I would like to be able to programmatically decide which tool will be installed in an Agent for a Jenkins pipeline.
This is something I have that's working today:
withEnv(["JAVA_HOME=${tool 'OPENJDK11'}",
"PATH+JAVA=${tool 'OPENJDK11'}"]) {
... do stuff ...
}
So I have a global tool OPENJDK11 installed, along with OPENJDK14, and now I would like to change the Groovy script to be able to decide which JDK to install.
So before the part above I have saved the name of the tool in a variable jdkToInstall, how am I able to reference this variable inside the tool directive?
I have tried:
${tool '${jdkToInstall}'} and ${tool '$jdkToInstall'}.
That doesn't expand my variable, so I get an error message saying it can't find the tool "$jdkToInstall".
I also tried with string concatenation, but that ended up with a similar error message with my plus and everything.
It is sufficient to expand (${}) the variable only once. Following works as expected:
withEnv(["JAVA_HOME=${tool jdkToInstall}", "PATH+JAVA=${tool jdkToInstall}"]) {
... do stuff ...
}
Does Jenkins provide a variable when replay is ran? If so what is that? I see in the log that is writes Replayed but I am not looking to scrape the console output.
You can use 'cause' of which has triggered the job, in rawBuild.
def replayClassName = "org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.replay.ReplayCause"
def isReplay = currentBuild.rawBuild.getCauses().any{ cause -> cause.toString().contains(replayClassName) }
*refered from
How to know inside jenkinsfile / script that current build is a replay?
We are in the early phases of using Jenkins DSL. One challenge we have come across is being able to read in an existing jobs plugin settings so that we retain it before running the DSL. This allows us the ability to give the Jenkins users the option to keep some of their settings. We have successfully retained the schedule settings for our jobs but the newest challenge is being able to retain a plugin setting. Specifically a setting in the "ExtendedEmailPublisher" plugin. We would like to retain the value:
In the config.xml file for this job in the ExtendedEmailPublisher tags we see the following:
<publishers>
<hudson.plugins.emailext.ExtendedEmailPublisher>
<recipientList>Our_Team#Our_Team.com</recipientList>
<configuredTriggers>
<hudson.plugins.emailext.plugins.trigger.FailureTrigger>
<email>
<recipientList/>
<subject>$PROJECT_DEFAULT_SUBJECT</subject>
<body>$PROJECT_DEFAULT_CONTENT</body>
<recipientProviders>
<hudson.plugins.emailext.plugins.recipients.ListRecipientProvider/>
</recipientProviders>
<attachmentsPattern/>
<attachBuildLog>false</attachBuildLog>
<compressBuildLog>false</compressBuildLog>
<replyTo>$PROJECT_DEFAULT_REPLYTO</replyTo>
<contentType>project</contentType>
</email>
</hudson.plugins.emailext.plugins.trigger.FailureTrigger>
</configuredTriggers>
<contentType>default</contentType>
<defaultSubject>$DEFAULT_SUBJECT</defaultSubject>
<defaultContent>$DEFAULT_CONTENT</defaultContent>
<attachmentsPattern/>
<presendScript>$DEFAULT_PRESEND_SCRIPT</presendScript>
<classpath/>
<attachBuildLog>false</attachBuildLog>
<compressBuildLog>false</compressBuildLog>
<replyTo>$DEFAULT_REPLYTO</replyTo>
<saveOutput>false</saveOutput>
<disabled>false</disabled>
</hudson.plugins.emailext.ExtendedEmailPublisher>
</publishers>
The value we would like to extract/preserve from this XML is:
<disabled>false</disabled>
We have tried getting the existing values using groovy but cant seem to find the right code. Our first idea was to try to read the value from the config.xml using the XmlSlurper. We ran this from the Jenkins Script Console:
def projectXml = new XmlSlurper().parseText("curl http://Server_Name:8100/job/Job_Name/api/xml".execute().text);
*we use 8100 for our Jenkins port
Unfortunately while this does return some config info it does not return plugin info.
