Creating a hello world project

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This topic describes how to create and run a simple project to verify that the build system is set up properly.

The following items provide an overview of the tasks needed to create a "Hello World" project.

  1. Set up a server:
    1. Create a server authentication (login name and password) so that Rational Build Forge can access and run commands on a server
    2. Create the server definition to indicate the server with an agent installed
    3. Create a selector for the HelloWorld project to use to determine the server on which to run
    4. Test the server connection to ensure the Master Console and the agent on the server can communicate with each other
  2. Define a project:
    1. Name the project HelloWorld and use the selector to specify the server on which to run the project
    2. Create a step to run the command that displays the Hello World message
  3. Run the job:
    1. Start an instance of the project, also known as a job
    2. Click the Jobs item in the left panel to check job status
  4. View the job results:
    1. In the completed jobs list, click the job tag to display a list of the job's steps (or single step in the case of the HelloWorld example)
    2. Click the job's step to display the step log
    3. Find in the step log the command's Hello World output