@robertonav20/backstage-plugin-scaffolder-jenkins-actions v0.0.1-alpha5

Backstage Plugin Scaffolder Jenkins Actions - Alpha

The backstage-plugin-scaffolder-jenkins-actions module for @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend.

This plugin was created through the Backstage CLI

Supported Action

How to configure Jenkins client

An example of configuration to create jenkins client.

jenkins:
  baseUrl: http://jenkins.local:8080
  username: admin
  password: admin
  crumbIssuerEnabled: true

How to use it

Below, there is an example for each action

• Build job

  Action input parameters

  Action	Description
  jobName	Name of job
  jobParameters	optional job parameters (object) to execute it

  Template Step

  - id: jenkins-job-build
    name: Jenkins Job Build
    action: jenkins:job:build
    input:
      jobName: first-job
      jobParameters: some-value

• Copy job

  Action input parameters

  Action	Description
  sourceJobName	Name of source job
  targetJobName	Name of target job

  Template Step

  - id: jenkins-job-copy
    name: Jenkins Job Copy
    action: jenkins:job:copy
    input:
      sourceJobName: source-job
      targetJobName: target-job

• Create job

  Action input parameters

  Action	Description
  jobName	Name of job
  jobXml	Jenkins xml to create job

  - id: jenkins-job-create
    name: Jenkins Job Create
    action: jenkins:job:create
    input:
      jobName: first-job
      jobXml: |
        <flow-definition plugin="workflow-job@1447.v559b_c710cd2e">
        ... Jenkins content XML, was omitted for semplicity
        </flow-definition>

• Destroy job

  Action input parameters

  Action	Description
  jobName	Name of job

  - id: jenkins-job-destroy
    name: Jenkins Job Destroy
    action: jenkins:job:destroy
    input:
      jobName: first-job

• Disable job

  Action input parameters

  Action	Description
  jobName	Name of job

    - id: jenkins-job-disable
      name: Jenkins Job Disable
      action: jenkins:job:disable
      input:
        jobName: first-job

• Enable job

  Action input parameters

  Action	Description
  jobName	Name of job
  jobParameters	optional job parameters (object) to execute it

    - id: jenkins-job-enable
      name: Jenkins Job Enable
      action: jenkins:job:enable
      input:
        jobName: first-job

NOTE: no output will be provided after action excution

Useful Links

The jenkins client used is available here https://github.com/silas/node-jenkins#readme

Here the link to npm package https://www.npmjs.com/package/@robertonav20/backstage-plugin-scaffolder-jenkins-actions