Control-M for Jenkins

Jenkins enables you to automate building, testing, and deploying code for repetitive tasks in software deployment process.  

Control-M for Jenkins enables you to do the following:

• Execute Jenkins pipelines.
• Manage Jenkins credentials in a secure connection profile.
• Connect to any Jenkins endpoint.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Jenkins, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
• Integrate Jenkins jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the job status, results, and output of Jenkins jobs.
• Attach an SLA job to the Jenkins jobs.

Control-M for Jenkins Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Jenkins plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component	Version
Control-M/EM	9.0.21.100
Control-M/Agent	9.0.21.100
Control-M Application Integrator	9.0.21.100
Control-M Automation API	9.0.21.100

Control-M for Jenkins is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining-Control-M-Installation-Files.

Setting up Control-M for Jenkins

This procedure describes how to deploy the Jenkins plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a Jenkins job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Before You Begin

• Verify that Jenkins 2.387.1 or higher is installed.
• Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.
2. Download the Jenkins plug-in from the Control-M for Jenkins download page in the EPD site.
3. Install the Jenkins plug-in using the Automation API Provision service:
   1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
      • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
      • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
   2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
      • Linux: ctm provision image Jenkins_plugin.Linux
      • Windows: ctm provision image Jenkins_plugin.Windows
4. Create a Jenkins connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with Jenkins Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API: Connection Profile:Jenkins
5. Define a Jenkins job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Job with Jenkins Job
   • Automation API:  Job: Jenkins