Post section (success, failure, always) in Jenkins - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to run a step only when the build succeeds.

Jenkins

post {
  [1] {
    echo 'Build succeeded!'
  }
}

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Afailure

Bsuccess

Calways

Dunstable

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'failure' instead of 'success'

Using 'always' when only success is needed

The success block runs only if the build finishes successfully.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to run a step only when the build fails.

Jenkins

post {
  [1] {
    echo 'Build failed!'
  }
}

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Afailure

Bunstable

Calways

Dsuccess

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'success' instead of 'failure'

Using 'always' when only failure is needed

The failure block runs only if the build fails.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the post section to run a step regardless of build result.

Jenkins

post {
  [1] {
    echo 'This runs no matter what.'
  }
}

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Aunstable

Bfailure

Csuccess

Dalways

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'success' or 'failure' instead of 'always'

The always block runs no matter if the build succeeds or fails.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to run steps on success and failure respectively.

Jenkins

post {
  [1] {
    echo 'Build succeeded!'
  }
  [2] {
    echo 'Build failed!'
  }
}

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Asuccess

Bfailure

Calways

Dunstable

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping success and failure blocks

Using 'always' instead of specific blocks

The success block runs on success, and failure block runs on failure.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to run steps on success, failure, and always.

Jenkins

post {
  [1] {
    echo 'Success block'
  }
  [2] {
    echo 'Failure block'
  }
  [3] {
    echo 'Always block'
  }
}

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Asuccess

Bfailure

Calways

Dunstable

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up the order of blocks

Using 'unstable' which is not a post condition

Use success, failure, and always blocks to run steps on those build results.