Plugin Compatibility Tester (PCT)

Generates a compatibility matrix for plugins against Jenkins core.

Running PCT

The PCT CLI requires passing a WAR file containing plugins (generated from jenkinsci/bom, for example) as input; the versions of the plugins are inferred from the WAR file contents.

java -jar target/plugins-compat-tester-cli.jar \
    --war "$(pwd)/megawar.war" \
    --working-dir "$(pwd)/pct-work"

To test a subset of plugins in the WAR, use --include-plugins:

java -jar target/plugins-compat-tester-cli.jar \
    --war "$(pwd)/megawar.war" \
    --include-plugins ssh-slaves,credentials \
    --working-dir "$(pwd)/pct-work"

You can run the CLI with the --help argument to get a full list of supported options.

Running PCT with custom Java versions

PCT simply invokes Maven, which relies on the JAVA_HOME environment variable. If you want to use a custom Java version, set JAVA_HOME appropriately before running PCT.

Useful links

• Devoxx '11 BOF Presentation about Plugin Compat Tester is available here. This presentation is partially obsolete (GAE feature was removed in recent versions)