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Create and Configure an Organization Folder in Jenkins

📖 Scenario: You are setting up Jenkins to organize multiple projects efficiently. Jenkins supports Organization Folders which help group related jobs automatically by scanning source code repositories.This project will guide you to create an Organization Folder in Jenkins using a simple configuration script.

🎯 Goal: Build a Jenkins pipeline script that creates an Organization Folder named MyOrgFolder which scans a GitHub organization example-org for repositories and automatically creates jobs for each repository.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create an Organization Folder named MyOrgFolder

Configure the folder to scan the GitHub organization example-org

Set the scan interval to 1 day

Use the Jenkins Job DSL or Pipeline syntax to define the folder

Print the folder name after creation

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Organization Folders help Jenkins users manage many related projects by automatically creating jobs for each repository in a GitHub organization.

💼 Career

Knowing how to configure Organization Folders is useful for DevOps engineers and Jenkins administrators to automate CI/CD pipelines efficiently.

1

Create the Organization Folder block

Write a Jenkins pipeline script that creates an Organization Folder named MyOrgFolder using the organizationFolder step.

Jenkins

# Your code here to create an Organization Folder named MyOrgFolder

Need a hint?

Use the organizationFolder step with the exact name 'MyOrgFolder'.

2

Configure GitHub organization source

Inside the organizationFolder('MyOrgFolder') block, add a sources block with a github source configured for the organization example-org.

Jenkins

pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('Create Organization Folder') {
            steps {
                script {
                    organizationFolder('MyOrgFolder') {
                        // Add sources block here
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
# Your code here to add GitHub organization source for example-org

Need a hint?

Use sources { github { repoOwner('example-org') } inside the folder block.

3

Set scan interval to 1 day

Inside the organizationFolder('MyOrgFolder') block, add a configure block to set the scan interval to 1 day (86400000 milliseconds).

Jenkins

pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('Create Organization Folder') {
            steps {
                script {
                    organizationFolder('MyOrgFolder') {
                        sources {
                            github {
                                repoOwner('example-org')
                            }
                        }
                        // Add configure block here to set scan interval
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
# Your code here to add scan interval configuration

Need a hint?

Use configure { node -> node / 'properties' / 'jenkins.branch.OrganizationFolderProperty' / 'interval' << '86400000' } to set the scan interval.

4

Print the folder name

Add a script step after the folder creation to print the text Created folder: MyOrgFolder.

Jenkins

pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('Create Organization Folder') {
            steps {
                script {
                    organizationFolder('MyOrgFolder') {
                        sources {
                            github {
                                repoOwner('example-org')
                            }
                        }
                        configure { node ->
                            node / 'properties' / 'jenkins.branch.OrganizationFolderProperty' / 'interval' << '86400000'
                        }
                    }
                    // Print folder name here
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
# Your code here to print the folder name

Need a hint?

Use println('Created folder: MyOrgFolder') to print the folder name.