Master Jenkinsclient: Essential Commands for Managing Jobs, Plugins, and Nodes

Command format

Basic syntax: jenkins GROUP | COMMAND. GROUP groups related commands (e.g., job), and COMMAND performs a specific action.

Job group commands

jenkins job build      # build a job
jenkins job copy       # copy a job
jenkins job create     # create a job
jenkins job delete     # delete a job
jenkins job disable    # disable a job
jenkins job enable     # enable a job
jenkins job has        # check if a job exists
jenkins job info       # show job details
jenkins job ls         # list jobs
jenkins job rename     # rename a job
jenkins job xml        # display job's config.xml

Utility commands

APP mode

Run jenkins app to open Jenkins in a separate native‑like window.

Show Jenkins server version

jenkins version
# Example output:
Jenkins server version: 2.234

Show current user

jenkins whoami
# Example output:
ming

List installed plugins

jenkins plugins
# Sample output (plugin name, type, version):
pam-auth                            PAM Authentication plugin                     1.6
blueocean-i18n                      i18n for Blue Ocean                           1.23.2
... (additional plugins omitted for brevity) ...
localization-zh-cn                  Localization: Chinese (Simplified)            1.0.14

List jobs

jenkins jobs
# Example output:
f1                Folder          http://localhost:83/job/f1/
f2                Folder          http://localhost:83/job/f2/
freestyle-job    FreeStyleProject http://localhost:83/job/freestyle-job/
job2             FreeStyleProject http://localhost:83/job/job2/
pipeline-project WorkflowJob      http://localhost:83/job/pipeline-project/
... (additional jobs omitted) ...

Show queue

jenkins queues
# Example output:
任务ID  任务链接   原因

Show nodes

jenkins nodes
# Example output:
(master)   Linux (amd64)   1024.0/1024.0 MB   1872.38/3938.3 MB   43664 MB   43664 MB

Show credentials

jenkins creds
# Example output:
ID                                      Name                Type
94e00416-20d6-4fdf-8a38-8d799684a7ee   user1/******        UsernamePasswordCredential
6d369c60-67b1-4820-ba7e-ab640df1eac1   user2/******        UsernamePasswordCredential   user2 describe
user3                                   user3/******        UsernamePasswordCredential
ming                                    ming (ming)         SSHKeyCredential   ming

Summary

These commands provide quick terminal access to Jenkins resources, forming a foundation for further automation.