I need to add a same boolean parameter ( from "Add Parameter" drop-down menu) to 100 existing jobs.
What is a better way to do it?
Thanks
This is a job for Jenkins job-dsl https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Job+DSL+Plugin
This exposes the job structure to an API which can be used to modify the configuration. This is run as a separate Jenkins build step in a job
There is also a somewhat unwieldy, yet oftentimes-handy, plugin called Configuration Slicing. I've found it useful sometimes, in this situation.
Use Build Flow plugin. It allows to write DSL scripts.
example:
build("job-name", parameter:"vlaue1")
build("job-name", parameter:"vlaue2")
you can pass as many values like this.
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I have a job creator job that creates other jobs in jenkins and I would like to use the created jobs name in the description.
For example for name "JobXX" i would like to have:
"This is documentation for JobXX etc.."
In "Execute shell" build step I can refer to the jobs name via $JOB_NAME parameter but that does not seem to work in the description field.
Any ideas on how to do this? Or if it's even possible?
Never used it, but take a look to the Project Description Setter Plugin:
https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Project+Description+Setter+Plugin
In this blog it explains better how to use it:
http://www.tothenew.com/blog/setting-dynamic-project-description-and-build-description-in-jenkins/
Among the different variables you can use there is {PROJECT_NAME} which fits your needs.
Besides this, this plugin allows you also to automatically set descriptions to each specific build.
I have a job ( parameterized build) I am using BUILD_ID as a parameter and I need to add time stamp for the every BUILD_ID.
How to add time-stamp to the parameter.
I need the BUILD_ID value like Test_Build_{time-stamp}.
Kindly help me
There are numerous ways to do this.
Probably your best bet is the Dynamic Parameter Plugin. On the plugin page, one of its main examples does almost exactly what you described.
The Active Choices Plugin allows you to run groovy code to generate your parameter value(s). Here's a screenshot of the plugin setup along with the groovy code:
The EnvInject Plugin allows you to insert environment variables from a properties file as a build step. Using this method you would basically have to have 2 build steps, one to create the properties file and another to read it.
Or using the Groovy Plugin, you can add a groovy script build step to modify the parameter value.
I'm sure there a number of other ways to accomplish this as well.
Install Zen Timestamp plugin and use variable $BUILD_TIMESTAMP
Is there a way in Jenkins to trigger another build/project dynamically based on a parameter value in parent project?
The reason for this is that I have 100's of projects and I don't want to use pipeline/conditional post build plugins to link all jobs.
I know of a way using REST API but trying to find is there a way to trigger a single project from those 100?
Easy with Pipeline Plugin. Just define your parameter (say MY_DOWNSTREAM_JOB) and use it inside the groovy script definition:
build MY_DOWNSTREAM_JOB
we have many Jenkins Test Jobs dependening on one library. Every Job has multiple parameters (always identical).
Now the problem is that if we change or add an parameter in the library, we have to touch every single jenkins job configuration.
Is there a way to configure the parameters of multiple jobs in a central place? Like defining the parameters in a file and refering to that? or is there jenkins plugin for that use case?
Thanks,
Marco
You can edit parameters (and much more) of multiple jobs in one place with Configuration Slicing Plugin:
Job Parameters (aka "This build is parameterized") can be configured across multiple jobs at one time through the "Parameters" link. To indicate which parameter you are configuring, note the "JobName[ParameterName]" syntax.
Not sure if this can help if you use some advanced parameters like File parameter, Dynamic parameter etc.
Use Build Flow plugin
You can run same or multiple jobs many times with different configuration.
Use Multijob Plugin and parameterized plugin
You can pass different parameter by using these plugins
I have about 200 jenkins, each of them has a long config page but actually most config are the same. Everytime when I need to update something in the common config, I write a groovy script to loop though those jobs and update them one by one. It's a pain because it takes about 5 minutes to update those jobs by the groovy script. I am wondering is there a jenkins plugin(or something else) that I can use to put the common config in one place? jenkins slicing plugin doesn't work well, I think it conflicts with another plugin.
Thanks
Sounds like a job for the job-dsl plugin
From the wiki page
The Jenkins job-dsl-plugin attempts to solve this problem by allowing
jobs to be defined with the absolute minimum necessary in a
programmatic form, with the help of templates that are synced with the
generated jobs. The goal is for your project to be able to define all
the jobs they want to be related to their project, declaring their
intent for the jobs, leaving the common stuff up to a template that
were defined earlier or hidden behind the DSL.