Plug-in Documentation

Ant

The Ant plug-in is an automation plug-in. You can use the Ant plug-in during deployment to automate Ant tasks that are defined in a build.xml file.

This plug-in requires IBM UrbanCode Build version 6.1 or later.

The steps in this plug-in run on all supported platforms.

No special steps are required for installation. See Installing plug-ins in UrbanCode Build.

This version includes translated steps and properties.

The JVM Properties field was removed.

Run an Ant script.

*Input properties for the Ant step*
Name	Type	Description	Required
ANT_HOME	String	The path to the Ant installation to use to run the Ant script. By default, the path is the ANT_HOME environment variable on the agent.	Yes
ANT_OPTS	String	Ant-specific arguments, which are used in the ANT_OPTS environment variable. Enter each argument on a new line. For example: -Xmx1024m or -XX:MaxPermSize=512m	No
Ant Properties	String	Ant-specific arguments, such as -v for verbose output. Enter each argument on a new line.	No
Ant Script File	String	The name of the Ant script file.	Yes
JAVA_HOME	String	The path to the Java installation to use to run Ant. By default, the path is the JAVA_HOME environment variable on the agent.	Yes
Properties	String	Properties to pass to Ant. These properties are available by name in the Ant script. Enter each argument on a new line in the following format: name=value	No
Script Content	String	Optional: Specify the content of the Ant script. The content is written to the file specified by the Ant Script File field, and then run.	No
Targets	String	The names of the targets to run in the Ant script file. If blank, the default target is used.	No