Bitbucket

Buildkite integrates with Bitbucket to provide automated builds based on your source control. You can run a build every time you push code to Bitbucket, and pull requests can have their build status live-updated as builds progress.

This guide shows you how to set up your Bitbucket builds with Buildkite.

Set up the Bitbucket webhook

Once you’ve created a pipeline in Buildkite and copied in your bitbucket.org’s repository URL, Buildkite shows you setup instructions for configuring your Bitbucket webhooks.

You can also find these instructions by following the Bitbucket Setup Instructions link on your Buildkite pipeline’s Settings page:

The setup instructions give you:

• A direct link to your Bitbucket repository’s Webhooks settings
• Instructions
• A custom webhook URL for the pipeline

Once you’ve followed the link you can add a new webhook:

After filling out the webhook details using the instructions from your Buildkite pipeline settings, select Save, and you’re ready to trigger a build.

Enable commit status updates

If you want your Bitbucket pull request’s build status icons to update as builds progress, you need to connect your Bitbucket account with Buildkite. You only need to do this once, and if you don't need build status updates you can skip this step altogether.

To connect your Bitbucket account:

1. Open Buildkite’s Personal Settings.
2. Choose Connected Apps.
3. Select Connect next to Bitbucket.

Buildkite prompts you to give permission for Buildkite to post status updates, then redirects back to your Connected Apps page.

Branch configuration and settings

You can edit the version control provider settings for each pipeline from the pipeline’s settings page. Go to Pipelines > Pipeline Menu > Pipeline Settings > <Provider>.

If you need more control over your pipeline configuration, add a pipeline.yml to your repository. Then you can use conditionals and branch filtering to configure your pipeline.

Mercurial support

Buildkite Agent’s default source control tool is Git, and doesn’t support Mercurial out of the box. If you want to use Buildkite with a Bitbucket Mercurial repository, you must supply your own Mercurial checkout code using a checkout hook.

Using one repository in multiple pipelines and organizations

If you want to use the same repository in multiple pipelines (including pipelines in different Buildkite organizations), you need to configure a separate webhook for each pipeline. Follow the webhook setup instructions in the Buildkite UI. Buildkite shows you these instructions when you create the pipeline, but you can also find them in Pipeline Settings > <Provider> > <Provider> Setup Instructions.

Build skipping

You may not always want to rebuild on every commit, or branch. You can configure Buildkite to ignore individual commits or branches, or to skip builds under certain conditions.