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title: Jenkins Plugin configuration
slug: jenkins-plugin-configuration
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createdAt: 2026-05-28T13:01:35.556Z
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Jenkins is the leading open-source automation server, providing hundreds of plugins to support building, deploying, and automating any project.

For  DevOps Intelligence to pull data from Jenkins, you must configure a Jenkins account.

# Jenkins Plugin

The plugin must be downloaded and then installed. You may do so by visiting Artifactory Jenkins Plugin. Or from  DevOps Intelligence tenant, follow these next steps to download the plugin from the File Server:

1. Select** Developer Console** from the user icon menu at the top right of the screen and from the **API Documentation** tab select `DevOps Intelligence` from the Application drop-down menu, and `file-server` from the Service drop-down menu.
2. Execute the /files API to get the list of files.
3. Copy the name of the file to download. The file related to the Jenkins plugin has the following format: **kyndryl-platform-devops-x.x.x-SNAPSHOT.hpi** use the latest version of the plugin.
4. Execute the (/*files*/\{*fileName*}) API by clicking the **Execute** button.
5. Select the **Download file** link in the response body.

# Configuration steps

Jenkins plugin is an example of Bringing Your Own Build and Bring Your Own Test tools. By using this plugin, the Jenkins host is able to send build data to the intelligence dashboard. The steps to configure the Jenkins plugin are as follows:

1. Login to Jenkins Server.
2. Upload  DevOps Intelligence Plugin. Go to **Manage Jenkins**→**Manage Plugins**→**Advanced Tab**. Then, under **Upload Plugin**, select the plugin to upload, which is the kyndryl-platform-devops-x.x.x-SNAPSHOT.hpi (for example Jenkins plugin)

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Note: The .hpi file can be downloaded from file-server or artifactory option.
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3. Restart the Jenkins server. Check on the **Installed** tab if the plugin is enlisted (search for  DevOps Intelligence).
4. Add the credentials to Jenkins.To accomplish this, create a token in  DevOps Intelligence in the build tool (a service token).
   Please select the following menu selections for this step: Go to  DevOps Intelligence  **Dashboard**→** Settings & Utilities**→** Tools configuration →** **Token**→ Select the token type as **Build** or **Test** Copy the token value.Once the token is obtained, perform the following menu selection to add the credentials to Jenkins: **Jenkins Dashboard**→**Credentials**→**System**→**Global Credentials**`Add Credentials` for  DevOps Intelligence build or test.The credentials page will open, Select Kind as Username and Password, Scope as Global and give the build or test token generated in DevOps Intelligence as password.

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Note: Enter the credential username as the token name created in  DevOps Intelligence and the password as the actual service token.
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5. Configuring plugin in the Existing Jobs (for projects).To accomplish this, select any job to configure the installed plugin, and then select **Configure**→**Post-Build Actions**.After that, select the **Publish build information to ** DevOps Intelligence option from the **Add-Post-Build Action** drop-down.Then, select **Apply** and **Save**.
6. Build the Project to publish the build data to  DevOps Intelligence. The selections to be made here are: **Project**  →**Build Now**.