CloudBees action: Run a CloudBees CI job

Use this action to trigger a CloudBees CI job. To learn more, refer to the CloudBees CI documentation.

All CloudBees action repositories are listed at CloudBees, Inc. on GitHub.

Inputs

Table 1. Input details
Input name	Data type	Required?	Description
`url`	String	Yes	The CloudBees CI server URL.
`username`	String	Yes	The CloudBees CI username.
`token`	String	Yes	The CloudBees CI token.
`job-name`	String	Yes	The CloudBees CI job name.
`test-type`	String	No	Specifies the test type for generating a job test report. Supported test types are JUnit (`junit`) and TestNG (`testng`).
`test-result-location`	String	No	Specifies the test report file location. Accepts pattern matching, such as `my-dir/*/my-file`.^[1]
`parameters`	JSON	No	Any additional CloudBees CI parameters, formatted as JSON data in key/value pairs.

^[1] You must specify the test-result-location to publish your test results in the platform Test insights dashboard.

Outputs

Table 2. Output details
Output name	Data type	Description
`cbci_output`	String	A JSON string containing the output key/values exposed by the invoked CloudBees CI pipeline.^[1]

^[1] You must parse each output parameter in the following format:

fromJSON(steps.<STEP-ID>.outputs.cbci_output).<OUTPUT_PARAMETER>

Replace <STEP_ID> with your step ID, and <OUTPUT_PARAMETER> with your parameter.

Usage examples

In your YAML file, add:

jobs:
  my-cbci-job:
    steps:
      - name: Run a CloudBees CI job
        uses: https://github.com/cloudbees-io/cbci-run-job@v2
        with:
          url: ${{ vars.CBCI_URL }}
          username: ${{ secrets.CBCI_USERNAME }}
          token: ${{ secrets.CBCI_TOKEN }}
          job-name: "CloudBees_CI_job_name"
          test-type: JUnit
          test-result-location: junit-service*
          parameters: '{"BRANCH_NAME":"main","ENV_NAME":"stage"}'▼

Using output from CloudBees CI

In the following example, output is passed from CloudBees CI to the platform.

The jenkinsfile below is used to define the outputs:

node {
    stage('Build') {
        env.BUILD_NUMBER="1"
        env.TESTVAR="Test"
    }
}▼

The platform workflow file below prints the BUILD_NUMBER and TESTVAR outputs from CloudBees CI:

jobs:
  CBCI-Output-Job:
    outputs:
      cbci_output: ${{ steps.my-output-job.outputs.cbci_output }}
    steps:
      - id: my-output-job
        name: Run CBCI Job
        uses: https://github.com/cloudbees-io/cbci-run-job@v2
        with:
          url: ${{ vars.CBCI_URL }}
          username: ${{ secrets.CBCI_USERNAME }}
          token: ${{ secrets.CBCI_TOKEN }}
          job-name: cbci_job_with_output_name

      - id: expose-output-cbci
        name: Expose CBCI job output
        uses: docker://exozet/jq:1.6-r0
        run: |
          echo "BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ fromJSON(steps.my-output-job.outputs.cbci_output).BUILD_NUMBER }}"
          echo "TESTVAR: ${{ fromJSON(steps.my-output-job.outputs.cbci_output).TESTVAR }}"

  Print-CBCI-Outputs:
    needs: [CBCI-Output-Job]
    steps:
      - id: print-cbci-output
        uses: docker://exozet/jq:1.6-r0
        name: Print CBCI-Output-Job outputs
        run: |
          echo "BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ fromJSON(needs.CBCI-Output-Job.outputs.cbci_output).BUILD_NUMBER }}"
          echo "TESTVAR: ${{ fromJSON(needs.CBCI-Output-Job.outputs.cbci_output).TESTVAR }}"▼