External artifact repositories (Nexus, Artifactory) in Jenkins - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the Jenkins pipeline code to upload an artifact to Nexus.

Jenkins

sh 'curl -v -u admin:admin123 -X POST "http://nexus.example.com/repository/maven-releases/" -F "r=releases" -F "hasPom=false" -F "e=jar" -F "file=[1]"'

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Apom.xml

Bsrc/main/java

CREADME.md

Dtarget/my-app.jar

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using source code folder instead of the built artifact.

Uploading the pom.xml instead of the jar file.

The artifact file to upload is the built jar file, usually located in the target/ directory.

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medium

Complete the Jenkins pipeline snippet to download an artifact from Artifactory using curl.

Jenkins

sh 'curl -u user:password -O http://artifactory.example.com/artifactory/libs-release-local/[1]'

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Abuild.gradle

Bsrc/main/resources/config.yaml

Ccom/example/my-app/1.0/my-app-1.0.jar

Ddocs/manual.pdf

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using source files or documentation instead of the artifact jar.

Incorrect artifact path format.

The artifact path in Artifactory includes group, artifact name, version, and file name.

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hard

Fix the error in this Jenkins pipeline step to publish to Nexus by completing the missing option.

Jenkins

sh 'mvn deploy:deploy-file -Durl=http://nexus.example.com/repository/maven-releases/ -DrepositoryId=[1] -Dfile=target/app.jar -DgroupId=com.example -DartifactId=app -Dversion=1.0 -Dpackaging=jar'

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Anexus

Breleases

Ccentral

Dsnapshots

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using repository names like 'central' which is Maven Central, not Nexus.

Using 'releases' or 'snapshots' which are repository names, not repository IDs.

The -DrepositoryId must match the server ID configured in Maven settings for Nexus credentials.

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hard

Fill both blanks to configure Jenkins to use Artifactory plugin for uploading artifacts.

Jenkins

def server = Artifactory.server('[1]')
server.upload spec: '''{
  "files": [
    {"pattern": "build/libs/*.jar", "target": "[2]"}
  ]
}'''

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Aartifactory-server

Blibs-release-local

Clibs-snapshot-local

Ddocker-local

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Confusing server ID with repository name.

Using snapshot repository for release artifacts.

The server name matches the Jenkins Artifactory server configuration ID, and the target is the repository name in Artifactory.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a Jenkins pipeline step that downloads a specific artifact from Nexus using curl.

Jenkins

sh 'curl -u [1]:[2] -O http://nexus.example.com/repository/[3]/com/example/app/1.0/app-1.0.jar'

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Aadmin

Badmin123

Cmaven-releases

Dmaven-snapshots

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using snapshot repository for release artifact download.

Incorrect or missing credentials causing authentication failure.

The username and password are for Nexus authentication, and the repository is the release repository where the artifact is stored.