Rename jobs from jenkins file

Question

I am trying to do a poc of jenkins pipeline as code. Is there a way to explicitly define the names for the pipeline jobs that get from Jenkinsfile? I also want to add some descriptions for the jobs

Answer 1

Following script in pipeline will do that(this requires appropriate permissions)

item = Jenkins.instance.getItemByFullName("originalJobName")

item.setDescription("This description was changed by script")

item.save()

item.renameTo("newJobName")

Answer 2

You can rename selected job through jenkins UI by following these steps:

job>configure>Advanced Project Options>Display Name

Other way is to rename the directory on the Jenkins/hudson server and then restart the Jenkins.

Comments

Thanks!! Nice hidden feature that is very handy.

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Answer 3

Go to the Configure screen and edit the Project name field right on top. Then click on Save and confirm by clicking on Yes.