Jenkins / How to deploy with one click - jenkins

Question

I am working on a project with git and jenkins (pipeline).
I want to build the project at every commit but only deploy it when the chief wants.
So I would like to have like, two pipelines, one that run at every commit and only build / test and one that I can run by clicking on a button labelled "click me to deploy" that do the job.
Do I must create 2 jenkins jobs or is there a plugin or a way to do this with 1 job.
I have searched but I found nothing about this.

Answer 1

You can achieve with 1job using Input Step (Pipeline). As part of your pipeline, after the build and test execution, add input step (Wait for Interactive input) and then add the deployment related stages.
So for each check-in, Jenkins build will trigger. But it will complete only build and test stages after that it will wait for chief approval to proceed for deployment.
reference: https://jenkins.io/doc/pipeline/steps/pipeline-input-step

Answer 2

This is an example on how to build a pipeline that builds, waits for input, and deploys when input is yes. If input timeout is exceeded then the job will exit. If one does not need the timeout then it can be ommited and the pipeline will wait indefinately without consuming an executor (note the agent annotation in the top pipeline and in each stage)
pipeline {
agent none
stages {
stage('Build') {
agent { label 'master' }
steps {
sh 'build something'
}
}
stage('Production deploy confirmation') {
options {
timeout(time: 60, unit: 'SECONDS')
}
input {
message "Deploy to production?"
ok "Yes"
}
steps {
echo 'Confirmed production deploy'
}
}
stage('Deploy Production') {
stage('internal') {
agent { label 'master' }
steps {
sh 'deploy something'
}
}
}
}
}

Answer 3

Try a parametrized Job with a Boolean parameter and two separate stages for Build and Deploy:
pipeline{
parameters {
booleanParam(name: 'deploy_param', defaultValue: false, description: 'Check if want to deploy')
}
stages{
stage("Build"){
steps{
// build steps
}
}
stage("Deploy"){
when {
environment name: 'deploy_param', value: 'true'
}
steps{
// deploy steps
}
}
}
}
In this way yo can have a CI build with "Deploy" stage turned off, as the deploy_param is set to false by default. And also a manual build ("when the chief wants") with "Deploy" stage turned on by manually setting the deploy_param to true.