To add the path to the Jenkins environment globally, without doing this every time in Pipeline, we’ll go to the Jenkins settings Next is the tab “Configure System” Find the “Global properties” block, check the “Environment variables” checkbox. And we add a variable with the name “PATH + EXTRA” and the value …
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When working with the Active Choice CheckBox parameter, you can select the default values by adding the “: selected” parameter Pipeline: When assembling with parameters, two environments at once, “Development” and “Production” will be selected by default
When working with the Active Choice CheckBox parameter, the parameter values are written to the variable, separated by commas. To work with them as separate elements, you need to save them in an array. For example, there is the following Active Choice, which displays a list of environments in the form of a CheckBox. Pipeline: …
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A few examples of how Active Choices parameters in Pipeline as a code Example 1 Single selection from the list provided. A drop-down list of environments, by default, the first item in the list is selected. Pipeline:
In order to find out Jenkins username, you need a plugin user build vars Go to Jenkins settings Section “Manage Plugins” Go to the “Available” tab and specify “user build vars” in the search. Install it. An example of using a plugin from Pipeline: The module also has the following variables: …
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For a parameterized build with branch selection, you will need a plugin Active Choices Go to Jenkins settings Section “Manage Plugins” Go to the “Available” tab and specify “Active Choice” in the search. Install it. Create a “New Item” – “Pipeline“, indicate that it will be a parameterized project, and add the …
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By default, Jenkins uses your browser’s settings language. In order to force change it, you can use the Locale plugin Go to Jenkins settings Section “Manage Plugins” Go to the “Available” tab and specify “Locale” in the search. Install it. And back to Jenkins settings, tab “Configure System” Find the …
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Check if the value of the variable “GIT_COMMIT_ID” is set, if so, then do a checkout by the hash of the commit, if not, then do a checkout by the name of the branch. The variable “GIT_BRANCH_NAME” is taken from the Active Choice parameter. Jenkinsfile:
If a variable is used in Jenkins Pipeline that is created on the basis of a Webhook or etc, then a task will fail with a manual start. To avoid this, you can add a check for the existence of a variable and set its value. In this example, the presence of the …
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Install Java OpenJDK, as it is a dependency for Jenkins. The latest versions of Jenkins are compatible with version 11, so let’s install it. To add the Jenkins repository, you will need the “wget” utility, if it is not installed, then install: Add the repository and import its key: Install Jenkins: …
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