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/jenkins.war -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/ install-plugin ${Plugin_Name}

But it's not working.

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 <name>

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

Answer 2

import jenkins.model.* 
import java.util.logging.Logger

def logger = Logger.getLogger("") 
def installed = false 
def initialized = false

def pluginParameter="gitlab-plugin hipchat swarm" 
def plugins =pluginParameter.split() 
logger.info("" + plugins) 
def instance =Jenkins.getInstance() 
def pm = instance.getPluginManager() 
def uc =instance.getUpdateCenter() 
uc.updateAllSites()

plugins.each {   logger.info("Checking " + it)   if
(!pm.getPlugin(it)) {
    logger.info("Looking UpdateCenter for " + it)
    if (!initialized) {
      uc.updateAllSites()
      initialized = true
    }
    def plugin = uc.getPlugin(it)
    if (plugin) {
      logger.info("Installing " + it)
        plugin.deploy()
      installed = true
    }   } }

if (installed) 
   {  
      logger.info("Plugins installed, initializing a   restart!")   
       instance.save()  
       instance.doSafeRestart()
 }