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Back to Search AI connectors list Jenkins is an open-source automation server used for Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) in software development. The Jenkins Connector ingests dashboard summaries, jobs, builds, and plugin data into Search AI.

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Prerequisites

Search AI communicates with Jenkins through its APIs, authenticated via an API token.

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Generate an API Token in Jenkins

  1. Sign in to Jenkins.
  2. Click your Username in the top-right.
  3. Go to Configure.
  4. Scroll to API Token and click Add New Token.
  5. Generate the token, copy it, and store it securely.

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Configure the Jenkins Connector

  1. Navigate to Content > Connectors in Search AI and select Jenkins.
  2. On the Authorization tab, enter the following details:
  1. Click Connect.

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Content Ingestion

Search AI ingests four types of content from Jenkins.

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Dashboards

Each dashboard document provides a summary of the Jenkins instance, including total jobs, successful jobs, failed jobs, job details, instance configuration, mode, node description, and executor count.

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Jobs

Each job document captures the job name as the title. The content field includes job properties such as buildable status, health score, build stability, and information about recent builds.

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Builds

Each build document includes the build name, build number, build parameters, initiator, contributors, and total build duration.

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Plugins

Each plugin is ingested as a separate document. The plugin name is captured as the title. The content field includes version number, required core version, and plugin status.