I'm a big fan of Continuous Integration and automated builds. So much so that today I released Hudson Helper, a native iPhone and iPod Touch application for monitoring your Hudson continuous integration engine.
Hudson Helper has a simple interface that gives you what you need to know first. Offline data caching helps to minimize network bandwidth and makes it work when the network is unavailable. Includes job status, health and build trends.
Build status display adapts to your project to report on build health including JUnit test results, Clover coverage, findbugs and any other Hudson build report plug-ins your project is running.
To get started all you need to do is point Hudson Helper at the URL of your build server. You can get Hudson Helper by searching for 'Hudson Helper' in the app store, or click here to get it with iTunes.
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This is truely awesome. Have you considered adding the capability to kick off a build just by shaking the phone, or something similar?
Looks very interesting, and I even tried to buy it, but no joy. Why restrict it to just the iPhone? Us touch users would like a go, too ;-)
@Patrick Renaud Thanks for the feedback. Yes, a bunch of feature ideas for the next round: kicking off builds, stopping builds in progress, push notifications, more stats, etc.
@Jerry Gulla sorry that the install didn't work for you. It has worked fine for some other iPod Touch users. Could it be that you're not running version 2.2 of the OS?
@Patrick Renaud BTW I hadn't thought of shaking... good idea. What if there's an earthquake? ;)
Does not work if you need a http basic auth. Very bad news; after purchase. Need a quick update please !!
@Anonymous I'll see what I can do for you.
I have to echo my disappointment with the lack of authentication, although I can't say I am surprised. A few Hudson features and add-ons (like the recent hduson-cli, and the first version of the IDEA plugin) assume anonymous Hudson access. Makes me wonder how many insecure Hudson servers are on the 'net, allowing any web surfer to see sensitive build data.
@Anonymous rest assured that I'm actively working on adding support for Hudson instances that require authentication.
David, this looks cool, but I'm seeing the same problem that Jerry reported. When attempting to download the app on my iPod Touch it says it's only compatible with the iPhone. I'm running OS version 2.2.1.
... looking forward to a fix.
@Clint and @Jerry Gulla, looks like I had inadvertently selected 2nd generation devices only. I've set it now so that it should be compatible with 1st generation devices too. It may take awhile before the app store is updated, but hopefully this will solve the issue for you. Please let me know how it works out!
David
Thanks. That did the trick. I successfully installed on my iPod Touch this morning. I'll try out the app in my Hudson environment tomorrow.
@Clint Great! Glad that it works for you.
BTW, I've got a new version supporting HTTP authentication waiting for app store approval.
Great news. Thnak you.
@David on Earthquakes: You'll simply have earlier-than-expected manual CI results... :P
That could be easily purged by blowing on the iPhone! :-)
Very cool! Just got it running on my iPhone. Any chance of getting some UI to manually run jobs inside Hudson?
@Jakub, you bet. Lots of people are asking for it so it's high on the list.
Hello,
I am just interested to know that how do you get the data from Hudson CI server? Are you using Web services (RESTful/JSON) client in iPhone to get the data from Hudson? Can you please let me know?
Thanks.
@Anonymous Hudson provides a remote API (XML or JSON) for tool integration. Hudson Helper uses the XML version of the API, which is somewhat RESTful.
I just downloaded from ITunes and I'm excited to see this, but I must be missing something simple.
There is not "settings" option as the about mentions. All I have it "about" and the refresh icon under "All Jobs".
What am I missing?
@Anonymous Hudson Helper settings are available in the settings application along with all of your other iphone/ipod settings. You can access these from the home screen by launching "Settings" and then selecting "Hudson Helper".
Another vote for basic authentication please!
It seems it does not support --prefix yet, am I right?
@Olivier yes, it does. Simply enter the server URL as you would in your web browser. For example, if your --prefix is 'foobar' then you would enter http://myserver/foobar
Well I had tried that, obviously. But then I can't access the build results. It sees the jobs alright, but then it uses a wrong URL to go down the actual results. I can't remember the exact error, I have removed the prefix and it is now working fine.
