Possible in Jenkins to add sleep time between build actions?

Question

I am starting a JBoss server in Jenkins as a build action. The next action runs a set of tests. I need to add sleeptime between the two actions. Does anyone know how to do this easily?

Answer 1

It is possible to use sleep step in your Jenkins Pipeline. The step is included in Pipeline: Basic Steps.

Example:

steps {
  sleep time: 250, unit: 'MILLISECONDS'
}

Answer 2

You can add sleep command (on Unix) in the test build action before test execution.

Answer 3

There is a built-in feature in Jenkins to put a sleep but it is not easy to find it because they call it differently.

On the following screenshot

You can see there is a Quiet period setting in the advanced project options that is "executed" before the current job (project).

If you have 3 jobs you can as well set this setting for jobs 2 and 3 which will make:

job1 -> (sleep -> job2) -> (sleep -> job3)

Answer 4

all previous answers are correct, here is more detailed info for linux envirnment.

1. Search you existing Job Configuration for "Add build step"

2. Select Execute Shell and then add sleep some_number.