TeamCity 2019.1 Help

Installation Quick Start

This page covers the evaluation setup of a TeamCity server with a default build agent running on the same machine for the most popular operating systems.

For more details, see Installation and Upgrade.

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Download TeamCity

Download the free Professional Edition of TeamCity, the full-featured TeamCity bundled with 3 build agents with a limit of 100 build configurations (or 20, for versions earlier than TeamCity 2017.2).
After evaluation, you can switch to the Enterprise Edition: Licensing Policy provides details. The pricing is available on the JetBrains website.

Earlier versions are available on the Previous Releases Downloads page.

Install TeamCity

on Windows

Run the downloaded .exe file and follow the instructions of the TeamCity Setup wizard. The TeamCity web server and one build agent will be installed on the same machine.

During installation, you can configure:

  • TeamCity Home Directory where TeamCity will be installed

  • whether the TeamCity server and agent will run as Windows services

    TeamCity server and agent as Windows services

  • ports:

    • Server port: 80 is the default port, which can be already used by other applications (for example, Skype). Change the server port if it is already in use. In the example below, we've set the port to 8111.

    • Agent port: 9090 is the default for incoming connections from the server. If this port is already in use, you'll be asked to change it by setting the ownPort property to a different value.

Configure a build agent port

If the TeamCity server is installed as a Windows service, follow the usual procedure of starting and stopping services.

Otherwise, to start/stop the TeamCity server and one default agent at the same time, use the runAll script, provided in the <TeamCity Home>/bin directory:

  • to start the server and the default agent, use

    runAll.bat start

  • to stop the server and the default agent, use

    runAll.bat stop

If you did not change the default port (80) during the installation, the TeamCity web UI can be accessed at http://localhost in a web browser running on the same machine where the TeamCity server is installed. Otherwise, use http://localhost:<port> (http://localhost:8111 in our case).

on Linux and OS X

  1. Make sure you have Java 8 installed (for example, use OpenJDK 8 by AdoptOpenJDK).
    Open a command-line terminal and run the following command:

    java -version

  2. Make sure the JAVA_HOME environment variable is pointing to the Java installation directory. Run the following command in the command-line terminal:

    echo $JAVA_HOME

  3. Use the TeamCity<version number>.tar.gz archive to manually install TeamCity bundled with Tomcat servlet container.
    Unpack the archive. For example, under Linux use

    tar xfz TeamCity<version number>.tar.gz

    The archive can be used for installation on Windows as well.

  4. The TeamCity web server and one build agent will be installed on the same machine.
    Note that for production purposes it is recommended to set up the TeamCity server and agent on separate machines.

To start/stop the TeamCity server and one default agent at the same time, use the runAll script, provided in the <TeamCity Home>/bin directory.

  • to start the server and the default agent, use

    runAll.sh start

  • to stop the server and the default agent, use

    runAll.sh stop

By default, TeamCity runs on http://localhost:8111/ and has one registered build agent that runs on the same computer. If another application uses the same port as the TeamCity server, the TeamCity server (Tomcat server) will not start with the "Address already in use" errors in the server logs or server console.

To change the server port, locate the <TeamCity Home>/conf/server.xml and modify the port in the <Connector> XML node, for example:

<Connector port="8111" ...>

Start TeamCity for the First Time

On the first TeamCity start:

  1. Review the location of the TeamCity Data Directory, where all the configuration information is stored. Click Proceed.

  2. TeamCity stores build history, users, build results, and some runtime data in an SQL database and allows you to select the database type.
    For now, keep the default internal database. Click Proceed.

    Select the database type

    It will take some time for TeamCity to configure the necessary components.

  3. On the next screen, accept the License Agreement to proceed with the launch. Click Continue.

  4. TeamCity displays the Create Administrator Account page. Specify the administrator credentials and click Create Account.

You are signed in to TeamCity: now you can configure your user settings and create and run your first build.