Creating Environment variables in Jenkins - jenkins

I am trying to create a custom Environment variables in Jenkins by doing this
List of key-value pairs
Name: Build_Date
Value: Date()
The value part is not resolving to a date - any ideas?
Here is where I am trying to config the above
Thanks

I confirm that you can use the EnvInject plugin with a Groovy script:
Here is the Groovy script:
// Generate a global BUILD_ID_LONG variable with date and time
// =======================================
TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone('UTC'))
def now = new Date()
def map = [BUILD_ID_LONG: now.format("yyyyMMdd_HHmm")]
return map
Next, you can use the ${BUILD_ID_LONG} variable in your build steps.

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jenkinsfile - how to concatenate two variables in a stage

In the jenkinsfile I have started using environment context in one of the stage and now there is a requirement to concatenate with one static value which is 'grafana-' with the variable declared in the Jenkins configuration and assign the output to a new variable.
CLUSTER_NAME is the key/variable and value is TEST under jenkins > configuration
Tried different ways but couldn't get value for variable CLUSTER_NAME
environment {
def INSTANCE_NAME='grafana-${env.CLUSTER_NAME}'
}
Use doudble quotes instead of single quotes.
environment {
def INSTANCE_NAME = "grafana-${env.CLUSTER_NAME}"
}

Jenkins - use def Variable in multiple stages

I have a Jenkins variable BUILDVERSION_DATE in stage which is calculated and formatted correctly. Everything works perfectly.
script {
def now = new Date();
def inOneHour = new Date(now.getTime() + 1 * 3600 * 1000);
println inOneHour.format("yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss", TimeZone.getTimeZone('UTC'))
def BUILDVERSION_DATE=inOneHour.format("yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss", TimeZone.getTimeZone('UTC'))
}
Now I would like to use this calculated variable in multiple stages (without code repetition).
I have tried to put this code into environment {...} section but it fails.
If it was static variable I know I can define it in environment segment.
But how this calculated variable be defined and used in multiple stages?
Thanks!
If you want to add this value to an environment variable named BUILDVERSION_DATE, then you can assign it to the env object intrinsic to Jenkins Pipeline:
env.BUILDVERSION_DATE=inOneHour.format("yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss", TimeZone.getTimeZone('UTC'))

trigger parameterized build with groovy variable

I have an Jenkins Freestyle job with an system groovy script in the Build area. After executing the script I want to trigger a pipeline job. The pipeline job needs a variable who gets defined inside my groovy scipt.
if(condition1){
var = 'String1'
}else{
var = 'String2'
}
But I need to get acces to my variable var at the "post-build-action" step at the "Trigger parameterized build on other projects" option to trigger my pipeline with var as parameter. Is this possible?
Yes, it is possible. You can simply write your variables as key-value pairs in a property file and load it in your post-build-action by specifying Parameters from properties file.
You can save your property file like this
def fw = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream("params.properties",true), 'UTF-8')
def props = new Properties()
props.setProperty('TESTPARAM', var)
props.store(fileWriter, null)
fw.close()
I solved my problem the following way:
Before building I define a parameter to use the parameterized trigger plugin. Inside my system groovy script I override it with
def newMailParameter = new StringParameterValue('MAIL_PARAM', mailsFromWS)
build.replaceAction(new ParametersAction(newMailParameter))
Now I can trigger the next job and use my parameter MAIL_PARAM inside of it.

Jenkins: How to access parameters in a parameterized job

I have a parameterized build like below:
then i've create a groovy script to create a variable URL_TOMCAT where its value depends on the TARGET_TOMCAT parameter:
Even after this update i got the same error
import hudson.model.*
def target = build.buildVariableResolver.resolve("TARGET_TOMCAT")
def URL_TOMCAT = ""
switch(target ) {
case "tomcat1": URL_TOMCAT= "http://localhost:8080/manager/text"
break
case "tomcat2": URL_TOMCAT = "http://localhost:8089/manager/text"
break
}
Then i want to get The URL_TOMCAT value and adjust the maven build step as shown:
But i got this error :
Has any on an idea how to fix this error?
In your groovy script you need to make an API call to get the value of the parameter from Jenkins into your workspace.
Import hudson.model
def targetTomcat = build.buildVariableResolver.resolve("TARGET_TOMCAT")
def URL_TOMCAT = ""
switch(targetTomcat) {
case "tomcat1": URL_TOMCAT = "http://localhost:8080/manager/text"
break
case "tomcat2": URL_TOMCAT = "http://localhost:8089/manager/text"
break
}
I want to point out that the URL_TOMCAT variable won't be available to any other buildsteps, it's scoped to just the groovy build step. If you want to expose your URL_TOMCAT variable to the rest of the build you'll need to expose it to the build environment somehow. I normally do this by writing the value to a file as a key value pair and using the EnvInject Plugin
You can write it to a file in groovy like so:
def workspace = build.buildVariableResolver.resolve("WORKSPACE")
new File("${workspace}\\Environment.Variables").write("URL_TOMCAT=${URL_TOMCAT}")
If you don't want to write it to the jobs workspace you can skip grabbing that value and just code a specific path.
After your groovy build step add an Envinject build step and enter the path to the file containing the key value pair in the Properties File Path field. You should be able to reference URL_TOMCAT like any other environment variable in the rest of the build. Continuing with the about path I would use ${WORKSPACE}\Environment.Variables as the path.

Way to change Jenkins' project variable value with script

Is there a way to change project variable values in Jenkins automatically when build is done?
In my case i got a variable VERSION, default value is 1. And i need to increment this default value every build done. Assuming build stars by cron in this case. Any plugins can help me?
Now i have something like this: My build steps.
It is a single working way to get project variable in my groovy script that i found. Now how can i set new value for variable?
I read some similar question on SO, but didn't found a working way for me.
P.S. I can't use $BUILD_NUMBER var, because i need a possibility to set VERSION manually when i start build.
First, of all, install the plugins Global Variable String Parameter Plugin and Groovy Postbuild Plugin. Under Manage Jenkins -> Configure System you should now have a part, called Global Properties. There you add a new variable. In my tests, I called it SOME_VER.
At your job, you now add a Groovy postbuild part with this code adjusted to your variable:
import jenkins.*;
import jenkins.model.*;
import hudson.*;
import hudson.model.*;
import java.lang.*;
instance = Jenkins.getInstance();
globalNodeProperties = instance.getGlobalNodeProperties();
envVarsNodePropertyList = globalNodeProperties.getAll(hudson.slaves.EnvironmentVariablesNodeProperty.class);
envVars = null
if (envVarsNodePropertyList != null && envVarsNodePropertyList.size() > 0)
{
envVars = envVarsNodePropertyList.get(0).getEnvVars()
String value = envVars.get("SOME_VER", "0")
int NEW_VER = Integer.parseInt(value)
NEW_VER = NEW_VER + 1
envVars.override("SOME_VER", NEW_VER.toString());
}
instance.save()
Parts of this code are taken from here. This code does nothing else than retrieving the value of the global variable, change it and save the new value of the variable.

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