How do I get Jenkins to build on push to a BitBucket git repository?

Question

I have a git repository hosted on BitBucket, and have set up SSH authentication between the repository and my Jenkins server. I can build on Jenkins manually, but cannot get the Jenkins service on BitBucket to trigger builds.

Jenkins configuration:   - Project Name: [my_jenkins_job]   - Build Triggers:   --Trigger Builds Remotely:   ---Token: [token]  BitBucket configuration:   - Endpoint: http://[my_jenkins_address]/job/[my_jenkins_job]/build (I've also tried build?token=[token])   - Project Name: [my_jenkins_job]   - Module Name: [blank]   - Token: [token] 

Visiting http://{my_jenkins_address}/job/{my_jenkins_job}/build?token={token} kicks off a build properly.

Why doesn't pushing a change to BitBucket cause Jenkins to initiate a build?

Answer 1

Due to the Jenkins Hook of Bitbucket is not working at all for me and I have different Jenkins projects for different branches I had come to this solution:

• Install Bitbucket Plugin at your Jenkins
• Add a normal Post as Hook to your Bitbucket repository (Settings -> Hooks) and use following url:

https://YOUR.JENKINS.SERVER:PORT/bitbucket-hook/

and if you have setup authentication on jenkins then URL must be like

https://USERNAME:[email protected]:PORT/bitbucket-hook/

• Configure your Jenkins project as follows:
• under build trigger enable Build when a change is pushed to BitBucket
• under Source Code Management select GIT; enter your credentials and define Branches to build (like **feature/*)

By this way I have three build projects, one for all features, one for develop and one for release branch. Make sure to include the slash ('/') on the end of the URL or the hook won't work.

And best of it, you don't have to ad new hooks for new Jenkins projects.

Answer 2

I have our Jenkins instance set up to poll the repository every minute. Is that not frequent enough for your needs?

Our Jenkins configuration:

Build Triggers > Poll SCM = Checked

Build Triggers > Poll SCM > Schedule =

# every 1 minute */1 * * * *