Re: Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access...

2014-07-10 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Jeff wrote: > Thanks...that's what I am trying to do. I have successfully copied the > artifacts. Now I need to SCP them to the server BEFORE I run a remote SSH > script to install them. > > Using the SCP plugin would help me not have to manually manage credenti

Re: Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access...

2014-07-10 Thread Daniel Beck
> I wouldn't call it "misusing". I'm simply working with what is there (that I > knew about). ... for a problem 'what is there' was not designed to solve. Law of the instrument ;-) > Since I can't do SSH in post-build I am limited to what I can do, hence my > frustration. With the emergence

Re: Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access...

2014-07-10 Thread Stephen Connolly
jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com >> >> [mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com >> ] *On >> Behalf Of *Jeff >> *Sent:* Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:09 AM >> *To:* jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com >> >> *Subject:* Re: Frustration with build-step/post-bui

Re: Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access...

2014-07-09 Thread Jeff
glegroups.com [mailto: > jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Jeff > *Sent:* Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:09 AM > *To:* jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access... > > > > I wouldn't call it "

RE: Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access...

2014-07-09 Thread Baskar Veeramani (baveeram)
. Regards, Baskar.V From: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:09 AM To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access... I wouldn't call it "misus

Re: Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access...

2014-07-09 Thread Jeff
I wouldn't call it "misusing". I'm simply working with what is there (that I knew about). Since I can't do SSH in post-build I am limited to what I can do, hence my frustration. With the emergence of Continuous Delivery/Deployment, I wish a job could be defined more broadly and tasks or steps wi

Re: Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access...

2014-07-09 Thread Daniel Beck
Your problem is that you're misusing the 'software build' concept and job type for something that isn't strictly a software build, and its limitations become obvious. Post-build steps usually fall into one of the categories 'recorder' (e.g. archive artifacts) and 'notifier' (email notifications

Frustration with build-step/post-build-action access...

2014-07-09 Thread Jeff
This is a bit of a rant, but I'm unclear why it matters which steps are available as a build step vs. a post-build step. I'm trying to create a simple job to grab debian packages archived from various upstream "build" jobs and installing/configuring the debian packages on a set of test servers as