Configurations

config.yml: configuring credentials

In Jenkins configurations section is explained how to add the required credentials. Here is explained how to use credentials with JePL itself. config section of config.yml supports the keyword credentials that allows to define an array of credentials of the following types:

  • secret text

  • username and password

  • secret file

  • ssh username with private key

  • certificate

The difference between them are the keywords for each one. The association is made by the credentials id from Jenkins, where the credential type is defined. The following table resumes the required parameters for each case:

Credential Type

Properties

secret text

id: jenkins identifier

variable: environment variable with secret

username and password

id: jenkins identifier

username_var: environment variable for username

password_var: environment variable to receive the password

secret file

id: jenkins identifier

variable: environment variable with file content.

ssh username with private key

id: jenkins identifier

keyfile_var: environment variable to receive the private key

passphrase_var: environment variable to receive the private key passphrase

username_var: environment variable for username

certificate

id: jenkins identifier

keystore_var: environment variable set to the keystore temporary location

alias_var: environment variable set to the keystore alias name of the certificate

password_var: environment variable to receive the password

In the next configuration examples, the values there have the following meaning:

  • jenkins_credential_id: this is the id associated to the Jenkins credential

  • ENV_*: name of the environment variable to be set with the correspondent value defined in Jenkins credential

Examples:
config:
  credentials:
    - id: jenkins_credential_id
      variable: ENV_VAR