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diff --git a/doc/source/execution.rst b/doc/source/execution.rst index 43a85937..1006e818 100644 --- a/doc/source/execution.rst +++ b/doc/source/execution.rst @@ -313,6 +313,22 @@ To delete jobs/views that only have 'foo' in their name:: jenkins-jobs delete --path ./myjobs \*foo\* +Providing Plugins Info +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +With Jenkins LTS 1.651.1+ retrieving plugins info became a secure feature and +now requires Administrator rights to use [#f2]. This causes JJB to no longer be +able to work in situations where a user wants to publish jobs to Jenkins but is +not able to receive the Administrator permissions. In this case we can provide +a plugins_info.yaml file containing the plugin versions data needed by JJB to +parse the job templates. + +To generate a plugins info, using an account with Administrator rights: + + jenkins-jobs get-plugins-info -o plugins_info.yaml + +To run JJB update using the plugins_info.yaml: + + jenkins-jobs update -p plugins_info.yaml ./myjobs .. _command-reference: @@ -323,8 +339,11 @@ Command Reference .. program-output:: jenkins-jobs update --help .. program-output:: jenkins-jobs delete-all --help .. program-output:: jenkins-jobs delete --help +.. program-output:: jenkins-jobs get-plugins-info --help .. rubric:: Footnotes .. [#f1] The cache default location is at ``~/.cache/jenkins_jobs``, which can be overridden by setting the ``XDG_CACHE_HOME`` environment variable. +.. [#f2] Jenkins Security Advisory affecting plugins info retrieval + https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-05-11 |