How can I update jenkins plugins from the terminal?

Question

I am trying to create a bash script for setting up Jenkins. Is there any way to update a plugin list from the Jenkins terminal?

At first setup there is no plugin availab

Answer 1

You can actually install plugins from the computer terminal (rather than the Jenkins terminal).

1. Download the plugin from the plugin site (http://updates.jenkins-ci.org/download/plugins)
2. Copy that plugin into the $JENKINS_HOME/plugins directory
3. At that point either start Jenkins or call the reload settings service (http://yourservername:8080/jenkins/reload)

This will enable the plugin in Jenkins and assuming that Jenkins is started.

cd $JENKINS_HOME/plugins
curl -O http://updates.jenkins-ci.org/download/plugins/cobertura.hpi
curl http://yourservername:8080/reload