SourceBuild overview

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Available in Classic and VPC

SourceBuild is a service for building source codes easily developed in multiple languages. SourceBuild can create independent build servers in real-time and process multiple build run requests simultaneously.

Various features of SourceBuild

The descriptions of various features provided by SourceBuild are as follows:

• Quick configuration of build environments: uses a dedicated high-performance infrastructure for quick configuration of build environments and automatic expansion, and it can handle multiple builds simultaneously on an independent environment
• Reasonable cost: charges by time (in minute) from the moment of running a build script after the build server is ready to the moment of completing the result deployment
• Provide various build environments: various build environments already configured, enabling to select a necessary environment and easily create a build project
• Provide detailed build logs: see build logs recorded in the build environment console in real-time in the console, and see errors quickly through detailed build logs if they occur

SourceBuild user guide

SourceBuild provides services in Korea, Japan, and Singapore Regions. The service content is identical in the Regions. For best usage of SourceBuild see the items listed in the table of contents below:

• SourceBuild overview: overview of SourceBuild, information on related useful resources, and an introduction to FAQ
• Prerequisites for using SourceBuild: introduction to the environment specifications supported by SourceBuild and the usage fee
• SourceBuild scenarios: introduction to the entire process of using SourceBuild
• Getting started with SourceBuild: what to prepare in advance to use SourceBuild from NAVER Cloud Platform console and how to create a simple build project
• Using SourceBuild: how to use the service
  • SourceBuild screen: SourceBuild screen introduction
  • Creating a build project: how to create build a project in detail
  • Managing a build project: how to run a build, change the settings of a created build project, and delete a build project
• Managing SourceBuild permissions: information on how to manage SourceBuild permissions using a Sub Account
• SourceBuild glossary: the main glossary and description you must learn to use SourceBuild
• SourceBuild release notes: SourceBuild user guide update history

SourceBuild related resources

NAVER Cloud Platform provides the user guide and other various resources to help our customers understand SourceBuild better. If you are considering to use SourceBuild, or if you are a developer or a marketer who needs detailed information establishing your data related policies, please make good use of the following resources:

• Advanced understanding and usage method of SourceBuild
  • SourceBuild API guide: API usage method for developers
  • Ncloud use environment guide: a guide on VPC and Classic environment and supported features
  • Developer Tools service practice examples: introduction to practice examples of 4 Developer Tools service applications (SourceCommit, SourceBuild, SourceDeploy, and SourcePipeline) provided by NAVER Cloud Platform
  • Introduction to pricing, characteristics, and detailed features: summary of detailed features, characteristics, and pricing system of SourceBuild
  • Latest service update: latest news related to SourceBuild
  • FAQs: frequently asked questions by SourceBuild users
  • Contact us: send direct inquiries in case of any unresolved questions that aren't answered by the user guide
• User guide for integrated services required to use SourceBuild
  • SourceCommit user guide: how to use SourceCommit, a repository service for saving build target source codes
  • SourceDeploy user guide: how to use SourceDeploy, an automation service for helping to deploy build results
  • SourcePipeline user guide: how to use SourcePipeline, an automation management service that integrated repository, build, and deployment
  • Object Storage user guide: how to create Object Storage space for storing build results
  • Container Registry user guide: how to use Container Registry, a container image storage that can be used when configuring builds
  • Sub Account user guide: how to use Sub Account, which aids in the management of SourceBuild and its administration permissions

Check the FAQs first.

You can get your questions answered quickly by referring to the answers in the FAQ before reading the user guide. If you don't find the answer to your question in the following FAQs, search the user guide for what you'd like to know.

Q. What are the procedures to use SourceBuild?
A. You can use SourceBuild through 3 steps in total: preparing required items, creating build projects, and running builds.

• Step 1 - Prepare required items: prepare Object Storage to save the result and the source code to be built
• Step 2 - Create build projects: access to console and create a build project. Set the target, environment, and commands of the build project to create, and then set the upload conditions and additional service integration status.
• Step 3 - Run builds: run the build project created to check the result and running logs

Q. Where can I find the created build project?
A. You can see the build projects you created in SourceBuild in NAVER Cloud Platform console, and related features available in console are as follows:

• Create and delete build project
• Check build project details
• Run build
• Check build task result and log
• Add sub account to use build project, and change permissions

Q. Can I grant sub account permissions for SourceBuild?

• You can grant permissions for SourceBuild from Services > Management & Governance > Sub Account > Sub Accounts on the NAVER Cloud Platform console.
  • NCP_INFRA_MANAGER: can use all services in NAVER Cloud Platform including SourceBuild, same as the customer account. However, some management features of My page are excluded.
  • NCP_SOURCEBUILD_MANAGER: can use all features in SourceBuild
• For more information about sub accounts, see Sub Account user guide.