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Remote Execution Overview

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This page covers the benefits, requirements, and options for running Bazel with remote execution.

By default, Bazel executes builds and tests on your local machine. Remote execution of a Bazel build allows you to distribute build and test actions across multiple machines, such as a datacenter.

Remote execution provides the following benefits:

• Faster build and test execution through scaling of nodes available for parallel actions
• A consistent execution environment for a development team
• Reuse of build outputs across a development team

Bazel uses an open-source gRPC protocol{: .external} to allow for remote execution and remote caching.

For a list of commercially supported remote execution services as well as self-service tools, see Remote Execution Services{: .external}

Requirements {:#requirements}

Remote execution of Bazel builds imposes a set of mandatory configuration constraints on the build. For more information, see Adapting Bazel Rules for Remote Execution.