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Why you should use BuildMachine.Net

Why you should use BuildMachine.Net

Automate your Cloud Based Continuous Integration Servers

BuildMachine.Net is a service which accepts push notifications from your source code repository such as Unfuddle or GitHub and starts your Amazon EC2 servers running your continuous integration service, worker services and staging servers.

BuildMachine.Net also provides an alternative dashboard for your CI servers so allowing easy access to the build results.

Reduce the cost of cloud hosting

If you are already running your continuous integration server in the cloud you can reduce the cost by having the server switched on only when it's needed. BuildMachine.Net accepts Http push notifications of source repository changes and can then start your build machines. This means we don't need access to your source code repository, and your repository isn't constantly getting pinged by your CI server to see if a change has happened.

Make build results available when your server's off

Because your cloud based build machine may be off when you want to see the results of a build, BuildMachine.Net can provide an alternative dashboard. BuildMachine.Net also provides a convenient location to see all your build projects in one place rather than distributed across various machines.

Make build results available to a distributed team

If you are self host your own CI servers behind a corporate firewall developers may not have access to the machine to view the dashboard, BuildMachine.Net provides an internet based dashboard for developers.

Build results available on the go

If you are a coffee shop based developer with a home based build machine or one in the cloud, BuildMachine.Net provides access to your build results when you can't get to your home network, and automates the running of your cloud based machines.

  • Works with Amazon EC2
  • Rapid start/stop of EC2 instances using EBS storage
  • Provides central build dashboard
  • No VPN or firewall changes required to access the dashboard
  • Works with CruiseControl.Net