Build Event Streams

Bzl acts as a Build Event Stream Backend, so you can point your bazel builds to Bzl and view the build events.

Invoking a Stream

Example:

bazel build //absl/base 
    --bes_backend=grpc://localhost:1080 
    --bes_results_url=http://localhost:8080/stream

INFO: Streaming build results to: http://localhost:8080/stream/d948b5fb-b9da-493b-8b14-a9af2ad076aa
INFO: Analyzed target //absl/base:base (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
[0 / 1] [Prepa] BazelWorkspaceStatusAction stable-status.txt
Target //absl/base:base up-to-date:
  bazel-bin/absl/base/libbase.a
  bazel-bin/absl/base/libbase.so
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.182s, Critical Path: 0.00s
INFO: Build completed successfully, 1 total action
INFO: Streaming build results to: http://localhost:8080/stream/d948b5fb-b9da-493b-8b14-a9af2ad076aa

Viewing

Click on the link at the end of the build to view the invocation details: