Currently I can start a Jenkins job using the cli.
Example:
java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://buildserver:8080 build Job_Name
I am playing around with the Jenkins multibranch pipeline feature and have not figured out how to start this type of job using the above command.
Any ideas how I can start a pipeline build via above cli?
On a multibranch pipeline, the job name is made of both the project name and the branch because a job is actually a build on one branch, you can see the global pipeline as just a container.
In the end, if your pipeline configuration is named your-project and you want to launch the job for the newfeature branch, you should do :
java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://buildserver:8080 build your-project/newfeature
Also, the full project name is shown by Jenkins as shown above :
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I have started recently using Jenkins in windows 10. I have a freestyle job that sync from the SCM, build a C++ solution and then it runs a batch script to upload to steam. I am trying to convert it to pipeline as I realized reading the documentation how much more powerful it is. My problem is that on the step to run the .bat file it gets stuck forever, this is the step:
...
Stage('batch script'){
steps{
bat 'start C:/Users/User/.jenkins/workspace/Project/Steam Build Scripts/scripts/build_dev.bat'
}
}
...
and this is the simple .bat file:
"C:\Users\User\.jenkins\workspace\Project\Steam Build Scripts\builder\steamcmd.exe" +login "someUser" "somePassword" +run_app_build "C:\Users\User\.jenkins\workspace\Project\Steam Build Scripts\scripts\app-build-813780-dev.vdf" +quit
running the same file from the freestyle job works fine like this:
I found out the way in case somebody has the same issue, due to the path containing spaces it has to be called like this:
bat ('call "C:/Users/User/.jenkins/workspace/Project/Steam Build Scripts/scripts/build_dev.bat"');
I am changing my Freestyle Jenkins job configuration to Pipeline. I need to Invoke Nant to build a .net application. How is it performed using jenkins file?
Well, in groovy script you can use bat function to execute cmd command. So you can type something like bat '<path_to_nant> <nant_parameters>'
I want to checkout a git repo and then run its build so I tried:
sh "git clone --depth 1 -b master git#github.com:user/repo.git"
build './repo'
but that yields:
ERROR: No item named ./repo found
I've tried to use dir('repo') but apparently that errors when you run it from within docker (because kubernetes is stuck on an old version of docker that doesnt support this).
Any idea on how to run the build pipeline from the checked out repo?
The 'build' pipeline steps expect a job name, not a pipeline folder with a Jenkinsfile in its root folder.
The correct way to do this is to set the pipeline job with the Jenkinsfile, as described here ('In SCM' section), and call it by its Job name from your pipeline.
Pipelines are not built for chaining unless you use shared libraries where you put the Pipeline code in a Groovy class or as a step, but that it is a subject for a full article.
How do we configure running groovy scripts on slave nodes? am able to get groovy installation from manage jenkins section, but the scripts fail to run.
I am having a job with execute groovy steps and this job is supposed to run on "slave" nodes.
The System groovy option wont fit since it runs on master and the execute groovy on job configured to run on slave fails with error
/workspace/hudson5188055044238549912.groovy: 2: unable to resolve class jenkins.model.Jenkins
# line 2, column 1.
import jenkins.model.Jenkins
Seems the jars are not picked during run. Is there easy way to setup or which jenkins and groovy jars are required??
On the job configuration page there should be a drop down beside "Groovy Version" under the "Execute Groovy Script" block. You need to select the name of the groovy install that is on master. Jenkins will grab the necessary files from master.
I'm new to Jenkins. I have a requirement where I need to run part of a job on the Master node and the rest on a slave node.
I tried searching on forums but couldn't find anything related to that. Is it possible to do this?
If not, I'll have to break it into two separate jobs.
EDIT
Basically I have a job that checks out source code from svn, then compiles and builds jar files. After that it's building a wise installer for this application. I'd like to do source code checkout and compilation on the master(Linux) and delegate Wise Installer setup to a Windows slave.
It's definitely easier to do this with two separate jobs; you can make the master job trigger the slave job (or vice versa).
If you publish the files that need to be bundled into the installer as build artifacts from the master build, you can pull them onto the slave via a Jenkins URL and create the installer. Use the "Archive artifacts" post build step in the master build to do this.
The Pipeline Plugin allows you to write jobs that run on multiple slave nodes. You don't even have to go create other separate jobs in Jenkins -- just write another node statement in the Pipeline script and that block will just run on an assigned node. You can specify labels if you want to restrict the type of node it runs on.
For example, this Pipeline script will execute parts of it on two different nodes:
node('linux') {
git url: 'https://github.com/jglick/simple-maven-project-with-tests.git'
sh "make"
step([$class: 'ArtifactArchiver', artifacts: 'build/program', fingerprint: true])
}
node('windows && amd64') {
git url: 'https://github.com/jglick/simple-maven-project-with-tests.git'
sh "mytest.exe"
}
Some more information at the Pipeline plugin tutorial. (Note that it was previously called the Workflow Plugin.)
You can use the Multijob plugin which adds an the idea of a build phase which runs other jobs in parallel as a build step. You can still continue to use the regular freestyle job build and post build options as well