community.general.jenkins_build module – Manage jenkins builds

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 5.8.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.jenkins_build.

New in community.general 2.2.0

Synopsis

  • Manage Jenkins builds with Jenkins REST API.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python-jenkins >= 0.4.12

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

args

dictionary

A list of parameters to pass to the build.

build_number

integer

An integer which specifies a build of a job. Is required to remove a build from the queue.

name

string / required

Name of the Jenkins job to build.

password

string

Password to authenticate with the Jenkins server.

state

string

Attribute that specifies if the build is to be created, deleted or stopped.

The stopped state has been added in community.general 3.3.0.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

  • "stopped"

token

string

API token used to authenticate with the Jenkins server.

url

string

URL of the Jenkins server.

Default: "http://localhost:8080"

user

string

User to authenticate with the Jenkins server.

Examples

- name: Create a jenkins build using basic authentication
  community.general.jenkins_build:
    name: "test-check"
    args:
      cloud: "test"
      availability_zone: "test_az"
    state: present
    user: admin
    password: asdfg
    url: http://localhost:8080

- name: Stop a running jenkins build anonymously
  community.general.jenkins_build:
    name: "stop-check"
    build_number: 3
    state: stopped
    url: http://localhost:8080

- name: Delete a jenkins build using token authentication
  community.general.jenkins_build:
    name: "delete-experiment"
    build_number: 30
    state: absent
    user: Jenkins
    token: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456
    url: http://localhost:8080

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

build_info

dictionary

Build info of the jenkins job.

Returned: success

name

string

Name of the jenkins job.

Returned: success

Sample: "test-job"

state

string

State of the jenkins job.

Returned: success

Sample: "present"

url

string

Url to connect to the Jenkins server.

Returned: success

Sample: "https://jenkins.mydomain.com"

user

string

User used for authentication.

Returned: success

Sample: "admin"

Authors

  • Brett Milford (@brettmilford)

  • Tong He (@unnecessary-username)