Kovair DevOps and Jenkins Integration Plugin

Plugin Version: 1.0.1

Jenkins is a free and open source automation server written in Java. Jenkins helps to automate the non-human part of the software development process, with continuous integration and facilitating technical aspects of continuous delivery. It is a server-based system that runs in servlet containers such as Apache Tomcat.It supports version control tools, including AccuRev, CVS, Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Perforce, TD/OMS, ClearCase and RTC, and can execute Apache Ant, Apache Maven and sbt based projects as well as arbitrary shell scripts and Windows batch commands.

This plugin was developed and tested against version present on Jenkins 2.190

Jenkins can be used with and without security by simply cheking/uncheking the checkbox “Enable Security” under Manage Jenkins > Configure Global Security.

In case the “Enable Security” is unchecked then :

1. Make sure “Prevent Cross Site Request Forgery exploits” is checked under “CSRF Protection”
2. Check the “Default Crumb Issuer”.

Plugin Operation:

1. ExecuteJob
This operation allows to execute a job:

Input parameter(s):

Parameter	Is Mandatory	Help Text
Jenkins Url	true	Jenkins instance Url. Ex – http://localhost:8090
Username	false	Jenkins login username.
Password	false	Jenkins login password.
Job Name	false	Valid jenkins job name which needs to be executed.
Parameter List	true	Parameters required to execute the job (If Any).Use ampersand(&) as a separator in case multiple parameter exists. Example : myparam1=myparam_value1&myparam2=myparam_value2

Output parameter(s):

Parameter	Help Text
ConsoleOutput	Console output of the job in execution.
JenkinsStatus	Final ExecuteJob job status.

Pass/Fail Condition:

Status	Condition
Passed	If the job in jenkins get passed and no error occurs in fetching data from jenkins.
Failed	If the job execution in jenkins get failed or any error occurs in feching the result from jenkins.

1. The job execution result depends on jenkins API response.
2. Jenkins uses jenkins-crumb for authentication. Above mention settings must be set to achieve the jenkins functionality.
3. If security is enabled in jenkins username and pasword must be provided during job configuration else keep these field blank.

Jenkins: 1.0.1
Initial version with basic functionalities.