jenkins_plugin

This resource manages Jenkins plugins.

Actions

• :install
• :uninstall
• :enable
• :disable

This uses the Jenkins CLI to install plugins. By default, it does a cold deploy, meaning the plugin is installed while Jenkins is still running. Some plugins may require you restart the Jenkins instance for their changed to take affect.

• This resource does not install plugin dependencies from a a given hpi/jpi URL or a specific version - you must specify all plugin dependencies or Jenkins may not startup correctly!

The :install action idempotently installs a Jenkins plugin on the current node. The name attribute corresponds to the name of the plugin on the Jenkins Update Center. You can also specify a particular version of the plugin to install. Finally, you can specify a full source URL or local path (on the node) to a plugin.

# Install the latest version of the greenballs plugin and all dependencies
jenkins_plugin 'greenballs'
 
# Install version 1.3 of the greenballs plugin and no dependencies
jenkins_plugin 'greenballs' do
  version '1.3'
end
 
# Install a plugin from a given hpi (or jpi) and no dependencies
jenkins_plugin 'greenballs' do
  source 'http://updates.jenkins-ci.org/download/plugins/greenballs/1.10/greenballs.hpi'
end

Depending on the plugin, you may need to restart the Jenkins instance for the plugin to take affect:

jenkins_plugin 'a_complicated_plugin' do
  notifies :restart, 'service[jenkins]', :immediately
end

For advanced users, this resource exposes an options attribute that will be passed to the installation command. For more information on the possible values of these options, please consult the documentation for your Jenkins installation.

jenkins_plugin 'a_really_complicated_plugin' do
  options '-deploy -cold'
end

The :uninstall action removes (uninstalls) a Jenkins plugin idempotently on the current node.

jenkins_plugin 'greenballs' do
  action :uninstall
end

The :enable action enables a plugin. If the plugin is not installed, an exception is raised. If the plugin is already enabled, no action is taken.

jenkins_plugin 'greenballs' do
  action :enable
end

The :disable action disables a plugin. If the plugin is not installed, an exception is raised. If the plugin is already disabled, no action is taken.

jenkins_plugin 'greenballs' do
  action :disable
end

NOTE You may need to restart Jenkins after changing a plugin. Because this varies on a case-by-case basis (and because everyone chooses to manage their Jenkins infrastructure differently) this resource does NOT restart Jenkins for you.