Configuring a pipeline job for end-to-end automation

In this recipe, you will create to create a pipeline similar to what you configured with the Build Pipeline plugin.

Getting ready

Click on Pipeline Syntax to generate the syntax for specific tasks you want to execute.

You can select the steps and configure the required things, and then click on Generate Pipeline Script to get the syntax that you can directly utilize in your pipeline:

Before creating your first script for a pipeline, let's understand some important terms.

The node defines the node created in the context of the Jenkins' master agent architecture. It executes the step the moment the executor is available on node. It creates a workspace or a directory for the pipeline to keep files. The following is the sample syntax:

node { 
    // execute the pipeline on Master node  
} 
node('windows') { 
    // execute the pipeline on node labelled as Windows 
} 

The stage is a step that can be considered as a logically separate step, such as...