Questions tagged [jenkins]
For questions about Jenkins, an open source automation server, and using Jenkins for topics such as building, testing, and deploying software, etc. For questions specifically about Jenkins Plugins use the jenkins-plugins tag.
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How to decrypt Jenkins passwords from credentials.xml?
I've taken over the project where a lot of Jenkins credentials has passwords or passphrase strings which I need to know in order to progress with the project, unfortunately these weren't documented ...
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How do you back up Jenkins jobs & master configs?
I'd like to backup all Jenkins jobs and config files. What's the easiest way of doing it?
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How to run a container from within another container while also mounting a volume from the first container?
I'm running a build in Jenkins which is running inside Kubernetes.
When the job starts, a container starts in the cluster and the build runs inside it.
A step in the build requires building an RPM ...
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How to set git-lfs as an additional checkout behavior using the JCAC plugin?
We are using the Jenkins Configuration As Code (JCAC) plugin to automate the jenkins configuration. One of the challenges is to set git-lfs as an additional checkout behavior.
GitLFSPull has to be ...
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How to safe restart Jenkins?
I need to make some configuration changes on our Jenkins instance that will involve restarting Jenkins a couple of times. However, our developers are committing frequently enough that I haven't seen ...
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How to properly achieve dynamic parallel action with a declarative pipeline?
Currently, I'm going to need an implementation that must find all files within a directory and start a parallel task for every file found.
Is it possible to achieve this using declarative pipelines?
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How to build a complex parallel Jenkins pipeline?
I've been interested in converting our bespoke Jenkins integrations into a pipeline. However, I can't seem to figure out how to do it.
Can anyone help me with the Jenkins script that could do the ...
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Which SCM tools does Jenkins support?
I'm aware that Jenkins supports Git and SVN. What other SCM tools does Jenkins support?
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Triggering specific pipeline builds for monorepos in Jenkins
I'm in the process of converting multiple repositories into a single repository, our CI tool of choice is Jenkins due to the conversion of multiple repository structures into a single one 2 main ...
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One Jenkinsfile or multiple?
So I have a Jenkinsfile defining a build pipeline and then a Jenkins job (not pipeline) with a very simple deployment script for our Docker stacks.
Seeing that Jenkinsfiles can become as complex and ...
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Testing Jenkins jobs and pipelines
Currently, we have a fair number of Jenkins jobs and pipelines for builds, testing, deployments and other automated activities.
Every time we change or add a new job, we only test it manually - e. g. ...
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How to not "fire and forget" when doing a remote trigger of a Jenkins build?
I am attempting to trigger a parameterized Jenkins build from Bamboo, doing the below:
POST -
http://jenkins-url.com/job/jobname/buildWithParameters?ENVIRONMENT=dev&APPLICATION=hello-world
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Key attributes of Continuous Integration (CI) software
I work in the IT department of automation/dev company and we are just about to implement/add CI into our set of tools. And we are having difficulties to choose the one.
At the moment we've been ...
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How to check out GitHub repo after specifying skipDefaultCheckout in Jenkins declarative pipeline?
I have a Jenkins pipeline in which I build in one stage and test in another. I'd like them to be different machines since they have different capabilities. I have something like the following so far:
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Jenkins job using VPN?
Is there a way to connect to a VPN for the duration of a Jenkins job? (freestyle or pipeline, I can work with either).
I scoured the plugin list figuring someone might have developed something, but ...
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How not to break Jenkins Pipeline when adding new parameters (declarative pipeline)
An Issue I have been struggling with is whenever I add a new parameter to a Jenkins Pipeline, the next job will not correctly get this parameter.
This is especially an issue if those parameters are ...
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Why trigger something remotely (using Jenkins) and then just forget about it?
When using Jenkins to trigger some process (eg a remote build) at a remote location, why would you ever want to "fire" something, and then just "forget" about the outcome of what got triggered ...
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Why does the jenkins-cli.jar linting functionality not work?
The jenkins-cli.jar has been downloaded.
It is able to run.
When one tries to check the syntax of a jenkinsfile by running java -jar ~/Desktop/jenkins-cli.jar -s https://<jenkins_url> -...
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How do I load a Jenkins Shared Library in a Jenkins Job DSL seed?
I have a seed job using the plugin Jenkins Job DSL. I also have a shared library.
I have tried using the @Library annotation to load the script and the library method. It cannot find the annotation ...
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What OS should a master node CI virtual machine be?
Say you are developing a new CI/CD system, deploy builds across Linux, Windows and Mac, and have now reached the point of wanting to deploy a master node which hosts your chosen CI tool. How do you ...
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Why has Hudson been renamed to Jenkins? [closed]
There are two similar CI: Hudson and Jenkins. The Jenkins project was forked from Hudson after a dispute with Oracle. Why was it renamed back to Jenkins and what was the dispute about?
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How can I retrieve the execution status of parallel triggered child jobs to a pipeline script
I have a pipeline script that executes child jobs in parallel.
Say I have 5 data (a,b,c,d,e) that has to be executed on 3 jobs (J1, J2, J3)
My pipeline script is in the below format
for (int i = 0; ...
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Jenkinsfile equivalent in Azure repos
We have our source code in GitHub. We use Jenkins for CI. We had written a Jenkinsfile in the Github repos and used GitHub plugin for Jenkins. The plugin would scan the repos and then Jenkins would ...
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Modularizing CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or in other tools?
I have the following case:
There are a couple of repositories (well, two-digit number). Each of them has some sort of (declarative) Jenkins pipeline - it would be one of three types:
run tests -> ...
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how to create dynamic stages in jenkins pipeline
I want to use a python script as input to create stages in jenkins pipeline
test.py
{'job-name': 'Test1', 'action': 'a', 'targetname': 'x'}
{'job-name': 'Test2', 'action': 'b', 'targetname': 'y'}
{'...
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Jenkins upgrading and plugins ordering
I have Jenkins 2.89 installed with many outdated plugins as well. What is the best path for upgrading both the plugins and Jenkins itself? Should one proceed the other?
I am leaning toward upgrading ...
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Why is parameter not propagated to post-build parameterized build?
I'm trying to apply the guidance I recently read at how to trigger parameterized builds from a different build in Jenkins and https://plugins.jenkins.io/parameterized-trigger/ - but this doesn't seem ...
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Secure Jenkins X on kubernetes
I have installed Jenkins X on kubernetes. I want to change the default installation and secure the Jenkins url, so that it will be not accessible to the public.
Can I change it to some port, or some ...
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How to modify a Jenkins pipeline job's property programmatically?
We set up a Jenkins job in multiple folders that has the following "Choice Parameter" property.
How can I modify the property programmatically to add more choices? For example, I want to ...
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