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Jenkins Plugin configuration
Published On Oct 28, 2024 - 11:00 AM

Jenkins Plugin configuration

Learn how to configure DevOps Intelligence to collect data acquired by Jenkins Plugin, extending the single pane of glass DevOps Intelligence affords in your hybrid IT estate.
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(i.e. Jenkins plugin
    The .hpi file can be downloaded from file-server or artifactory option.
  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).
    Enter the credential username as the token name created in DevOps Intelligence and the password as the actual 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
  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
    .
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