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Using CCTray to monitor continuous integration setup using Jenkins for Salesforce | Video Tutorial

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In previous article, I have explained that how to use Jenkins to setup Continuous integration for Salesforce.

Now, once Jenkins is up and its doing its job to build Salesforce changes. Next task is to monitor build result. We already setup post deployment task by creating chatter message to notify everyone about build result, however there is one more excellent way to be aware about result and its small desktop client named “CCTray”.

You can download CCTray from here. Once installed, follow below steps to setup.

Open CCTray and navigate to settings :

CCTray Settings
CCTray Settings

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Continuous integration in Salesforce Using Jenkins and Git | Video Tutorial

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As your Salesforce Organization undergoes heavy customization and frequent builds, moving changes from one Sandbox to other sandboxes starts taking longer time and effort. Also, in normal Salesforce project, there are chances that you will have minimum three sandboxes likely Developer Sandbox, QA Sandbox and UAT Sandbox. After some time you will be in need of some solution which can reduce your effort.

Almost 5 years back, when I was working on .net along with Salesforce, I posted article on Continuous Integration of ASP.net and subversion as a code management with MSBuild on code project.

This time its Salesforce using Jenkins. In this article I will walk through solution of above problem using Jenkins. Don’t forget to watch Video at end of this article, where I provided demo of everything explained in this article.

Prerequisite Software:

  1. ANT
  2. Salesforce Migration Tool
  3. Git
  4. Eclipse or PuTTYgen to generate SSH key

I am assuming you already know about below concepts:

  1. How to use Git with Salesforce
  2. Using ANT migration tool in Salesforce
  3. Generating SSH key
  4. Automated Daily Backup of Salesforce Using ANT Migration Tool and GIT (Optional)

I will suggest to get familiar with first three topics before jumping to Continuous Integration.

There are two ways to start working with Jenkins

  1. Install Jenkins on your local system
  2. Use Cloudbees online

Below diagram shows complete flow of Continuous Integration we are going to setup in this article.

Continuous integration in Salesforce Using Jenkins and Git
Continuous integration in Salesforce Using Jenkins and Git (Bit Bucket)

For this tutorial, I will install Jenkins on my local system. To install it, Navigate to Jenkins homepage and download installer. Continue reading “Continuous integration in Salesforce Using Jenkins and Git | Video Tutorial”