1 Creating a session ID
- 1.1 Standard Session ID
- 1.2 Pull Request Session ID
2 Preparing a build for MSBuild
3 Scanning a build
- 3.1 Ending multi-modules scan
4 Starting a test stage
5 Upload report files
6 Ending a test stage
7 Starting the test listener
8 Starting Background test listener
9 Running background processes
10 Stop Background test listener
11 Starting the Service test listener
12 Stopping the Service test listener
13 Logging
- 13.1 Agents Commands
- 13.2 IIS Collector Service and Background Listener

All the commands below have the sltoken and sltokenfile flags as optional. They only need to be used if you have not placed the sltoken.txt file inside the agents folder (x86, x64 or both).

Creating a session ID

Standard Session ID

SL.DotNet.exe config --appName <arg> --branchName <arg> --buildName <arg> --includeNamespace <arg> [--excludeNamespace <arg>] [--include <arg>] [--exclude <arg>] [--buildSessionId <arg> | --buildSessionIdFile <arg>] [--token  <arg> | --tokenFile <arg>] [--proxy <arg> [--proxyUsername <arg> --proxyPassword <arg>]]

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`appName`	Name of the application
`branchName`	The source branch of the application
`buildName`	The build label of the current build
`includeNamespace`	Comma-separated, key-sensitive list of namespaces to include in scan. Supports wildcards (* = any string, ? = any character, space character is not allowed). For example: `'com.example.,io..demo,com.?ello.world'`
`excludeNamespace`	Comma-separated, key-sensitive list of packages to exclude from scan. Supports wildcards (* = any string, ? = any character, space character is not allowed). For example: `'com.example.,io..demo,com.?ello.world'`
`include`	Comma-separated list of files to include in scan. Default: `.exe, .dll` Supports wildcards (* = any string, ? = any character, space character is not allowed). For example: `'-with-dependencies.dll,bad-bad?.exe,-source.dll'`
`exclude`	Comma-separated list of files to exclude from scan. Supports wildcards (* = any string, ? = any character). For example: `'-with-dependencies.dll,bad-bad?.exe,-source.dll'`
`buildSessionId`	Optional: A user provided session ID
`buildSessionIdFile`	Optional: A user provided Build Session ID file.
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Pull Request Session ID

SL.DotNet.exe prConfig --appName <arg> --pullRequestNumber <arg> --targetBranch <arg> --latestCommit <arg> --repositoryUrl <arg> --includeNamespace <arg> [--excludeNamespace <arg>] [--include <arg>] [--exclude <arg>] [--buildSessionId <arg> | --buildSessionIdFile <arg>] [--token  <arg> | --tokenFile <arg>] [--proxy <arg> [--proxyUsername <arg> --proxyPassword <arg>]]

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`appName`	Name of the application
`pullRequestNumber`	The number assigned to the Pull Request from the source control
`targetBranch`	The branch to which this PR will be merged into (already reported to SeaLights)
`latestCommit`	The full SHA of the last commit made to the Pull Request
`repoUrl`	The pull request URL for the PR to be scanned, up until the section before the `pullRequestNumber` value
`includeNamespace`	Comma-separated, key-sensitive list of namespaces to include in scan. Supports wildcards (* = any string, ? = any character, space character is not allowed). For example: `'com.example.,io..demo,com.?ello.world'`
`excludeNamespace`	Comma-separated, key-sensitive list of packages to exclude from scan. Supports wildcards (* = any string, ? = any character, space character is not allowed). For example: `'com.example.,io..demo,com.?ello.world'`
`include`	Comma-separated list of files to include in scan. Default: `.exe, .dll` Supports wildcards (* = any string, ? = any character, space character is not allowed). For example: `'-with-dependencies.dll,bad-bad?.exe,-source.dll'`
`exclude`	Comma-separated list of files to exclude from scan. Supports wildcards (* = any string, ? = any character). For example: `'-with-dependencies.dll,bad-bad?.exe,-source.dll'`
`buildSessionId`	Optional: A user provided session ID
`buildSessionIdFile`	Optional: A user provided Build Session ID file.
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Preparing a build for MSBuild

SL.DotNet.exe prepareForMsBuild {--buildSessionId <arg> | --buildSessionIdFile <arg>} --baseDir <arg> --ignoreGeneratedCode true [--token  <arg> | --tokenFile <arg>]

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`baseDir`	Base path where your solution file is

Scanning a build

The project must contain all the PDB files!

