Integrating with Jenkins

In BMC Release Package and Deployment (RPD), you can use the RPD Plugin to integrate Jenkins with the RPD product. To enable the integration, you add the following two build and post-build actions to your Jenkins build configuration, which can be executed separately or combined sequentially:

• Create an instance
• Deploy an instance

Environment requirements

Ensure that the following requirements are met to successfully integrate with Jenkins:

• Jenkins 1.639 or later
• Apache Maven 3.0.5 or later

To build the RPD Plugin from the source code

In the project root directory, run the following command: 

shell 
mvn package

This command generates the .hpi file.

To install the RPD Plugin locally

1. Run the mvn package command to generate /target/bmc-rpd.hpi.
2. Replace the existing bmc-rpd.hpi file with a new one in $user.home/.jenkins/plugins/.
3. Restart Jenkins.

For more information about how to use the RPD Plugin, see https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/RPD+Plugin.