How to install jenkins plugins from command line?

Question

Is there any option to install jenkins plugins from command line ?

I found a command for this after a bit google search :

java -jar /var/lib/jenkins         


        

Answer 1

As per the Jenkins command line interface documentation, you need to use the client JAR file (not the server WAR file you're using), which you can obtain directly from Jenkins, e.g. via the links on http://localhost:8080/cli

Then you can run the command using this JAR:

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/ install-plugin 

This will download install the plugin you want, along with any of its dependencies.