It sounds like you want the promotion job to be reading files from the workspace of the parent build that is being promoted. If so, that’s the wrong way to do it. From https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Promoted+Builds+Plugin:
Do not rely on files in the workspace The promotion action uses the workspace of the job as the current directory (and as such the execution of the promotion action is mutually exclusive from any on-going builds of the job.) But by the time promotion runs, this workspace can contain files from builds that are totally unrelated from the build being promoted. To access the artifacts, use the Copy Artifact Plugin and choose the permalink. From: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Mellor Sent: 22 May 2015 17:15 To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com Subject: How can I get a promotion to run on the same host? I have a problem where a build runs on one Jenkins machine, and then I do a manual promotion. The manual promotion runs on a different machine than the build that I am promoting, so of course the directories and files constructed by the build do not exist on the second machine. The promotion fails immediately as a result. How can I get the promotion to respect the host to run on? If I set the “Restrict where this promotion process can be run” checkbox, then the comment states that “If not set, the label of the promoted build will be used”, which is extremely poor wording that I interpret as it should stay on the same host as the build that I’m promoting. Unfortunately, it will not stick unless I enter a hostname, so it too is useless. If I enter the matching hostname to the box that the build was run on, then it works, but realistically prevents me from using any slave machines. Is this multipole bugs in the Jenkins 1.612 promotion mechanism, or am I missing something? -- -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom -- 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/6836E1DC2DDC174C9D64B7860E5AF5FC9EE11621%40EXCHMBX01.fed.cclrc.ac.uk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