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`workspacePath`	Path to the source workspace
`firstModule`	Must be provided when scanning the first module
`uniqueModuleId`	A unique module ID to be used for seperate modules
`baseDir`	Base path where all relative paths should start from. By default the agent searches for the solution file and uses its path for this value
`hashingAlgorithm`	Hashing algorithm to use. Available options are md5 (default), sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
`scm`	The SCM that is used in order to provide integration with. Values: auto, git, none
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed
`ExtraScanDir`	Scan additional folder to collect more runtime components (.git/dll/exe ) for scanning. The path is an absolute path.
`extraDbgSearchDirs`	Comma-separated list of absolute paths to the folders where the agent will recursively search for *.pdb files

Ending multi-modules scan

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`success`	Indicates that the build succeeded (considered failed if not specified)
`message`	Additional build status message to report (optional)
`duration`	Build duration in milliseconds (optional)

Starting a test stage

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`testStage`	Name of the test stage
`labId`	Unique ID for a set of test labs in case multiple labs are running similtaniously
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through. To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Upload report files

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`testStage`	Name of the test stage
`report`	Path to report file or directory containing all the valid reports (Non recursive). Supported formats are MSTest (TRX files), xUnit.Net and NUnit (XML files).
`labId`	Unique ID for a set of test labs in case multiple labs are running simultaneously
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through. To use the system proxy just provide the value '`system`'.
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Ending a test stage

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenfile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildsessionid`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildsessionidfile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`labId`	Unique ID for a set of test labs in case multiple labs are running similtaniously
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Starting the test listener

For a single process to be run with the SeaLights agent as a test listener in order to capture the tests footprints.

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`target`	Name of the application to run with the test listener
`workingDir`	Path to working directory. Current working directory will be used if not specified
`profilerRegistrationMethod`	Sets the COM32 profiler DLL registration method.
`targetArgs`	Command line arguments to pass the target application
`labId`	Unique ID for a set of test labs in case multiple labs are running simultaneously
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Starting Background test listener

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`testListenerSessionKey`	A random alphanumeric ID (%RANDOM% in command line) This ID needs to be passed to any process that you want to capture cover
`labId`	Unique ID for a set of test labs in case multiple labs are running simultaneously
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Running background processes

You need to run your process with the following environment variables:

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`Cor_Profiler`	`{01CA2C22-DC03-4FF5-8350-59E32A3536BA}`
`Cor_Enable_Profiling`	1
`Cor_Profiler_Path`	For .NET 4.5+ : Path to the SeaLights profiler DLL. Either SL.DotNet.ProfilerLib_x64.dll or SL.DotNet.ProfilerLib_x86.dll depending on your processes architecture
`COR_PROFILER_PATH_32` `COR_PROFILER_PATH_64`	For .NET 4.6+ : Path to the SeaLights profiler DLL. Both should be set and the correct one will be depending on the processes architechture
`SL_CollectorId`	A random alphanumeric ID that was provided during the startBackgroundTestListener
`SL_LogLevel`	Optional: Level of logs to generate - Default is 0 (none), Fatal=1, Error=4, Debug=6, All=999
`SL_LogDir`	Optional: Folder to save log files in

Stop Background test listener

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`testListenerSessionKey`	A random alphanumeric ID that was provided during the startBackgroundTestListener
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Starting the Service test listener

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`processName`	The executable name of the services process. For instance IIS is: w3wp.exe
`processTag`	The application pool identity tag in IIS For non IIS services this should not be provided
`includeChildProcesses`	Should be set if the service spawns child processes and coverage needs to be captured from them
`machine`	Remote machine to start the collector service on
`labId`	Unique ID for a set of test labs in case multiple labs are running simultaneously
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Stopping the Service test listener

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`token`	Access token generated from the SeaLights server
`tokenFile`	Path to file containing the access token generated from the SeaLights server
`buildSessionId`	Session ID of configuration created
`buildSessionIdFile`	Path to file containing the Session ID of configuration created
`processName`	The executable name of the services process. For instance IIS is: w3wp.exe
`processTag`	The application pool identity tag in IIS For non IIS services this should not be provided
`includeChildProcesses`	Should be set if the service spawns child processes and coverage needs to be captured from them
`machine`	Remote machine to start the collector service on
`labId`	Unique ID for a set of test labs in case multiple labs are running simultaneously
`proxy`	Address of proxy to run connection through To use the system proxy just provide the value 'system'
`proxyUsername`	The proxy username if needed
`proxyPassword`	The proxy password if needed

Logging

Agents Commands

In order to enable logs when executing direct agent commands, you can set the following parameters with any of the above commands

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`logEnabled`	Set to true to enable logs
`debugMode`	Set to true to enable enhanced logs (prepareForMsbuild)
`logAppendConsole`	Set to true to enable log output to the console
`logAppendFile`	Set to true to enable log output to a file
`logFilename`	Provide the name of the log file (Collector)
`logFileCount`	Limit the number of log files to create. Default: 10
`logSizeLimit`	Limit the size of the log file. Default: 10*1024 KB
`profilerLogDir`	Path for the Profiler log file to be created in.
`profilerLogLevel`	Level of logs from the Profiler to generate as a Integer value: Default is 0 (none), Fatal=1, Error=4, Debug=6, All=999

IIS Collector Service and Background Listener

In order to enable logs, you can add the following environment variables to the registry in addition to the regular variables set for the Profiler as explained in the section Running background processes above

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`SL_LogLevel`	Level of logs to generate as a Integer value: Default is 0 (none), Fatal=1, Error=4, Debug=6, All=999
`SL_LogDir`	Folder to save log files in.

When enabling logs for the IIS Collector Service, please make sure to:

Add the above parameters into the Multi-String value Environment where other SL.DotNet agent variables were set in the Registry (System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC and System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WAS)
Execute the iisreset /restart command for the changes to take effect

Legacy .NET agent - command reference