The defacto for continuous-integration. This link is a comparison matrix of similar products: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/DAMAGECONTROL/Continuous+Integration+Server+Feature+Matrix 1 Passing Cruise build number to ant:\\ Use __${label}__\\ ---- 1 Linux service http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CC/RunningCruiseControlFromUnixInit 1.1 Sudo: To enable sudo on a service see [Linux/Commands/SUDO] for an example ---- 1 Logging Cruisecontrol can be configured, (or log4j really) to log to a telnet appender: _log4j.properties_ {code} log4j.rootCategory=INFO,HUB,A1 # HUB is a socket hub appender log4j.appender.HUB=org.apache.log4j.net.TelnetAppender log4j.appender.HUB.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.HUB.layout.ConversionPattern=[cc]%d{MMM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-14.14c{1}- %m%n log4j.appender.HUB.port=9007 # File Appender to capture the overnight run output log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender log4j.appender.A1.File=/tmp/r2_0_light.out log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=[cc]%d{MMM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-14.14c{1}- %m%n log4j.appender.A1.Append=false {code} In the cruisecontrol config.xml: {code:xml} <schedule interval="180"> <ant antWorkingDir="/export/my_build_loc/dev" saveLogDir="/var/log/cruisecontrol/my-build/antlogs" anthome="/opt/apache-ant-1.6.5" target="-lib /etc/cruisecontrol/my-build:/opt/cruisecontrol/lib/log4j.jar -listener org.apache.tools.ant.listener.Log4jListener cruise" usequiet="true" uselogger="true"> <property name="props.file" value="/etc/cruisecontrol/my-build/build.properties"/> </ant> </schedule> {code} Then to see the logs, connect to the machine using telent with port 9007 (as specificed in the port above). ~(If using Putty, ensure that for Terminal, Implicit CR in ever LF) is selected for the output to look ok)~ 2006-06-06 16:56:43.0 2005-12-20 15:34:14.0