Updating Jira tickets from Jenkins workflow (jenkinsfile)

Question

How can I update a jira issue from within a Jenkinsfile (jenkins-worflow/pipeline)? Is there a way I could use the Jira Issue Updater plugin as a step in the Jenkinsfile?

Answer 1

Yes, seems like this page answers your question:

https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Jira+Issue+Updater+Plugin

After you install the plugin, add a build step, or pre/post build step to call this plugin

There you can give it the REST URL to your Jira server, the creds and the JQL to find the issues

Answer 2

The Jira Plugin is compatible with Pipeline.

This should work:

step([$class: 'hudson.plugins.jira.JiraIssueUpdater', 
    issueSelector: [$class: 'hudson.plugins.jira.selector.DefaultIssueSelector'], 
    scm: [$class: 'GitSCM', branches: [[name: '*/master']], 
        userRemoteConfigs: [[url: 'https://github.com/jglick/simple-maven-project-with-tests.git']]]]) 

You can get a full reference in the built-in Pipeline Snippet Generator.

Answer 3

The JIRA Steps Plugin provides a more declarative way to update an existing Jira Ticket:

node {
  stage('JIRA') {
    # Look at IssueInput class for more information.
    def testIssue = [fields: [ // id or key must present for project.
                               project: [id: '10000'],
                               summary: 'New JIRA Created from Jenkins.',
                               description: 'New JIRA Created from Jenkins.',
                               customfield_1000: 'customValue',
                               // id or name must present for issuetype.
                               issuetype: [id: '3']]]

    response = jiraEditIssue idOrKey: 'TEST-01', issue: testIssue

    echo response.successful.toString()
    echo response.data.toString()
  }
}

Since you would like to use the Jenkinsfile to define your pipeline, that should be the preferred way for you to go...