Re: Build-Log in Dashboard

Hi All,

I had the same problem earlier this year. I wanted to view the build
output in a tab on the dashboard.

Looking at the dashboard configuration, I spotted that there was
already code to do so. It's called "AntOutputWidget". It effectively
transforms all the build output in the log into nicely formatted html
on a build output tab. However, there were three problems:
* but it was disabled by default
* it was a "deprecated" widget plugin
* it didn't work (there were a few bugs, which is why it was disabled, I guess)

Luckily, I was able to find a fix already created by someone else, and
submit a patch to the dev list. The issue can be found at
http://jira.public.thoughtworks.org/browse/CC-831 , and I wrote on my
blog about what I did at
http://www.exubero.com/joe/2009/03/a-small-cruisecontrol-fix-and-a-critique-of-spring/

You may be interested to know, JTF commented that the widget plugin
wasn't really deprecated. I updated my patch to remove the
"deprecated" warning from the documentation, as well.

The patch is still not been address. If any committer wants to have a
look at this, I'd appreciate it (it will mean that I don't have to
patch the instance of CC I use any more)

Cheers,
Joe

2009/8/18 Stefan Pammer <[email protected]>
>
> Hi
>
> I have the same question. I already tried to find a solution but I didn't succeed in diplaying the build results.
> So if anyboday has got a solution, please help us. ;)
>
> All the best,
> Stefan
>
> ________________________________
> Von: Samuel Bernet <[email protected]>
> An: [email protected]
> Gesendet: Montag, den 17. August 2009, 17:32:54 Uhr
> Betreff: [Cruisecontrol-user] Build-Log in Dashboard
>
> Hi,
>
> I've seen this question raised several times in the mailing list and
> other places but never found a definitive answer:
>
> In the dashboard on the build detail tab of a build there is a "build
> log" tab with a link to download the build log in raw XML format.
> There's no other content on this page (dashboard - NOT the classic
> reporting application).
>
> I'd like to see the transformed build log (not the XML) inline on this
> tab. Is this possible at all?
>
> Usually the link
> http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CC/CustomiseJSPReporti
> ng comes up as a response, but AFAIK this does not relate to the
> dashboard but to the old reporting application only.
>
> What I did for now (but deem unsatisfactory) is adding a "View log" link
> to this panel, redirecting to the build results page of the old
> reporting application. This is my current content of the
> webapps\dashboard\WEB-INF\vm\build_detail\build_detail_partial_log.vm
> Template:
>
> <div id="build_log" class="widget"  $log_extra_attrs>
>     <h2>Build Log</h2>
>     <span class="logfile"><a
> href="$req.getContextPath()/tab/build/download/log/$projectName/$logfile
> ">Download log</a></span>
>     <p/>
>     <span class="logfile"><a
> href="$req.getContextPath()/../cruisecontrol
> /buildresults/${projectName}">View log</a></span>
> </div>
>
> Maybe this workaround can help other people, if there's really no
> solution to this problem...
>
> My Setup:
> CC 2.8.2 on Windows Server 2008 (Standard Edition, SP1, 64-Bit) without
> Jetty (Web-Apps running in Tomcat 5.5.17).
>
> Best regards
>
> Samuel Bernet
> MSc ETH in Software Engineering
> [email protected]
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>
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