How to run a build step from the master and not the slave?

2013-08-12 Thread Avihay Eyal
Hi, I have a job running on a dedicated slave. This job should run unittests and regression tests via robot framework. The thing is, that I want to run the robot framework from the master, and not the slave, as I want to install the robot framework only once on the master. According to the

Re: How to run a build step from the master and not the slave?

2013-08-12 Thread Daniel Beck
Instead I'd try to download it to the job's WORKSPACE on the slave during the build and run it from there, if possible. On 12.08.2013, at 08:19, Avihay Eyal avihay.e...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a job running on a dedicated slave. This job should run unittests and regression tests via

Re: How to run a build step from the master and not the slave?

2013-08-12 Thread Avihay Eyal
The regression tests *runs on the slave*, but they're *executed via SSH,*from the *robot framework*. I prefer the robot framework execution to happen from the master, cause I don't want to install the robot framework on each slave. On Monday, August 12, 2013 9:30:04 AM UTC+3, Daniel Beck

Re: How to run a build step from the master and not the slave?

2013-08-12 Thread Kevin Fleming (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN)
In that case, this is not a true slave (a Jenkins slave), but it's a 'robot framework slave'. You'll need to create a job that runs on the master and uses the framework to connect to, and run work on, the slave. - Original Message - From: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com To: