Build jenkins job from Github Action 🚀

This action builds/triggers a jenkins job, waiting it to be finished and enabling to pass job params.

Inputs

jenkins-token

Required

jenkins-url

Required

jenkins-user

Required

job-path

Required

E.g.

if job inside folder:
 "job/folder_name/job/job_name"

if job in jenkins root:
 "job/job_name"

job-params

Set jenkins params as JSON string:

E.g.

 {"param1": "value1", "param2": "value2"}

poll-interval

The time interval between polls of the build status. Time in seconds. Defaults to 10 seconds.

E.g.

10

timeout

If the build does not complete within the timeout time, this github action will be marked as failed. Time in seconds. Defaults to 180 (3 minutes).

E.g.

180

Outputs

job_status

• FAILURE
• SUCCESS
• ABORTED

build_url

URL to view the build in Jenkins.

Example usage

    - name: "Trigger jenkins job"
      uses: loveholidays/build-jenkins-job@master
      with:
        jenkins-url: ${{ secrets.JENKINS_URL }}
        jenkins-token: ${{ secrets.JENKINS_TOKEN }}
        user: "jenkins-username"
        job-path: "job/folder_name/job/job_name"
        job-params: '{"param1": "value1", "param2": "value2"}'
    - name: Get job status
      run: echo "Job status is ${{ steps.job-build.outputs.job_status }}"