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Resolution: Duplicate
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Used Jenkins version: 2.19.1, but I'm pretty sure this behavior is also present in older jenkins versions
Steps to reproduce:
- Download the jenkins.war file
- Make sure you have an empty/not existing ~/.jenkins (or whatever JENKINS_HOME directory is used)
- From the directory where you downloaded the .war file, run `java -Djenkins.install.runSetupWizard=false -jar jenkins.war`
- When Jenkins is started, go to Manage Jenkins -> Configure System and click the "Advanced" button underneath the home directory setting at the top of the page
- Observation: the workspace root directory is specified as`${JENKINS_HOME}/workspace/${ITEM_FULLNAME}`, as it is documented on https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Administering+Jenkins
- Cancel the process
- Restart Jenkins and again, go to the central configuration
- Observation: the workspace root directory suddenly changed to `${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/workspace`
This behavior is extremely odd and creates a lot of confusion and wastes people's time, as some Jenkins servers/jobs have the one layout, and some have the other layout, depending on when the jobs where created and whether Jenkins was re-started in between or not.
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[JENKINS-39670] Jenkins changes workspace layout on 2nd startup
Jens Keller
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| Description |
Original:
Used Jenkins version: 2.19.1, but I'm pretty sure this behavior is also present in older jenkins versions Steps to reproduce: - Download the jenkins.war file - Make sure you have an empty/not existing ~/.jenkins (or whatever JENKINS_HOME directory is used) - From the directory where you downloaded the .war file, run `java -Djenkins.install.runSetupWizard=false -jar jenkins.war` - When Jenkins is started, go to Manage Jenkins -> Configure System and click the "Advanced" button underneath the home directory setting at the top of the page - Observation: the workspace root directory is specified as`${JENKINS_HOME}/workspace/${ITEM_FULLNAME}`, as it is documented on https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Administering+Jenkins - Cancel the process - Restart Jenkins and again, go to the central configuration - Observation: the workspace root directory suddenly changed to `${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/workspace` This behavior is extremely odd and creates a lot of confusion and wastes people's time, as some Jenkins servers/jobs have the one layout, and some have the other layout, depending on when the jobs where created and whether Jenkins was re-started in between or not. Also I want to raise that the documentation is contradicting: - in the built-in documentation of the config option, it says `The default value is ${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/workspace.` - in the above mentioned wiki page it indicates that the default layout is `${JENKINS_HOME}/workspace/${ITEM_FULLNAME}` |
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Used Jenkins version: 2.19.1, but I'm pretty sure this behavior is also present in older jenkins versions Steps to reproduce: - Download the jenkins.war file - Make sure you have an empty/not existing ~/.jenkins (or whatever JENKINS_HOME directory is used) - From the directory where you downloaded the .war file, run `java -Djenkins.install.runSetupWizard=false -jar jenkins.war` - When Jenkins is started, go to Manage Jenkins -> Configure System and click the "Advanced" button underneath the home directory setting at the top of the page - Observation: the workspace root directory is specified as`${JENKINS_HOME}/workspace/${ITEM_FULLNAME}`, as it is documented on https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Administering+Jenkins - Cancel the process - Restart Jenkins and again, go to the central configuration - Observation: the workspace root directory suddenly changed to `${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/workspace` This behavior is extremely odd and creates a lot of confusion and wastes people's time, as some Jenkins servers/jobs have the one layout, and some have the other layout, depending on when the jobs where created and whether Jenkins was re-started in between or not. |
| Link | New: This issue duplicates JENKINS-21942 [ JENKINS-21942 ] |
| Resolution | New: Duplicate [ 3 ] | |
| Status | Original: Open [ 1 ] | New: Resolved [ 5 ] |