Jenkins plugin to disable a build step manually

Question

Is there a way to enable/disable build steps of a build job in Jenkins. A method like a check box to enable/disable the build steps, so we can temporarily skip some steps which should not run. (This is helpful for testing a build job)

I would like to know whether there is a plugin to do this?

Answer 1

You can use the Conditional Build Step Plugin to do this. Surround the build step you want to toggle in a conditional step (single) and set it to run 'Never'. This will skip the build step until you want to enable it again.

If you want it to be a dynamic option you can script the plugin to enable or disable the build step depending on whether particular conditions are met, eg: A parameter has a particular value, a file exists, etc.