Thanks Rajendra. I had avoided using the CLI because there are so many
jobs to be moved, and it doesn't move plugins, credentials, etc. I was
hoping for a more-automated way of doing it, but it might not exist. I
have looked at butler, I'll take another look.
On Friday, August 10, 2018 at 11:33:21 AM UTC-6, rajendraprasad reddy wrote:
>
> Check whether the remote machines enabled REST Interface or jenkins cli,
> you can easily export and import jobs from any jenkins server to any other
> jenkins server, other useful utility also I found called 'butler, script,
> check online if you cannot find it I can send you link for the that to
> download and use it, it is very simple, it also supports export and
> importing plugins too.
>
> Thanks ,
> rajendra@gmail.com
>
> On Fri 10 Aug, 2018, 10:00 PM Kevin White, > wrote:
>
>> My team has several different Jenkins servers that we have decided to
>> aggregate into just one. I'm somewhat familiar with the process of
>> migrating one old Jenkins instance to a new one, where the new one is
>> essentially a clone of the old. What I haven't seen is instructions for
>> combining jobs/configs/plugins from multiple instances into one.
>>
>> I have installed the Job Import plugin, but for some reason, it doesn't
>> list the jobs on most of the remote machines so they can't be imported. No
>> errors, just no jobs listing. I suspect it may have something to do with
>> the fact that the remote machines all use SSL. I have provided working
>> credentials in the plugin configuration for each of the remote instances,
>> so that's not the issue.
>>
>> I have looked at thinBackup plugin, but it appears that it will restore
>> only from one source, not many.
>>
>> If I copy the jobs folder over from the remotes, I won't get all the
>> necessary plugins and other configuration files.
>>
>> I am currently trying to rsync from each of the remotes to the new one,
>> but I have a feeling that will result in some incompatibilities.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how best to accomplish this?
>>
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