docker_jenkins_cli

This is the source code for a Docker image that lets you execute Jenkins CLI from a Docker container. This is quite useful for such tools as gitlab-ci and other times where you need a disposable and/or on-demand jenkins-cli Docker container.

This comes with jenkins-cli.jar bundled.

Sample run command

Without auth:

docker run -it --rm \
  -e "JENKINS_URL=http://jenkins.example.com:8080" \
  dynamictivity/jenkins-cli help

With auth:

docker run -it --rm \
  -v $HOME/.ssh:/ssh \
  -e "JENKINS_URL=http://jenkins.example.com:8080" \
  dynamictivity/jenkins-cli help

Replace help with your jenkins-cli command. See Jenkins CLI wiki page for more information.

Configuration

The CLI can be configured using environment variables.

• JENKINS_URL: required
• PRIVATE_KEY: optional (default: /ssh/id_rsa)

noscript Branch

This repo contains a noscript branch which keeps the default Ubuntu Docker image's entrypoint script, instead of the custom entrypoint script crafted for jenkins-cli. This is useful in such situations as gitlab-ci which call the entrypoint script and would consequently fail to call the jenkins-cli binary properly during the build process.