You can access various features in Jenkins through a command-line tool. See the documentation for more details of this feature. To get started, download jenkins-cli.jar, and run it as follows:
java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://13.235.81.87:8080/ -webSocket help
Available Commands
| add-job-to-view | Adds jobs to view. |
| build | Builds a job, and optionally waits until its completion. |
| cancel-quiet-down | Cancel the effect of the “quiet-down” command. |
| clear-queue | Clears the build queue. |
| connect-node | Reconnect to a node(s) |
| console | Retrieves console output of a build. |
| copy-job | Copies a job. |
| create-credentials-by-xml | Create Credential by XML |
| create-credentials-domain-by-xml | Create Credentials Domain by XML |
| create-job | Creates a new job by reading stdin as a configuration XML file. |
| create-node | Creates a new node by reading stdin as a XML configuration. |
| create-view | Creates a new view by reading stdin as a XML configuration. |
| declarative-linter | Validate a Jenkinsfile containing a Declarative Pipeline |
| delete-builds | Deletes build record(s). |
| delete-credentials | Delete a Credential |
| delete-credentials-domain | Delete a Credentials Domain |
| delete-job | Deletes job(s). |
| delete-node | Deletes node(s) |
| delete-view | Deletes view(s). |
| disable-job | Disables a job. |
| disable-plugin | Disable one or more installed plugins. |
| disconnect-node | Disconnects from a node. |
| enable-job | Enables a job. |
| enable-plugin | Enables one or more installed plugins transitively. |
| get-credentials-as-xml | Get a Credentials as XML (secrets redacted) |
| get-credentials-domain-as-xml | Get a Credentials Domain as XML |
| get-gradle | List available gradle installations |
| get-job | Dumps the job definition XML to stdout. |
| get-node | Dumps the node definition XML to stdout. |
| get-view | Dumps the view definition XML to stdout. |
| groovy | Executes the specified Groovy script. |
| groovysh | Runs an interactive groovy shell. |
| help | Lists all the available commands or a detailed description of single command. |
| import-credentials-as-xml | Import credentials as XML. The output of “list-credentials-as-xml” can be used as input here as is, the only needed change is to set the actual Secrets which are redacted in the output. |
| install-plugin | Installs a plugin either from a file, an URL, or from update center. |
| keep-build | Mark the build to keep the build forever. |
| list-changes | Dumps the changelog for the specified build(s). |
| list-credentials | Lists the Credentials in a specific Store |
| list-credentials-as-xml | Export credentials as XML. The output of this command can be used as input for “import-credentials-as-xml” as is, the only needed change is to set the actual Secrets which are redacted in the output. |
| list-credentials-context-resolvers | List Credentials Context Resolvers |
| list-credentials-providers | List Credentials Providers |
| list-jobs | Lists all jobs in a specific view or item group. |
| list-plugins | Outputs a list of installed plugins. |
| Reads stdin and sends that out as an e-mail. | |
| offline-node | Stop using a node for performing builds temporarily, until the next “online-node” command. |
| online-node | Resume using a node for performing builds, to cancel out the earlier “offline-node” command. |
| quiet-down | Quiet down Jenkins, in preparation for a restart. Don’t start any builds. |
| reload-configuration | Discard all the loaded data in memory and reload everything from file system. Useful when you modified config files directly on disk. |
| reload-job | Reload job(s) |
| remove-job-from-view | Removes jobs from view. |
| replay-pipeline | Replay a Pipeline build with edited script taken from standard input |
| restart | Restart Jenkins. |
| restart-from-stage | Restart a completed Declarative Pipeline build from a given stage. |
| safe-restart | Safely restart Jenkins. |
| safe-shutdown | Puts Jenkins into the quiet mode, wait for existing builds to be completed, and then shut down Jenkins. |
| session-id | Outputs the session ID, which changes every time Jenkins restarts. |
| set-build-description | Sets the description of a build. |
| set-build-display-name | Sets the displayName of a build. |
| set-external-build-result | Set external monitor job result. |
| shutdown | Immediately shuts down Jenkins server. |
| stop-builds | Stop all running builds for job(s) |
| update-credentials-by-xml | Update Credentials by XML |
| update-credentials-domain-by-xml | Update Credentials Domain by XML |
| update-job | Updates the job definition XML from stdin. The opposite of the get-job command. |
| update-node | Updates the node definition XML from stdin. The opposite of the get-node command. |
| update-view | Updates the view definition XML from stdin. The opposite of the get-view command. |
| version | Outputs the current version. |
| wait-node-offline | Wait for a node to become offline. |
| wait-node-online | Wait for a node to become online. |
| who-am-i | Reports your credential and permissions. |
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