Converts a Jenkins job's config.xml to Job DSL
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This is a tool for converting a Jenkins job's config.xml to a Job DSL script
The only thing you should need to get up and running with this is a valid JDK installation
You can build the jar as follows:
git clone https://github.com/fergalgribben/jenkinsxml2jobdsl
cd jenkinsxml2jobdsl
./gradlew build
Run the jar with the following command:
java -jar build/libs/jenkinsxml2jobdsl.jar -u <jenkins username> -a <jenkins api token> -j <jenkins server> -p <jenkins port> job1 job2 ... jobN
The converter will write the converted Job DSL scripts to the jobs/ directory
The following command line flags are supported:
| flag | description |
|---|---|
| -u | The username to use when connecting to the Jenkins instance |
| -a | The API token to use when connecting to the Jenkins instance, accessible via <jenkins url>/user/<username>/configure |
| -j | The URL of the Jenkins instance to connect to, e.g. myjenkins.myhost.com |
| -p | The port on which the Jenkins instance is listening, defaults to 8080 |
The converter accepts a list of space-delimited job names as they are displayed under the "Project name" field of the job configuration page in Jenkins
On the Jenkins instance you want to deploy the Job DSL scripts against, you need to have the Job DSL plugin installed, and a seed job created
With a seed job created, configure the job, and navigate to the build actions section of the configuration. Add the "Process Job DSLs" build step, and either paste in a generated Job DSL script, or use the file browser to point to a file on disk
Save the configuration, and then run the seed job. The Job DSL plugin will create a new Jenkins job, which will appear on the Jenkins home page.