Defining a Capability does not have any agents, cannot build

Question

1) I setup a Server Capability for MSBuild v4.6.1, with the MSBuild.exe:

2) I have 3 local agents that can run that Server Capability:

3) I setup a Task to use this MSBuild v4.6.1

4) I add the Requirement to my Job and I get an error that there are no

If I start searching around, it takes me in one big circle.

Why is it doing this? Where is the missing bit to make this work?

Jeremy Roelfs · Answer

In order to add a capability to the elastic agent...

- At your main Bamboo interface.
- Click "Image configurations" on the left
- Click on the elastic image you wish to add to...

- Next you will see a little "Add capability" in blue on the left of the title
- It will then take you down to the bottom of the page where you can add the new capability

There are 3 different places to "add capability" and they all look the same. This route will set up a capability specifically on that elastic image for your MSBuild task to use.

Jeremy Roelfs · Answer

We have MSBuild.exe on our elastic image. But it still says "No elastic image configurations have this capability" under Elastic Image configurations.

How do I tell Bamboo to use an elastic image for this capability?

Jeremy Roelfs · Answer

EDIT: The SaaS elastic image DOES have everything to do with my build not working correctly. This is indeed the server we are using to build our projects. So the capability needs to be on that image.

Local executable can not be added to elastic image. You will have to create custom image with that capability inside the image.

Looking through the other MSBuild versions, they are "attached" to an elastic image.

We are going to try and update the .NET targeting pack and build tools on that elastic image referred to by our other MSBuild versions and see if the executable will run.

I still don't understand how the capability is associated from the executable to that elastic image. How does this happen? Is it automatic?

For anyone else that has this problem with the .NET v4.6.1 here are the links to the upgrades for your server.

.NET 4.6 Framework:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48130
Microsoft Build Tools 2015:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48159
.NET Framework 4.6 Targeting Pack:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48136
Then the executable is in: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MsBuild.exe