IBM® DevOps Build (Build) is a continuous integration and build-management system.

In this tutorial, you create a project that builds the open source product JUnit. The source code is downloaded from GitHub (an open source code repository) and built with Maven.

In this tutorial, you create a project that builds distributable artifacts and loads them into (Deploy) components. The source code is downloaded from GitHub and built with Ant.

When you configure integrations, you allow IBM® DevOps Build (Build) to use and manage the objects and artifacts that are produced in external tools such as (Deploy).

The script library provides numerous scripts for you to use and modify.

IBM® DevOps Build (Build) can send information about build results to selected users by email, instant messaging, and other methods.

IBM® DevOps Build (Build) provides a flexible team-based, and role-based security model that maps to your organizational structure.

Projects represent items that can be built individually for release or distribution.

Use server settings to manage your server other system-related settings.

Agents are light-weight processes that are installed on hosts and communicate with the IBM® DevOps Build (Build) server.

The IBM® DevOps Build (Build) Client facilitates writing scripts that interact with various REST endpoints in Build to automate tasks such as creating templates, assembling projects, running builds, and various other administrative tasks.

Use the Tools window to access the IBM® DevOps Build (Build) development tools.

You install plug-ins by downloading the installation files and loading them into IBM® DevOps Build (Build) .

You create projects by combining process and source definitions into complete build processes.

You configure a project by adding build and secondary processes to it, and manage tags and notification subscriptions

You can review activities that are related to projects and project build processes, and create and import projects.

Projects run builds, manage dependencies with third-party tools, and can be used for administrative, operational, and system maintenance.

CodeStation projects model external tools or libraries as IBM® DevOps Build (Build) projects.

A job is a series of steps that constitute a process, usually a build. Job steps are processed one at a time in the order you specify.

The list of steps associated with a job are listed in the Steps window of the job. There add steps several ways.

By using the Job as Code plug-in, you can configure a job step as a JSON or YAML file.

You can remove a step from a job process by either disabling or deleting the step.

When you create project template, you identify the agent pool that it uses, and configure pre-processing options. You can add project-level properties to a project.

Source templates define the locations of the source materials that are managed by project templates.

Build process templates provide properties, resources, and artifact sets to processes managed by the parent project.

Secondary processes are processes that are run after a successful build, and build artifacts are generated and stored.

You can monitor current processes, agent activity, resource usage, builds, and schedules.

The Information Radiator dashboard provides real-time information about project builds.

You can create reports about system activity, build lives, job execution, projects and their immediate dependencies, and several others. You can customize reports and save the results.

IBM® DevOps Build (Build) plug-ins provide tools for creating workflows and integrating with external tools.

A plug-in consists of one or more steps. A step represents a unit of functionality that a user can configure and combine with other steps into a process. Creating a plug-in consists of defining its individual steps and then grouping them for presentation in IBM® DevOps Build (Build) .

The scripting API describes the various types of supported scripts.

Properties can be set for many different things, including projects, build configurations, process configurations, build requests, and the server. You can also set and retrieve agent properties.

The IBM® DevOps Build (Build) server has a REST interface, which you can use to automate tasks on the server.