I need to create a Jenkins pipeline which can invoke a custom application created in UCDeploy. This application is not a routine deployment operation. I can find abundant examples of Jenkins pipeline code which can upload and deploy artifacts and software. Code like this:

step([
   $class: 'UCDeployPublisher',
   siteName: "${siteName}",
   deploy: [
      $class: 'com.urbancode.jenkins.plugins.ucdeploy.DeployHelper$DeployBlock',
      deployApp: "${app}", ...​

I have references to a GitHub repo for the Jenkins plugin: https://github.com/UrbanCode/jenkins-pipeline-ucd-plugin . However, I cannot even tell if this is official. It is forked from another repo, has all broken documentation links and does not accept Issues. I guess I could study the source code and try to reverse engineer what I need. Everyone knows that Jenkins is the hardest interface in the world and I have not succeeded in ever understanding the source code of a plugin for it. I think one must first be an expert in Jenkins.

Assistance, documentation, code samples would all be appreciated.

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Kevin Buchs
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I have updated the documentation and added the referenced article as a blog here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/wasdevops/blogs/osman-burucu/2022/07/12/jenkins-pipeline-plug-in-tutorial-component-versio

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Osman Burucu
Product Manager UrbanCode Family
IBM
Vienna
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It turns out, the Jenkins pipeline for this is just like deploy pipeline.

For this example, my custom UCDeploy application is called "my-custom-app", the environment is "staging", the process is "glFetch". That process takes two arguments, appShort and assetId. My UCD site is named: "my site". Here is a partial pipeline:

pipeline {

  parameters {
    string(name: 'appShort')
    string(name: 'assetId')
  }

  environment {
    appShort = "${params.appShort}"
    assetId = "${params.assetId}"
  }

  stages {
    stage ('Run UCD') {
      steps {
        step([
          $class: 'UCDeployPublisher',
          siteName: 'my site',
          deploy: [
            $class: 'com.urbancode.jenkins.plugins.ucdeploy.DeployHelper$DeployBlock',
            deployApp: 'my-custom-app',
            deployEnv: 'staging',
            deployProc: 'gitFetch',
            deployReqProps: "appShort=${appShort}\nassetId=${assetId}"
          ]
        ])
      }
    }
  }
}​

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Kevin Buchs
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