Exception when changing to directory, Finished: UNSTABLE

[Saatviga Sudhahar]

HI,

I'm using the Jenkins Send over SSH plugin to copy project files (wordpress) from my aws server to a remote server. 

The settings I'm using are,

source files : web_build/**/*

remove prefix: web_build

remote directory: 

exec command: 

In the configuration of the SSH Server, I'm specifying the remote directory as,

/home/online/public_html

The files are getting copied for a long time and in the end returns an error:

SSH: cd [wp-content/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/integrations]
SSH: Disconnecting configuration [onl...@162.222.225.153] ...
ERROR: Exception when publishing, exception message [Exception when changing to directory [wp-content/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/integrations]. Message []]
Build step 'Send files or execute commands over SSH' changed build result to UNSTABLE
Finished: UNSTABLE

I connect to the server using SSH keys.

Pls could someone help me with this?

Thanks

[Victor Martinez]

is wp-content/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/integrations a relative path to where? Can you confirm if it works by using the absolute path instead?

Cheers

[Saatviga Sudhahar]

Hi Victor,

The wp-content folder is in my project folder web_build. This is what i specify in the source files section.

I want to copy all directories and files under web_build to the remote server location /home/online/public_html 

The error is thrown while its copying the files from this location. Most of the files are copied. 

This happens only in the end. I don't specify any other paths. 

Thanks

[Victor Martinez]

I'm not sure whether it will be related to  but it seems the remote directory is required in the global settings:

Besides of that, I have not used that plugin for a while but you could add some loggers (see https://support.cloudbees.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002626172-Configure-Loggers-for-Jenkins ) and see the logs of the class class https://github.com/jenkinsci/publish-over-ftp-plugin/blob/4df38656ca19a60f94bc8c531fddf416fc06322b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/publish_over_ftp/BapFtpClient.java#L73 

Cheers

[Saatviga Sudhahar]

I have specified the remote directory in the global settings already where I configure the connection to the SSH server.

Anyway thanks, I will look in to that. 

[Björn Pedersen]

Hi,
Did you carefully check ownership and access rights on this folder (on the web server side)? Maybe it is not accessible by the user you use?

Björn

[Saatviga Sudhahar]

Hi,

Thank you Bjorn. After fixing the permissions to 755 i don't get the change directory error anymore.

But i get,

ERROR: Exception when publishing, exception message [java.io.IOException: inputstream is closed]
Build step 'Send files or execute commands over SSH' changed build result to UNSTABLE
Finished: UNSTABLE

I'm not sure why the inputstream is closed. i don't have any other open connections to the server.

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks

[Saatviga Sudhahar]

Hi,

I'm still facing issues with the inputstream is closed error.

ERROR: Exception when publishing, exception message [java.io.IOException: inputstream is closed]
Build step 'Send files or execute commands over SSH' changed build result to UNSTABLE
Finished: UNSTABLE

when i upload the files manually via WinSCP to the remote server it gets copied.

The server closes connection in between but still Winscp automatically re-connects to the server 

and continues the copying.

In Jenkins is there a way to handle this. I use the Send over SSH plugin for this purpose.

I'm open to other suggestions as well. 

Thanks