@Olivier if you send me via email the prefix that you used and any other relevant information (such as screenshots or server log entries) I'll look into it for you. dgreen99@gmail.com
For all of you that have been waiting, a new version is now available on the app store supporting HTTP authentication.
Great idea. The initial screen scrolls very jerkily if there are a large number of project (~100). Also, the network indicator appears to stutter on and off even when o the initial screen and it is already loaded.
@Mitch Blevins thanks for your feedback.
> The initial screen scrolls very jerkily if there are a large number of project (~100).
This can be a problem if the phone is busy updating from the network. Once everything's loaded it should be smooth. I suggest pointing Hudson Helper at one or more Hudson views to reduce the number of builds you're looking at.
> Also, the network indicator appears to stutter on and off even when o the initial screen and it is already loaded.
This is normal in most cases: initially everything's loaded from the cache. Once that's done Hudson Helper will update each build.
Hi,
I just purchased the app and it refreshes but doesn't show anything.
Well it shows my job name but the page for the job is blank.
I am using latest hudson with hudson managed security
I have tried the wget method to see if the XML remote API works and auth is ok:
http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Authenticating+scripted+clients
Don't know why the job's page is blank...
Thanks in advance for your help!
Cheers,
--Eric
@The Teknologist (Eric) usually people encounter this problem if the Hudson URL is set incorrectly in their Hudson server configuration. The server name and port in the server configuration must match the server name and port configured in Hudson Helper. You will find this setting under Manage Server -> Configure System -> Hudson URL
If that's not your issue then please email me directly (dgreen99@gmail.com) for support
We had the same problem Oliver mentioned about the prefix. We entered http://hudson.company.com:8090/hudson as the base URL. We entered no id or password. The main page shows fine with the list of applications and colorful balls. When you "click" one of them, only the top little section appears with the app name. If you click that it shows an error page saying /job/application (with our 'application' name). On my browser, the URL /hudson/job/application will show application detail. Perhaps the combination of port and prefix gets it confused. (We haven't tried setting it to the view /hudson/view/viewName yet.)
@LeeMeador Please see the previous comment about Hudson URL in your server configuration. In all cases so far where people have encountered this issue, setting the Hudson URL in the server configuration fixed the problem.
If that doesn't work for you please email me for support.
I fixed the server URL but am still not getting any Trends graphics. We are not running any tests, but I was expecting to see a Build Time graphic. Any idea?
@Olivier please email me for support.
Heya David, I bought your app a week ago and found that it works exactly as advertised. Thanks for a nice piece of software!
David, we would like to access our Hudson over https with a self-signed certificate. Can you provide us with some pointers on how to register our certificate in our phone profiles, as you write in the app store?
Thank you,
- Andreas
@Anonymous regarding untrusted certificates, people have had success following these instructions.
Thanks. That did the trick. I successfully installed on my iPod Touch this morning. I'll try out the app in my Hudson environment tomorrow.
i had included an xcode project in hudson using svn on windowsXP..what are the prerequisites to start building iPhone apps on hudson..
@swetha that's something that I haven't attempted, however a quick Google search reveals that it has been done.
Always so interesting to visit your site.What a great info, thank you for sharing. this will help me so much in my learning.
David, this looks cool, but I'm seeing the same problem that Jerry reported. When attempting to download the app on my iPod Touch it says it's only compatible with the iPhone. I'm running OS version 2.2.1.
@tava I'm sorry it's not working for you. I expect that it will work for you if you update to version 3.x of the os or newer.
Brilliant, just the right level, thanks.
I could not find Hudson Helper in the ITunes store. Do you still develop and maintain it or did you give up on it?
@smjo sadly Apple removed it from their store after I let my developer subscription run out.
This app is great! (Android)
still works fine with latest Jenkins server.
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