Why doesn't copying an hpi file to JENKINS_HOME/plugins/ work?

[Code]

My goal is to create a script to automatically install and setup jenkins on a linux instance (CentOs.) Jenkins document says I can manually install a plugin by copying the hpi/jpi file to plugins directory. I tried to do that by using the following commands

cd /var/lib/jenkins/plugins

curl -O http://updates.jenkins-ci.org/latest/chucknorris.hpi

then I checked and the file was there. So, I restarted the service (service jenkins restart.) After the website was back online, I went to JENKINS_URL/pluginManager/installed but checknorris wasn't there. I would like to know what I did wrong and how I can fix this issue.

Thanks!

[Mark Waite]

If you're already scripting, and you're installing a plugin from the update center, couldn't just just as easily use the command line interface?

For example, I use the command:

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://wheezy64b:8080/ install-plugin git git-client

https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Jenkins+CLI gives more instructions on using the command line interface.

Mark Waite

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Thanks!

Mark Waite

[Jesse Glick]

On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Code <ekka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> curl -O http://updates.jenkins-ci.org/latest/chucknorris.hpi

Try saving as chucknorris.jpi.

[Code]

I changed to use jenkins-cli.jar as you suggested and it works as I expected.

[Richard Bywater]

FYI if you don't have Java installed on the machine that is wanting to make the call to add the plugin, you can do it via the SSH mechanism too. See https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Jenkins+SSH

Richard.