hudson
How to prevent certain Jenkins jobs from running simultaneously?
There are currently 2 ways of doing this: Use the Throttle Concurrent Builds plugin. Set up those jobs to run on a slave having only 1 executor.
What is the difference between Hudson and CruiseControl for Java projects?
I agree with this answer, but wanted to add a few points. In short, Hudson (update: Jenkins) is likely the better choice now. First and foremost because creating and configuring jobs (“projects” in CC vocabulary) is just so much faster through Hudson’s web UI, compared to editing CruiseControl’s XML configuration file (which we used to … Read more
Is Ansible a replacement for a CI tool like Hudson/Jenkins?
First, Jenkins and Hudson are basically the same project. I’ll refer to it as Jenkins below. See How to choose between Hudson and Jenkins?, Hudson vs Jenkins in 2012, and What is the most notable difference between Jenkins and Hudson from a user perpective? for more. Second, Ansible isn’t meant to be a continuous integration … Read more
How are environment variables used in Jenkins with Windows Batch Command?
I know nothing about Jenkins, but it looks like you are trying to access environment variables using some form of unix syntax – that won’t work. If the name of the variable is WORKSPACE, then the value is expanded in Windows batch using %WORKSPACE%. That form of expansion is performed at parse time. For example, … Read more
buildbot vs hudson/jenkins for C++ continuous integration
Both are open source projects, but you do not need to change buildbot code to “extend” it, it is actually quite easy to import your own packages in its configuration in which you can sub-class most of the features with your own additions. Examples: your own compilation or test code, some parsing of outputs/errors to … Read more
Jenkins/Hudson – accessing the current build number?
BUILD_NUMBER is the current build number. You can use it in the command you execute for the job, or just use it in the script your job executes. See the Jenkins documentation for the full list of available environment variables. The list is also available from within your Jenkins instance at http://hostname/jenkins/env-vars.html.