Save/Restore Jenkins Jobs

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1. Add client credentials to Jenkins server:

   i. Create public key of client machine use ssh-keygen if it doesn't exist, see note " Login SSH Server without Password " for details;

   i. open "http://10.0.2.74:8088/me/configure";

   i. Add "SSH Username with password" in Credentials section with username and password of the client machine;

   i. In "SSH Public Keys", add all content in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub on client machine;

Verify credentials with java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://10.0.2.74:8088/ who-am-i;

Ref: Section "Working with Credentials" in https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Jenkins+CLI

1. Save Jenkins jobs in xml files:

On client machine: java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://10.0.2.74:8088/ get-job ESB > ESB_jenkins.xml

1. Restore Jenkins jobs from xml files:

On client machine: java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://10.0.2.74:8088/ create-job ESB < ESB_jenkins.xml;

Ref:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8424228/export-import-jobs-in-jenkins

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