Creating a new plan

Step 1. Create the plan

When you create a new plan, you can define everything about your build process, including what gets built, how the plan's build is triggered and what jobs are executed.

To create a new plan, complete the following sections:

1. Click Create > Create a New Plan in the top menu bar

2. Complete the following sections:

   Project	The project that the new plan will be created in. You may choose an existing project, or start a new one
   Plan Details	Select either an existing project to which this new plan will belong, or New Project.
   Source Repositories	For more information, see Linking to source code repositories.
   Trigger	Choose how Bamboo should trigger builds. See Triggering builds.

Screenshots: Creating a new plan

Step 2. Configure tasks for the plan

When a new plan is created, a default job is also created as part of the plan. You need to configure one or more tasks for the default job. Tasks are the 'units of work' for a plan.  You can always add more tasks to the default job after the plan is created, as well as create new jobs.

1. On the 'Configure Tasks' screen, click Add Task to add a new task to the new plan.
2. Click the desired task type in the 'Task Types' dialog.
3. Fill out the details for the task. The fields and options will be different depending on the executable that you chose. See the following documentation for specific instructions on each executable:
   • Checking out code
   • Configuring a builder task
   • Configuring a test task
   • Configuring a variables task
   • Configuring a deployment task
   • Pattern matching reference
   • Configuring the Docker task in Bamboo
4. In the 'Enable this plan' section, choose whether or not to enable this plan. Enabling the plan instructs Bamboo to commence executing builds of the plan based on the plan's trigger configuration (defined above). To enable this plan, select the Yes please! check box.
5. Click Create. Bamboo will automatically run an initial build for your new plan. When you next return to the Dashboard, your new plan (and new project, if applicable) will be displayed on the All Plans tab.

Notes

• You can configure Bamboo to automatically start an initial build for a new plan, irrespective of the trigger configuration. To do this, add the fire.initial.build.for.manual.strategy to your bamboo.cfg.xml file as described in Configuring system properties.