collection of source files to compile (think 1000+). You may also run into this problem with the following WebLogic [...] Related posts:

WebLogic’s wlappc ANT Task Compilation Freezing/Hanging Errors Wow. This little problem was extremely tricky to detect —...
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CruiseControl’s Scheduler of Multiple Builders Ever run into the problem where you must set multiple...

Release Management Access Control

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:10:57 +0000

Access Control, at first glance seems to be a rather straight forward topic or task to handle. Well, I can assure you it is not. Especially when you’re working in an Engineering organization that seems to be schizophrenic at times in terms of its own unique identity. I’m talking about how there should be [...] Related posts:

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CruiseControl’s Scheduler of Multiple Builders

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:33:45 +0000

Ever run into the problem where you must set multiple builders running different inside of CruiseControl’s scheduler block? I recently had to do that for one of the projects I’m integrating, but kept on running into inconsistency in CruiseControl 2.8.2. My first attempt was this: <schedule interval="900"> <ant time="1200" anthome="${ANTHOME}" antworkingdir="${my_build.dir}" buildfile="${my_build.file}" target="build.all.then.test" [...] Related posts:

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//projectfoo/bar/… – must refer to client ‘p4_client’.

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:01:35 +0000

Ever run into this error with Perforce’s ‘p4 changes’ or any other similar command? //projectfoo/bar/… – must refer to client ’some_p4_client’.? I ran into this exact problem today. I was trying to do a ‘p4 changes //projectfoo/bar/…@xxxxxx,yyyyyy’ to get a history of the changelist and got that error. The symptoms were that doing the same command on [...] Related posts:

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Rebirth of AllSCM.com

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:09:59 +0000

After being neglected and offline for almost a year, AllSCM.com is making a comeback! With a new sleek design, and more valuable information you can shake a stick at. The content distribution will be on a whole new level. Contents will be organized in major sections that will make navigation much easier and self-guiding for [...] Related posts:

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Collaboration Framework Benefits

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:07:25 +0000

Collaboration Framework (CFW): Many organization lack this or have it in one form or another but does not really utilize it to it’s full potential. A properly enforced, maintained, and updated CFW fulfills the following: Focal Communication Point (think: TWiki) Robust and Scalable Backend to Ensure Proper Archiving (think: mySQL) Provides Detail Content for Various [...] Related posts:

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Software Configuration Management Vision

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:05:29 +0000

An SCM group just isn’t serious without proper vision statements and lofty goals. Even if you’re the lone SCM Engineer within your group, you should still strife for certain milestones. The software field is constantly evolving which means SCM should closely mirror that evolution. It should be the ultimate goal of an SCM Engineer [...] Related posts:

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I.T. Service Agreements

admin — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:54:24 +0000

Numerous times in the past as well as recently my SCM group have ran into service related problems with the company’s IT. The underlying concern is where do we draw the line of support between SCM and IT when the build farm servers need servicing. In particular, when important reporting/build servers crashes which [...] Related posts:

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