Disable Jenkins Job from Another Job

Question

Is there a way in Jenkins (Hudson) to disable a job from another job?

Basically we have a build environment that does the standard building/testing. We also use the

Answer 1

It's possible to do this using the Job DSL Plugin, without specifying credentials.

The DSL script to use would be:

job("jobname"){
    using("jobname")
    disabled(true)
}

1. This is for Freestyle jobs. If you need to disable, for example, a Pipeline Job, use pipelineJob instead of job.
2. Usually, "jobname" needs to include folders, using the Jenkins root as reference.
3. To reenable a job, use disabled(false).