Teamcity - generate artifact from Powershell

Question

I'm using a Powershell build step and want to generate a file and have it included in the artifacts. Here's what I tried, but it doesn't appear:

param(
[parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$controller
)
Write-Output "Controller: $controller"

$testsettingsXML = @"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TestSettings name="Remote" id="36b029f0-1e34-4c17-b7b1-3e6a0284a08e" xmlns="http://microsoft.com/schemas/VisualStudio/TeamTest/2010">
  <Description>These are default test settings for a local test run.</Description>
  <RemoteController name="$controller" />
  <Execution location="Remote">
    <TestTypeSpecific>
      <UnitTestRunConfig testTypeId="13cdc9d9-ddb5-4fa4-a97d-d965ccfc6d4b">
        <AssemblyResolution>
          <TestDirectory useLoadContext="true" />
        </AssemblyResolution>
      </UnitTestRunConfig>
    </TestTypeSpecific>
    <AgentRule name="AllAgentsDefaultRole">
    </AgentRule>
  </Execution>
  <Properties />
</TestSettings>
"@

#write the testsettings file out to disk.
$testsettingsXML | Out-File -FilePath "./remotehack.testsettings" -Encoding utf8

I did a similar thing in a metarunner and it worked just fine. Why not here?

Is it possible the ps script is not executed in the location you would expected without set-location. What if you make it a full path for the -FilePath for a test run and see if the file would appear? — Kai Zhao, Apr 23 '16 at 01:37
Have you tried to invoke this script manually on the same agent under the same user? Does it run successfully? — Alina Mishina, Apr 25 '16 at 12:39

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '16 at 04:20

The issues were three-fold.

Last line of the Powershell should have looked like this:

$testsettingsXML | Out-File -FilePath "remotehack.testsettings" -Encoding utf8
I didn't include remotehack.testsettings/remotehack.testsettings as an Artifact Dependency
I didn't include the Artifact Path "remotehack.testsettings" under General Settings.

A few newbie mistakes.

Teamcity - generate artifact from Powershell

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