Easy way to run Jenkins job from the Command Line

The utility starts a Jenkins build/job from the Command Line/Terminal. An execution will be like this:

Install

Fetch the latest release for your platform:

Linux

sudo wget https://github.com/gocruncher/jenkins-job-cli/releases/download/v1.1.2/jenkins-job-cli-1.1.2-linux-amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/jj
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jj

OS X brew

brew tap gocruncher/tap
brew install jj

OS X bash

sudo curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/jj https://github.com/gocruncher/jenkins-job-cli/releases/download/v1.1.2/jenkins-job-cli-1.1.2-darwin-amd64
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jj

Getting Started

Configure Access to Multiple Jenkins

jj set dev_jenkins --url "https://myjenkins.com" --login admin --token 11aa0926784999dab5

where the token is available in your personal configuration page of the Jenkins. Go to the Jenkins Web Interface and click your name on the top right corner on every page, then click "Configure" to see your API token.

In case, when Jenkins is available without authorization:

jj set dev_jenkins --url "https://myjenkins.com"

or just run the following command in dialog execution mode:

jj set dev_jenkins

Shell autocompletion

As a recommendation, you can enable shell autocompletion for convenient work. To do this, run following:

# for zsh completion:
echo 'source <(jj completion zsh)' >>~/.zshrc

# for bash completion:
echo 'source <(jj completion bash)' >>~/.bashrc

if this does not work for some reason, try following command that might help you to figure out what is wrong:

jj completion check

Examples

# Configure Access to the Jenkins
jj set dev-jenkins

# Start 'app-build' job in the current Jenkins
jj run app-build

# Start 'web-build' job in Jenkins named prod
jj run -n prod web-build

# makes a specific Jenkins name by default
jj use PROD

Futures

cancellation job (Ctrl+C key)
resize of the output (just press enter key)
output of child jobs

Useful packages

cobra - library for creating powerful modern CLI
chalk – Terminal string styling done right
bar - Flexible ascii progress bar.

Todos

add authorization by login/pass and through the RSA key
support of a terminal window resizing

Similar projects

jcli was written by Golang which can manage multiple Jenkins

License

jenkins-job-cli is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

ctran/jenkins-job-cli