How to save Jenkins configuration?

Question

Is there any way to save a pipeline configuration or an item configuration in Git or anywhere else, so that when my Jenkins machine is crashed, i can migrate the saved configur

Answer 1

I would ( as a start ) get yourself - https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/JobConfigHistory+Plugin which keeps history of all Changes made to Jobs , System config etc - has saved me multiple times.

Also , you could setup a cron job outside Jenkins to git push your Job config.

I setup to push the Jobs folder content ( including Build history - but you could exclude that - Correctly ignore all files recursively under a specific folder except for a specific file type ref ) .

My script ( i had SSH stuff previously setup )

cd /this/that/other/jenkins_data/jobs/
NOW=$(date +"%m-%d-%Y-%r")
git add .
git commit -m "Jenkins Backup $NOW"
git push -u origin jenkins-backup

This way gives me piece of mind , I have RSYNC to another box and I also have a Backup plugin running too... ( i was stung once - not again! )

Hope this helps.