Continuous Integration Server Configuration

There are a few simple steps to set up a build server, but I always forget how and where I found the answer on the few problems that always pops up.

Here are the steps for building .NET 3.5 web-projects on a Windows 2008 server (using NAnt and NUnit):

Install:

1. NAnt
2. NUnit
3. NCover
4. NCoverExplorer (for fancy unit test coverage reports)
5. .NET 3.5 Framework SDK
6. CruiseControl.NET (or TeamCity)

Some special handling after installation:

1. Open NAnt.exe.config and change the sdkInstallRoot value to a correct path.

   <readregistry
       property="sdkInstallRoot"
       key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\WinSDKNetFxTools\InstallationFolder"
       hive="LocalMachine"
       failonerror="false" />

2. Create the C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v9.0\WebApplications folder and copy the Microsoft.WebApplication.targets file from a computer with Visual Studio installed. (Used by Web Application Projects)