Setup Jenkins GitHub pull request builder plugin

This page provides information on how to setup Jenkins GitHub pull request builder plugin with GitBucket to automatically build pull-requests with Jenkins.

1. Install Jenkins with GitHub pull request builder plugin as http://jenkins:9090/

2. Install GitBucket as http://gitbucket:8080/

3. Create repository on GitBucket as http://gitbucket:8080/root/test

4. Create user on GitBucket for Jenkins as jenkinsbot

   • Add jenkinsbot to collaborator of repository root/test

5. Add repository webhook http://jenkins:9090/ghprbhook/

6. Create personal access token on http://gitbucket:8080/jenkinsbot/_application

7. Set on Jenkins global setting http://jenkins:9090/manage

   • 'GitHub Plugin Configuration'
     • Credentials -> Add
       • Type = 'Secret text'
       • Secret = created on step 6.
       • Add.
     • GitHub API URL = http://gitbucket:8080/api/v3
   • GitHub Pull Request Builder
     • GitHub Server API URL = http://gitbucket:8080/api/v3
     • Credentials = select credentials that you created some time ago.
   • old version ghprb
     • GitHub server api URL = http://gitbucket:8080/api/v3
     • Access Token = created on step 6.
     • Save.

8. Create job as http://jenkins:9090/job/testjob/

9. On http://jenkins:9090/job/testjob/configure, * GitHub project = http://gitbucket:8080/root/test/ * Source Code Management

   • git
     • Repositories
       • Repository URL = http://gitbucket:8080/git/root/test.git
       • Refspec = +refs/pull/*:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*
     • Branches to build
       • Branch Specifier (blank for 'any') = ${sha1} * Build trigger
   • GitHub Pull Request Builder
     • Admin list = root * Save.

10. Hint

• Jenkins log has a lot information that show on http://jenkins:9090/log/all .
• User that create access token has permission to write repository ?
• When you replace access token, but Jenkins not use soon. please restart Jenkins.