Jenkins Plugin Development: Install Plugins with CURL

Today i would like to write about my development experience with the continuous integration server Jenkins. This article is targeting developers, who are doing plugin development for Jenkins.

As i find it annoying in building the plugin locally, uploading the plugin through the Jenkins updateCenter, restart the box and doing the next test, i was searching for an easy way to fasten this process. 

The CURL interface of Jenkins is easy to use but i think its hard to find a good documentation about it and how to use it correctly. Therefore here is an easy tutorial, on how to install new plugins to your Jenkins box and restart it afterwards using CURL. „Jenkins Plugin Development: Install Plugins with CURL“ weiterlesen