I have Job on Jenkins ver. 1.500 with build ID parameterized.
I want to use this parameterized value in the subject line of section "Post-build Actions".
If I try to access using $ID or ${ID} its printing it as plane string "$ID"[without value substitution]. I am aware of environmental variable $BUILD_NUMBER, which is giving the current job #number.
Can someone share, how to achieve this simple task of reading build number?
$PROJECT_NAME - Job # $ID built at $BUILD_ID - $BUILD_STATUS!
--Thanks,Prashant
It sounds like you are talking about Editable Email Notification post-build action. It has it's own way of referencing variables.
Variables that are available within the plugin, can be referenced directly as ${VARIABLE}, in both the body of the email and the subject line. For a list of available variables, click on the ? icon for on-page help.
However to access other environmental variables, including the parameters used by the build, you have to use the format ${ENV, var="VARIABLE"}, so in your case, it would be ${ENV, var="ID"}
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In Jenkins parameterized project, is there a way to receive the variable in different name?
for e.g:
JOB_A:
sends parameter FOO='myfoo' when it calls JOB_B
JOB_B:
Is there a way to receive it on different name, say 'BAR', so it will be BAR='myfoo', I know this can be done with BAR=$FOO in Build/Execute shell, I am here to find if there is any option to do this in General/This project is parameterized section.
On JOB_A, in 'Trigger/call builds on other progects' find 'Predefined Parameters' from 'Add Parameters' drop-down. You just want to put this:
BAR=${FOO}
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I have a parameterized project. With the variable VAR1.
I'm using the the Xray for JIRA Jenkins Plugin for Jenkins. There you can fill four parameters:
JIRA Instance
Issues
Filter
File Path
I'm new to Jenkins but what I have learned so far, that you can't fill this fields with environment variables. Something like
Issues: ${VAR1} - doesn't work.
So I thought I can do this with a pipeline. When I click on Pipeline Syntax and chose step: General Build Step I can choose Xray: Cucumber Features Export Task. Then I fill the fields with my environment variable and click Generate Pipeline Script The output is as follows:
step <object of type com.xpandit.plugins.xrayjenkins.task.XrayExportBuilder>
That doesn't work. What I'm doing wrong?
All you're doing is OK, but what you want is not supported by Jenkins whether it is pipeline or not, since the parameters' load is happening prior to the pipeline-flow or the definition of the ${VAR1}.
You can try to overcome this by defining the 'Issues' value as a pipeline internal value instead of a parameter and base it on the ${VAR1} value.
If it must be a parameter, use 2 jobs where one defines the value of 'Issues' based on a the ${VAR1} and pass it to the other job that gets the 'Issues' as a fixed value.
I have a Jenkins parameterized build. I tick the "this build is parameterized" and I set a "Choice" environment name to be "ENVIRONMENT" and then as choices I define human readable names such as "Test env1", "Test env2", etc. However I want these keys to actually contain different values, for example "Test env1" key would container a file path as its value. How can this be done?
I have managed to get the keys/values with a dropdown select parameter working with the Active Choices Plugin, the answer was actually buried in the comments on the plugin page itself.
You simply need to use a map rather than a list when writing your groovy script to define the dropdown options. The map key is what the parameter will be set to if the user selects this option. The map value is what will be actually displayed to the user (i.e something human readable) in the dropdown list.
Here are the steps.
Ensure you have the Active Choices Plugin installed.
Open the configuration of your Jenkins job, select This project is parameterised.
Click Add Parameter and select Active Choices Parameter.
Name your parameter ENVIRONMENT and click the Groovy Script check box.
In Groovy Script enter content: return ['env1 file path value':'Test env1', 'env2 file path value':'Test env2'] For this example the user will see a dropdown with 2 options: Test env1 and Test env2. The keys: env1 file path value and env2 file path value are what the Jenkins build parameter will be set to if the option is selected. Modify these as necessary.
In this case ENVIRONMENT is the key and "Test env1", "Test env2", etc. are the possible values. Choice parameter is to restrict the possible inputs.
Based on the value of %ENVIRONMENT% you can execute multiple pathways in your batch scripts or whichever scripts you are executing
I am using an Environment Variable so that that it can be modified and Recipient List will consume that environment variable.
So this value is passed as a build parameter:
Followed to that I am modifying it. Just as an example:
Now I am accessing this value in the recipient list:
Unfortunately Jenkins is not able to get this new value. It is using the old value. How this behavior can be fixed?
We need to use the EnvInject Plugin. One of the features is a build step that allows you to "inject" parameters into the build job from a settings file.
Create a property for the email list in the env.properties file:
echo "email_list=`dummy#test.com`"> env.properties
It will create the properties file in the job workspace directory.
env.properties
In Recipient list access this variable using the following:
"$email_list"
I have Jenkins job that has execute shell part in which I have some variable
BUILD that is dynamically populated.
After build execution, I want to pass this variable to email-ext plugin Default Content to able to show it's value.
I've tried couple of ways without a success:
Passing this ${BUILD} value in Default Content is not recognized (Only Jenkins environment variables are visible in this context)
Defined new Jenkins global environment variable and tried to overwrite its initial value in shell context which apparently is not possible
Any idea on how to do this?
In my case, I'm not the administrator, then I can't install plugins. But can be done with a workaround.
In Content Token Reference help you can found an useful tool.
${PROPFILE,file="FILENAME",property="PROPERTYNAME"}
Expands to the value of a property in a property file. The filename is
relative to the build workspace root.
Then save values in a property file inside Build > Execute Shell:
rm -f ${WORKSPACE}/env.properties
touch ${WORKSPACE}/env.properties
store="/opt/current/store"
echo "store.folder=${store}" >> ${WORKSPACE}/env.properties
echo "${store}"
And read it from Post-build Actions > Editable Email Notification with:
${PROPFILE,file="env.properties",property="store.folder"}
Simple and easy:
In your "Execute Shell"
echo "test log" > /some/file/path/logFile.txt
Then in your "Editable Email Notification-Default Content"
${FILE,path="/some/file/path/logFile.txt"}
Build and you will receive a email with content "test log"
To see more email tokens, you can click the question mark beside "Content Token Reference" in "Editable Email Notification" section.
Use EnvInject Plugin to read the variable from a file, after you write that file in the "shell part".
In general, environment variables never go from child process back to parent process, this is basic feature of both Windows and Unix operating system families. Child always gets a copy of parent's environment, and if it modifies it, it modifies it's own copy (which is then copied to any child process if it launches any, etc). But to get changes back, some other method must be used, such as child writing desired changes to a file, which is then parsed by parent, which can then edit it's own environment based on it.
You can pass build parameters to email ext plugin by using:
${ENV,var="CAPITALIZED:VAR_NAME"}
In that way i see the variable value in the received mail.