I think that what you're asking for isn't really what Jenkins does. I don't think that users can interact with a Jenkins job _through Jenkins_, except to kill it. I think that you'll have to have something in the job reach out to the user.
If the job you're running is on Linux, can you get it to connect to the X server that the technician is watching? Write a simple GUI in your favorite language that just pops up a dialog on that X server and exits out when somebody clicks OK (or exits nonzero when somebody clicks CANCEL). Have one of your build steps run the GUI as a normal build step. The build will hang, waiting for the techie to close the dialog, then go on after the techie has done the manual part. --Rob From: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kyle Leber Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 2:09 PM To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com Subject: Can a user interact with an active Jenkins job? Note: this question also posted to stackoverflow here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16021333/is-there-a-way-to-use-jenkins-to-run-an-interactive-test-script-and-have-a-user I have some hardware components I'm looking to test in a semi-automated fashion. This will involve procedural steps similar to: 1. Prompt user to connect signal A to connector J1 2. After user confirms this is in place, automatically check for successful signal detection I have experience writing such tests using bash, python, etc. I have also used Jenkins to manage builds and automated tests. What I would like to do (if possible) is combine the two somehow and use Jenkins to manage running of an interactive script on a test computer. This would allow me to leverage Jenkins' ability to consistently spawn scripts on a test computer and archive artifacts and console output history indefinitely. The part I'm not sure about is how to allow a user to interact with a Jenkins job that is in progress. Does anyone have any experience with this or know if it is possible? This is on a Linux system, so maybe I can run it in a 'screen' session that the user could attach to? Thanks, Kyle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. The information in this message is for the intended recipient(s) only and may be the proprietary and/or confidential property of Litle & Co., LLC, and thus protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify Litle & Co. immediately by replying to this message and then promptly deleting it and your reply permanently from your computer. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
