Another option if you want to do it programmatically could be to use an API call via url hit to take machines offline, then put them back online. The general format of the call should be available pretty easily with a web search, but we use something like this in a curl call when wanting to take machines offline for regular scripted maintenance:
https:// <user>:<apikey>@<jenkinshost>/computer/<nodename>/toggleOffline?offlineMessage=Offline_For_Maintenance_Script And then run it again to put the machine back online. The only negative is that this call toggles the online/offline state, and I am not aware of a call which can be made to explicitly put a node online, or offline; just the toggle of current state. This will take the machine offline gracefully, where any running builds will complete, but no new builds will be started. This call could be done via a separate job on the Jenkins server itself (running on a node that doesn't get taken offline), or via any sort of external scheduling mechanism you'd like that has the ability to do a http request. Scott -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAAPjsPZ1VijXmeEuMoQsSKtpdhceAbdKGvftSQMx6RRY%3D8h09A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
