Jenkins install plugins offline

Question

Installed Jenkins on a Linux server and want to install some plugins manually.

I want to install Blue Ocean and Artifactory.

For both plugins I downloaded the hpi file and tried to install it, but I get a lot of dependency errors.

Do I now have to install those dependencies manually as well? or is there a better way to do this?

I tried to install one of those dependency and that one also had some dependency errors as well :-(

The Linux server is not able to access the internet.

Thanks!

Robert

Answer 1

Same case here. Our Jenkins is setup in OpenShift which is not allowed to connect to the Internet. Downloading a plugin 1-by-1 is tiresome. Not to mention that each plugins have its own dependencies that needs to be downloaded as well.

Here's what you would do...

1. Run a Jenkins locally in a machine that can download plugins.
2. Download and update all the plugins you want using the Update Center.
3. Go %JENKINS_HOME%/plugins directory. Inside this folder you would see *.jpi. These are your plugins. Its dependencies will be downloaded as well.
4. Rename it to *.hpi then keep it in some directory.

To test...

1. In your local Jenkins delete everything in %JENKINS_HOME%/plugins directory then put all *.hpi in this directory.
2. Restart your local Jenkins.
3. Verify if the plugins you require are installed and updated.