Kicking off a Jenkins pipeline in a Workflow

After integrating Cortex with Jenkins, you can use a Cortex Workflow to kick off your pipeline directly through Cortex, rather than switching to Jenkins to launch a build.

For full instructions on creating and configuring Workflows, see the Workflows documentation.

How to kick off a Jenkins pipeline in a Workflow

Prerequisites

Before getting started:

• Configure your Jenkins instance in Cortex.

Step 1: Create a workflow

1. In the main nav of Cortex, click Workflows.

2. Follow the steps of the Workflows documentation to start creating a Workflow from scratch and configure its settings.

   • Give the Workflow a descriptive name such as "Kick off Jenkins pipeline."

Step 2: Add blocks to the workflow

You can add a block to run a build with parameters, or you can add a block to run a build without parameters. See the Jenkins documentation for more information on submitting parameterized jobs.

1. Click + to view the block library.

2. Click Jenkins.

   • To choose a a build without parameters, select Run a build.

   • To choose a build with parameters, select Run a build with parameters.

3. Click Insert at the bottom of the library.

   
4. In the side panel, configure the block.

   • Block name: Enter a name for the block (e.g., Run a build in Jenkins).

   • Slug: Enter a unique slug for the block.

   • Alias: Select the alias of your Jenkins instance.

   • Job name: Enter the name of the Jenkins job to run.

   • Parameters: For a build with parameters, you also need to configure valid JSON for the run job parameters.

5. At the bottom of the side panel, click Save.