CloudBees CI on traditional platforms 2.263.4.2

Rolling release: 2021-02-26

Based on Jenkins LTS 2.263.4-cb-6

New features

New header and navigation

The new header includes the CloudBees Navigation, which allows you to switch between CloudBees CI, CloudBees CD/RO, and CloudBees Analytics.

For details, see Navigating the Operations Center Interface.

Inclusion of CloudBees Software Delivery Automation plugins into CloudBees CI (SDANAV-2)

The following plugins are now installed by default with CloudBees CI. In addition, these plugins are included in the CloudBees Assurance Program.

  • cloudbees-platform-common-plugin: Provides infrastructure for integrating CloudBees CI with the unified CloudBees platform.

  • cloudbees-unified-navigation-plugin: Unifies the navigation for continuous integration, delivery, and release orchestration.

  • cloudbees-platform-data-plugin: Publishes Jenkins Events from CloudBees CI.

  • jjwt-api-plugin: Bundles the Java JSON Web Token (JJWT) library, needed by the cloudbees-platform-common plugin.

Preparation for upcoming API changes in Jenkins (SDANAV-73)

Administrative monitors are retrieved by API when the alert icon is selected.

Preparation for upcoming REST API for Administrative Monitors (SDANAV-93)

Administrative monitors are retrieved using the new REST API in Jenkins.

Feature enhancements

None.

Resolved issues

None.

Known issues

Buttons not working in the administrative monitors

The buttons in the administrative monitors, such as the More Info button, do not include a valid crumb in the request when they are clicked from the header.

Access the alert messages from the top of the Manage Jenkins page instead of from the administrative monitors.

Upgrade notes

CloudBees High Availability plugin

CloudBees has upgraded the JGroups dependency for the CloudBees High Availability plugin, which means instances with JGroups customized through the GUI fail to start and existing jgroups.xml files may no longer be compatible.

Users with instances using the CloudBees High Availability plugin with JGroups customized through the GUI (under Manage Jenkins > Configure System > High Availability Configuration) must be updated to 2.249.2.4 or higher.

Users with instances that have a customized jgroups.xml file in $JENKINS_HOME must update it manually (or switch to using our defaults). See Upgrade guide for instances running High Availability previous to 2.249.2.3 for more information on customizing the configuration.

Jenkins 2.263 upgrade notes