Abstract: System and method for generating meta-data for a product is disclosed. An artifact repository stores first artifacts for building the product. The artifact repository stores first meta-data for one or more of the artifacts in the repository. A build manager builds second artifacts for the product from source code and one or more of the first artifacts based on information in a project script. The build manager is adapted to combine the first meta-data for each of the one or more of the first artifacts used to build the second artifact to form second meta-data for each of the second artifacts.

Abstract: System and method for forming a cloud appliance. The system includes a management server, an artifact repository, a continuous integration server, and build managers. The management server includes source code and a project script for forming the cloud appliance. The artifact repository stores artifacts required to build the cloud appliance and artifacts that comprise the built cloud appliance. The continuous integration server manages a build process, unit test process, and deployment process based on the project script. The build managers build the source code for customizing the virtual machine and store the built source code as the second artifacts in the artifact repository. The continuous integration server instantiates the virtual machine from template and customizes the virtual machine to form a customized virtual machine using the artifacts specified in the project script, a customization process for each of the artifacts based on a type of the artifact.

Abstract: System and method for version string generation for artifacts in a repository is disclosed. A first source code management server manages first source code versions in a first repository and assigns a first source code version string to each first source code version. A first artifact repository comprises a first artifact built based on one of the first source code versions. A product manager generates a first artifact version string for the first artifact based on the first source code version string of the first source code version used to build the first artifact.

Abstract: System and method for generating meta-data for a product is disclosed. An artifact repository stores first artifacts for building the product. The artifact repository stores first meta-data for one or more of the artifacts in the repository. A build manager builds second artifacts for the product from source code and one or more of the first artifacts based on information in a project script. The build manager is adapted to combine the first meta-data for each of the one or more of the first artifacts used to build the second artifact to form second meta-data for each of the second artifacts.

Abstract: System and method for forming a cloud appliance. The system includes a management server, an artifact repository, a continuous integration server, and build managers. The management server includes source code and a project script for forming the cloud appliance. The artifact repository stores artifacts required to build the cloud appliance and artifacts that comprise the built cloud appliance. The continuous integration server manages a build process, unit test process, and deployment process based on the project script. The build managers build the source code for customizing the virtual machine and store the built source code as the second artifacts in the artifact repository. The continuous integration server instantiates the virtual machine from template and customizes the virtual machine to form a customized virtual machine using the artifacts specified in the project script, a customization process for each of the artifacts based on a type of the artifact.