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jenkins-cli — An open-source automation server that facilitates the automation of software development lifecycle.

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Problem

How to use the jenkins-cli command: An open-source automation server that facilitates the automation of software development lifecycle. More information: <https://www.jenkins.io/doc/>.

Solution

jenkins-cli — An open-source automation server that facilitates the automation of software development lifecycle. More information: <https://www.jenkins.io/doc/>.

Connect to jenkins CLI:

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} -auth {{username}}:{{api_token}}

Restart jenkins:

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} restart

Shutdown jenkins:

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} shutdown

Display help:

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} help

Display version:

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} version

Code Snippets

Connect to jenkins CLI

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} -auth {{username}}:{{api_token}}

Restart jenkins

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} restart

Shutdown jenkins

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} shutdown

Display help

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} help

Display version

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s {{jenkins_server_url}} version

Context

tldr-pages: common/jenkins-cli

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