Unattended TFS Build Controller/Agent installation

Question

I´m scripting our build server dependencies and I'm having a little trouble getting the TFS 2010 build service configured unattended.

This is what I run from my script.

y:\Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010\TFS-x64\setup.exe /q /UnattendFile "y:\Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010\TFS-x64\TFS2010Build.ini"

and in the ini file I have the following:

<Configuration>
  <TeamBuild>
    <CollectionUri>
      <Uri>http://tfs2010.somedomain:8080/tfs/default</Uri>
    </CollectionUri>
    <Credentials>
      <FullName>somdomain\TFS2010BUILD</FullName>
      <Password>some password</Password>
    </Credentials>
    <Controller>
      <ControllerName>LocalController</ControllerName>
      <CustomAssemblyPath />
      <MaxConcurrentBuilds>0</MaxConcurrentBuilds>
    </Controller>
    <Agent>
      <AgentName>Agent1</AgentName>
      <ControllerName>LocalController</ControllerName>
      <BuildDirectory>$(SystemDrive)\Builds\$(BuildAgentId)\$(BuildDefinitionPath)</BuildDirectory>
    </Agent>
      <!--AgentName>Agent2</AgentName>
      <ControllerName>LocalController</ControllerName>
      <BuildDirectory>$(SystemDrive)\Builds\$(BuildAgentId)\$(BuildDefinitionPath)</BuildDirectory>
    </Agent>-->
    <Port>9191</Port>
    <UseSSL>False</UseSSL>
  </TeamBuild>
</Configuration>

I get TFS2010 Build service intalled, but not configured for some reason? When I start tfsmgmt.exe I'm presented with the wizard option.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

The /Setup option has never been completed and has been left undocumented. There's no support for it and no guarantee that it will actually work... As you've found out.

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7719417/736079

As responded to a similar question, there is an option to do this using the API and building your own unattended configuration tool:

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9573948/736079