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This operation provides an easy way to trigger a Jenkins build and if desired get artifacts from the completed Jenkins build and store them in the FlexDeploy Artifact Repository to use in a FlexDeploy workflow. This operation uses a CI server integration for the Jenkins account information.

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CI Server Account Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Jenkins Username

FDJENKINS_USERNAME

Yes

The user to connect to Jenkins as.

Jenkins Password

FDJENKINS_PASSWORD

Yes

An API token belonging to the Jenkins User. API token is require in place of user’s password for the runJob operation.

Jenkins URL

FDJENKINS_URL

Yes

The URL of the Jenkins Server (e.g. http://JenkinsServer:8080)

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Project Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Job Name

FDJENKINS_JOB_NAME

Yes

The name of the Jenkins job to build.

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Inputs

Input Name

Input Code

Required

Description

Jenkins Account

FDJENKINS_INP_CI_SERVER_ACCT_CODE

Yes

Jenkins account with all of the required properties: Jenkins URL, username, and API token. Configure this under Topology - Integrations - CI Server.

Jenkins Build Parameter JSON

FDJENKINS_INP_BUILD_PARAMETER_JSON

No

Valid JSON object used to set any needed parameters for the build.

Should be Strings for keys and values, so quote and numbers.

e.g. {“key“:”value”, “key2”:”33.43”}

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Artifacts

This operation can produce artifacts that will be stored in the artifacts repository. If consumes is checked, artifacts from the Jenkins build will be retrieved. If not, they will not be retrieved.

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Endpoint Selection

This operation will select all available endpoints associated to the Target.

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Endpoint Execution

This operation will execute on any one of the selected endpoints and will be random in the determination of which one.

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Special Considerations

The build parameters should be Strings for keys and values, so quote and numbers. If you want to set them from project properties, you can add a project property to the workflow and use Groovy to set it on the input.