Then, we also tried running the following to read/replace the existing settings:
def oldJob = hudson.model.Hudson.instance.getItem("Job_Name")
def isDisabled = false // Default Value
for(publisher in oldJob.publishersList) {
if (publisher instanceof hudson.plugins.emailext.ExtendedEmailPublisher) {
isDisabled = publisher.disabled
}
}
And while this works if executed from the Jenkins Script Console, when we try to use it in a DSL Job we get the message:
Processing provided DSL script
ERROR: startup failed:
script: 25: unable to resolve class
hudson.plugins.emailext.ExtendedEmailPublisher
# line 25, column 37.
if (publisher instanceof hudson.plugins.emailext.ExtendedEmailPublisher)
{
1 error
Finished: FAILURE
SOLUTION UPDATE:
Using url #aflat's URL suggestion for getting the raw XML config info, I was able to use the XML Slurper and then use the getProperty method to assign the property I wanted to a variable.
def projectXml = new XmlSlurper().parseText("curl http://Server_Name:8100/job/Job_Name/config.xml".execute().text);
def emailDisabled = projectXml.publishers."hudson.plugins.emailext.ExtendedEmailPublisher".getProperty("disabled");
If you want to parse the config.xml, use
def projectXml = new XmlSlurper().parseText("curl http://Server_Name:8100/job/Job_Name/config.xml");
That should return your raw config.xml data
Under "Manage Jenkins->Configure Global Security" did you try disabling "Enable script security for Job DSL scripts"?
When you set up a Jenkins job various test result plugins will show regressions if the latest build is worse than the previous one.
We have many jobs for many projects on our Jenkins and we wanted to avoid having a 'job per branch' set up. So currently we are using a parameterized build to build eg different development branches using a single job.
But that means when I build a new branch any regressions are measured against the previous build, which may be for a different branch. What I really want is to measure regressions in a feature branch against the latest build of the master branch.
I thought we should probably set up a separate 'master' build alongside the parameterized 'branches' build. But I still can't see how I would compare results between jobs. Is there any plugin that can help?
UPDATE
I have started experimenting in the Script Console to see if I could write a post-build script... I have managed to get the latest build of master branch in my parameterized job... I can't work out how to get to the test results from the build object though.
The data I need is available in JSON at
http://<jenkins server>/job/<job name>/<build number>/testReport/api/json?pretty=true
...if I could just get at this data structure it would be great!
I tried using JsonSlurper to load the json via HTTP but I get 403, I guess because my script has no auth session.
I guess I could load the xml test results from disk and parse them in my script, it just seems a bit stupid when Jenkins has already done this.
I eventually managed to achieve everything I wanted, using a Groovy script in the Groovy Postbuild Plugin
I did a lot of exploring using the script console http://<jenkins>/script and also the Jenkins API class docs are handy.
Everyone's use is going to be a bit different as you have to dig down into the build plugins to get the info you need, but here's some bits of my code which may help.
First get the build you want:
def getProject(projectName) {
// in a postbuild action use `manager.hudson`
// in the script web console use `Jenkins.instance`
def project = manager.hudson.getItemByFullName(projectName)
if (!project) {
throw new RuntimeException("Project not found: $projectName")
}
project
}
// CloudBees folder plugin is supported, you can use natural paths:
project = getProject('MyFolder/TestJob')
build = project.getLastCompletedBuild()
The main test results (jUnit etc) seem to be available directly on the build as:
result = build.getTestResultAction()
// eg
failedTestNames = result.getFailedTests().collect{ test ->
test.getFullName()
}
To get the more specialised results from eg Violations plugin or Cobertura code coverage you have to look for a specific build action.
// have a look what's available:
build.getActions()
You'll see a list of stuff like:
[hudson.plugins.git.GitTagAction#2b4b8a1c,
hudson.scm.SCMRevisionState$None#40d6dce2,
hudson.tasks.junit.TestResultAction#39c99826,
jenkins.plugins.show_build_parameters.ShowParametersBuildAction#4291d1a5]
These are instances, the part in front of the # sign is the class name so I used that to make this method for getting a specific action:
def final VIOLATIONS_ACTION = hudson.plugins.violations.ViolationsBuildAction
def final COVERAGE_ACTION = hudson.plugins.cobertura.CoberturaBuildAction
def getAction(build, actionCls) {
def action = build.getActions().findResult { act ->
actionCls.isInstance(act) ? act : null
}
if (!action) {
throw new RuntimeException("Action not found in ${build.getFullDisplayName()}: ${actionCls.getSimpleName()}")
}
action
}
violations = getAction(build, VIOLATIONS_ACTION)
// you have to explore a bit more to find what you're interested in:
pylint_count = violations?.getReport()?.getViolations()?."pylint"
coverage = getAction(build, COVERAGE_ACTION)?.getResults()
// if you println it looks like a map but it's really an Enum of Ratio objects
// convert to something nicer to work with:
coverage_map = coverage.collectEntries { key, val -> [key.name(), val.getPercentageFloat()] }
With these building blocks I was able to put together a post-build script which compared the results for two 'unrelated' build jobs, then using the Groovy Postbuild plugin's helper methods to set the build status.
