Bamboo 3.4 : Triggering Builds in Bamboo

This table lists Bamboo's available 'build strategies' that determine how the execution of a plan (i.e. a build) is triggered. Each build strategy has other options (listed at the far right of this table), which may also require configuration. Build Strategy options can be found on the Plan Details tab of the Plan configuration.

Build strategy option

Description

Reason for choosing

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Polling the Repository for changes

Bamboo will 'poll' the source code repository for changes based on set intervals or a schedule. If Bamboo detects a change to any code in this repository, a build of this plan will be triggered.

This is the simplest option. However, this does mean that your SCM must service a 'check out' or 'update' command whenever it is polled, even if no code has changed in the repository.

Polling the Repository for Changes

Repository triggers the build when changes are committed

Bamboo will wait to receive a message from the source code repository (specified above) about any code changes in this repository. When Bamboo receives such a message, Bamboo will trigger a build of this plan.

This option minimises server load as message events are sent only when code changes to this repository are committed. However, you must configure your source code management system to send message events to Bamboo about code changes in this repository.

Repository Triggers the Build when Changes are Committed

Cron Based Scheduling

Bamboo will trigger a build of this plan based on a Cron expression.

This option allows you to schedule builds when server load is likely to be minimal, for example, outside office hours. Scheduled builds are triggered irrespective of any code changes in the source code repository.

Cron Based Scheduling

Single daily build

Bamboo will trigger a build of this plan once per day at a specified time.

This option is suitable if a build of this plan takes a long time to complete. Scheduled builds are triggered irrespective of any code changes in the source code repository.

Single Daily Build

Manual

Bamboo only triggers a build of this plan when the user chooses this function manually or through a build dependency.

This option is suitable if a build of this plan will fail, perhaps due to source code problems of failing tests. This frees up Bamboo agents to build other plans which are less likely to fail.

Triggering a Plan Build Manually