Bamboo: Building ASP.NET Core Project with VS2015

Question

I have some trouble to setup a task to build a ASP.NET Core project with VS2015. All necessary tools are installed on the build server and I can compile the project using the IDE on the build server.

My task consists of:

* Source Code Checkout
* Command Line: nuget restore
* Visual Studio (/build Release)

When I execute the plan, it simply hangs when starting the compiler:

C:\bamboo-home\xml-data\build-dir\ARES-ARES-WEB>call "C:\Program 
Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86

Does anybody know the reason for this behaviour?

Marco Budde · Answer

I am now using the following tasks:

* Command Line: nuget restore
* Command Line: dotnet restore
* msbuild

This way I can compile the project.

If I compile the project on the build server using "msbuild" in a command line window, the "dotnet restore" step is not necessary. Strange.

Sergey Podobry _Stellarity Software_ · Answer

Try building from a command line task instead of a visual studio task.