Hope this helps someone else.
How can I get build time stamp of the latest build from Jenkins?
I want to insert this value in the Email subject in post build actions.
Build Timestamp Plugin will be the Best Answer to get the TIMESTAMPS in the Build process.
Follow the below Simple steps to get the "BUILD_TIMESTAMP" variable enabled.
STEP 1:
Manage Jenkins -> Plugin Manager -> Installed...
Search for "Build Timestamp Plugin".
Install with or without Restart.
STEP 2:
Manage Jenkins -> Configure System.
Search for 'Build Timestamp' section, then Enable the CHECKBOX.
Select the TIMEZONE, TIME format you want to setup with..Save the Page.
USAGE:
When Configuring the Build with ANT or MAVEN,
Please declare a Global variable as,
E.G. btime=${BUILD_TIMESTAMP}
(use this in your Properties box in ANT or MAVEN Build Section)
use 'btime' in your Code to any String Variables etc..
NOTE: This changed in Jenkins 1.597, Please see here for more info regarding the migration
You should be able to view all the global environment variables that are available during the build by navigating to https://<your-jenkins>/env-vars.html.
Replace https://<your-jenkins>/ with the URL you use to get to Jenkins webpage (for example, it could be http://localhost:8080/env-vars.html).
One of the environment variables is :
BUILD_ID
The current build id, such as "2005-08-22_23-59-59" (YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss)
If you use jenkins editable email notification, you should be able to use ${ENV, var="BUILD_ID"} in the subject line of your email.
One way this can be done is using shell script in global environment section, here, I am using UNIX timestamp but you can use any shell script syntax compatible time format:
pipeline {
agent any
environment {
def BUILDVERSION = sh(script: "echo `date +%s`", returnStdout: true).trim()
}
stages {
stage("Awesome Stage") {
steps {
echo "Current build version :: $BUILDVERSION"
}
}
}
}
Try use Build Timestamp Plugin and use BUILD_TIMESTAMP variable.
Generate environment variables from script (Unix script) :
echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date +%F-%T)"
I know its late replying to this question, but I have recently found a better solution to this problem without installing any plugin. We can create a formatted version number and can then use the variable created to display the build date/time.
Steps to create: Build Environment --> Create a formatted version number:
Environment Variable Name: BUILD_DATE
Version Number Format String: ${BUILD_DATE_FORMATTED}
thats it. Just use the variable created above in the email subject line as ${ENV, var="BUILD_DATE"} and you will get the date/time of the current build.
You can use the Jenkins object to fetch the start time directly
Jenkins.getInstance().getItemByFullName(<your_job_name>).getBuildByNumber(<your_build_number>).getTime()
also answered it here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/63074829/1968948
BUILD_ID used to provide this information but they changed it to provide the Build Number since Jenkins 1.597. Refer this for more information.
You can achieve this using the Build Time Stamp plugin as pointed out in the other answers.
However, if you are not allowed or not willing to use a plugin, follow the below method:
def BUILD_TIMESTAMP = null
withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'JenkinsCredentials', passwordVariable: 'JENKINS_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'JENKINS_USERNAME')]) {
sh(script: "curl https://${JENKINS_USERNAME}:${JENKINS_PASSWORD}#<JENKINS_URL>/job/<JOB_NAME>/lastBuild/buildTimestamp", returnStdout: true).trim();
}
println BUILD_TIMESTAMP
This might seem a bit of overkill but manages to get the job done.
The credentials for accessing your Jenkins should be added and the id needs to be passed in the withCredentials statement, in place of 'JenkinsCredentials'. Feel free to omit that step if your Jenkins doesn't use authentication.
This answer below shows another method using "regexp feature of the Description Setter Plugin" which solved my problem as I could not install new plugins on Jenkins due to permission issues:
Use build timestamp in setting build description Jenkins
If you want add a timestamp to every request from browser to jenkins server.
You can refer to the jenkins crumb issuer mechanism, and you can hack the /scripts/hudson-behavior.js add modify here. so it will transform a timestamp to server.
/**
* Puts a hidden input field to the form so that the form submission will have the crumb value
*/
appendToForm : function(form) {
// add here. ..... you code
if(this.fieldName==null) return; // noop
var div = document.createElement("div");
div.innerHTML = "<input type=hidden name='"+this.fieldName+"' value='"+this.value+"'>";
form.appendChild(div);
}