Shared library for Jenkins scripted pipelines

Jenkins configuration

In section Administration > System Configuration > Global Pipeline Libraries configure new library:

• Name: some desired name of library, this name can be used in pipelines to include library using @Library annotation;
• Default version: branch or tag identifier, e.g. master;
• Load implicitly: check if you want to load this library implicitly to all scripts, so they do not need to load it using @Library annotation;
• Allow default version to be overridden: allow to override Default version using @Library annotation;
• Retrieval method
  • check Modern SCM;
  • check Git: DO NOT USE GitHub source, as there is currently bug;
  • Project Repository: https://github.com/BrandEmbassy/jenkins-pipeline-lib;

Library

statement when

Statement when can be used instead of simple if statement inside of stage block, to execute statements only if given expression evaluates true. Anyway it will mark parent stage as skipped.

Example:

stage('test') {
  when (SKIP_TESTS == 'false') {
    build(job: 'unit-tests')
  }
}

Stage test will be still visible to pipeline graph and Blue Ocean, but it will be marked as skipped, so it will not be displayed as green with duration.