CloudBees action: Run a Jenkins® job

Use this action to trigger a Jenkins job. Jenkins is an open-source automation server for CI/CD.

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Inputs

Table 1. Input details
Input name	Data type	Required?	Description
`url`	String	Yes	The Jenkins server URL.
`username`	String	Yes	The Jenkins username.
`token`	String	Yes	The Jenkins token.
`job-name`	String	Yes	The Jenkins job name.
`test-type`	String	No	Specifies the test type for generating a job test report. Supported test types are JUnit (`junit`), TestNG (`testng`), MSTest (`mstest`), ProdPerfect (`prodperfect`), Jmeter (`jmeter`), Selenium (`selenium`), Tosca (`tosca`), Go (`go`), Jest (`jtest`), and Playwright (`playwright`).
`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 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
`jenkins_output`	JSON string	A JSON string containing the output key/values exposed by the invoked Jenkins pipeline.^[1]

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

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

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

Usage examples

In your YAML file, add:

jobs:
  run-jenkins-job:
    steps:
      - name: Run Jenkins job
        uses: https://github.com/cloudbees-io/jenkins-run-job@v2
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.JENKINS_USERNAME }}
          token: ${{ secrets.JENKINS_TOKEN }}
          url: ${{ vars.JENKINS_URL }}
          job-name: jenkins_job_name
          test-type: Junit
          test-result-location: junit-service*
          parameters: '{"ENV_NAME":"TEST"}'▼

Using output from Jenkins

In the following example, output is passed from Jenkins 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 Jenkins:

jobs:
  Jenkins-Output-Job:
    outputs:
      jenkins_output: ${{ steps.my-output-job.outputs.jenkins_output }}
    steps:
      - id: my-output-job
        name: Run Jenkins job with output
        uses: https://github.com/cloudbees-io/jenkins-run-job@v2
        with:
          url: ${{ vars.JENKINS_URL }}
          username: ${{ secrets.JENKINS_USERNAME }}
          token: ${{ secrets.JENKINS_TOKEN }}
          job-name: jenkins_job_with_output_name

      - id: expose-output
        name: Expose Jenkins job output
        uses: docker://exozet/jq:1.6-r0
        if: ${{ fromJSON(steps.my-output-job.outputs.jenkins_output).TESTVAR != '19' }}
        run: |
          echo "BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ fromJSON(steps.my-output-job.outputs.jenkins_output).BUILD_NUMBER }}"
          echo "TESTVAR: ${{ fromJSON(steps.my-output-job.outputs.jenkins_output).TESTVAR }}"

  Print-Jenkins-Outputs:
    if: ${{ fromJSON(needs.Jenkins-Output-Job.outputs.jenkins_output).TESTVAR != '19' }}
    needs: [Jenkins-Output-Job]
    steps:
      - id: print-jenkins-output
        uses: docker://exozet/jq:1.6-r0
        name: Print Jenkins-Output-Job outputs
        run: |
          echo "BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ fromJSON(needs.Jenkins-Output-Job.outputs.jenkins_output).BUILD_NUMBER }}"
          echo "TESTVAR: ${{ fromJSON(needs.Jenkins-Output-Job.outputs.jenkins_output).TESTVAR }}"▼