I am switching from the github pull request builder plugin (for security reasons) and am trying to get the same functionality from Pipelines (using different plugin). I think I have just about everything, however I can't seem to find a way to re-trigger a build simply by a trigger phrase like in github pull request builder plugin. Is that possible via pipelines?
By trigger phrase, I mean that a user can make a comment on the PR saying "Jenkins re-test" and it will kick off the build again.
You can put a condition at the top of the build script to check for the message. You can access the changesets using currentBuild.ChangeSets. The last changeset is at the end of the array. Then you need to access the last element of that changeset. Finally you can access the message via message property. You can then search for your keyword.
I am doing the opposite (not triggering the build with a phrase) but never tried for pullrequests though.
Another idea is to use the "ignore builds with specific message" property and setting this message to be a regex with look ahead that accepts everything except the keyword. I don't really recall the syntax though :/
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I want to move an issue to the deployed stage (transition) when the gitlab pipeline of a merge request has finished. Is that even possible?
My Idea so far:
The pipeline is related to that specific issue by both the branch name (see 1.) of the merge request and also the message of that merge request like so "Finish PV-1234".
I can parse the issue key from the branch name.
I can call a server to run a script making the Jira api call.
If you directly want to close the issu, look into the gitlab jira integration docs - therefore you have to add a description to your MR, to tell the integration to close the issue, as soon as the MR was merged.
If you want more control, write yourself a simple script, that first gets the ids of the available transition (You can get them via /rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/transitions see here) and after that posts the transition you want (You can do that by posting on the same endpoint, as the get command mentioned before see here).
Sad that the jira integration doesn't provide more issue-movement than jsut closing issues...
Jenkins is used to poll SCM (SVN) using SVN plugin, then build using Ant/Maven/Gradle
In Post Build Actions, I`ve chosen Editable Email Notification, and under section of Triggers chose Always
And in Content section I have set the following tags (as is):
$PROJECT_DEFAULT_CONTENT
$CAUSE
$BUILD_LOG_REGEX
$CHANGES
Unfortunately it does not do what I want. First two is fine, but last two, I need them to send errors and warnings (only, not all the log), and what changes and in what particular files were made since last build.
Thank you.
Ok, no one answered, but I find solution for changes on my own:
${CHANGES, showPaths=true, format="%a: %r %p \n--\"%m\"", pathFormat="\n\t- %p"}
As for $BUILD_LOG_REGEX, now when I know format, I`ll find solution too some time later.
We are using Jenkins with Pipeline Jobs and of course the awesome Jenkinsfile.
Twice now a developer accidentally clicked on the build button, which ended up causing a bit of chaos. I am trying to figure out if it is possible to have something like a popup that asks "Do you really want to start this build?".
Any ideas on this user related issue are welcome.
Have a look at the article Controlling the Flow with Stage, Lock, and Milestone in the Jenkins blog, which covers a bit more than only asking for confirmation.
Essentially, there is the input step, which requires user input to continue pipeline execution.
The problem with the input step as suggested by StephenKing is that you won't be able to run the build automatically anymore as it will always ask for the user to confirm the input step manually. This prevents "automatic builds" triggered e.g. by webhooks or CRON jobs.
One workaround is to have a timeout and the build is triggered if the timeout is over. Like that, a user can at least abort an unintended build. But this leads to significantly longer build times.
What we did in my old company was, that we created a so called "parametrized" build, which had a simple checkbox "Do you really want to build this job" that resulted in a flag REALLY_BUILD as an environment variable. You can then ask for ${REALLY_BUILD}==1 in the Jenkinsfile. Every time a developer triggers a build, he has to check the box, otherwise the build will not start / immediately stop.
When you trigger your job via a webhook, you can pass a parameter REALLY_BUILD as an URL parameter (see this comment in the Jenkins tracker) and access it in the Jenkinsfile as before.
Here is another resource for how to use parameters in Pipelines.
Is there a way to get the hudson job initiated user name.
Is it possible to get using script shell, py etc.
Lets assume I have the build # which was initiated. I know how to get the latest build info using api but would like to get a user details for a specific job.
Do you think, this will work for hudson? :)
https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Build+User+Vars+Plugin
Thanks in advance
That plugin will not work with Hudson, unless you download a very old version of the plugin. I'm not sure how many people are still using Hudson and haven't upgraded to Jenkins.
Anyway, when a user manually triggers a build, this is called a "user cause"; there are other types of cause, e.g. SCM trigger.
You can use the JSON or XML API to get the causes for a build, for example:
https://ci.jenkins-ci.org/job/remoting/lastSuccessfulBuild/api/xml?xpath=//action/cause/userId
In this case, this returns the username that caused the build to run.
Though note that there may be multiple causes for a build, and potentially other cause types that use the userId field.
This works in Jenkins, but it should also work in Hudson, but I haven't tested it.
I would like to persist the status page of a Jenkins build job's build (the one which contains commits as well as why the build was triggered).
This should happen in order to get a changelog file.
How am I able to do this?
For being a bit more precise, I would like to persist the content which is shown from
<jenkins-build-server-address>/job/<job-identifier>/<build-number>/api/json?pretty=true
as a file. A separate buildstep inside the buildjob which takes care of this, would be perfect!
If I'm understanding your question correctly, this earlier StackOverflow question "Jenkins: how to save changelog for build" may have the answer.