How to mark a build unstable in Jenkins when running shell scripts

Question

In a project I\'m working on, we are using shell scripts to execute different tasks. Some are sh/bash scripts that run rsync, and some are PHP scripts. One of the PHP script

Answer 1

As a lighter alternative to the existing answers, you can set the build result with a simple HTTP POST to access the Groovy script console REST API:

    curl -X POST \
     --silent \
     --user "$YOUR_CREDENTIALS" \
     --data-urlencode "script=Jenkins.instance.getItemByFullName( '$JOB_NAME' ).getBuildByNumber( $BUILD_NUMBER ).setResult( hudson.model.Result.UNSTABLE )" $JENKINS_URL/scriptText

Advantages:

• no need to download and run a huge jar file
• no kludges for setting and reading some global state (console text, files in workspace)
• no plugins required (besides Groovy)
• no need to configure an extra build step that is superfluous in the PASSED or FAILURE cases.

For this solution, your environment must meet these conditions:

• Jenkins REST API can be accessed from slave
• Slave must have access to credentials that allows to access the Jenkins Groovy script REST API.