Integrating vcpkg under system user with TeamCity

[naimkingston]

• Machine: Windows 10 (running as a TeamCity build agent under the system user)
• Running vcpkg in manifest mode
• Build system: msbuild

I've successfully gotten vcpkg running (with builds working) on my dev machine using the standard instructions (clone git, build vcpkg.exe, run vcpkg integrate install), and now I'm trying to get it running under a TeamCity build agent, which is running under the system user.

The issue is that when I remote into the build agent and install vcpkg and run vcpkg integrate install, the files (vcpkg.path.txt, vcpkg.user.props and vcpkg.user.targets) are added to the %localappdata%\vcpkg folder under the logged in user (i.e. me), but since the TeamCity build agent is running as the system user, these files aren't created in an appropriate location for an msbuild instance running under the build agent to find.

I tried a suggestion to create a VCPKG_ROOT system environment variable, but that didn't seem to do anything.

The only other suggestion I've seen is to manually add the vcpkg.user.props and vcpkg.user.targets file to each *.vcxproj file and hardcode the path to the vcpkg folder ...

Am I missing something? Is there no other way to get integration for an agent running under the system user?

[naimkingston]

I also read something about creating a new user account for TeamCity to use instead of running it on the system account ... which I guess means that vcpkg integrate install would work.

[dg0yt]

There are known issues with running vcpkg as the system user, #35638.
(I still believe in #35638 (comment))