Managing Views and Folders

1. Navigate to Jenkins dashboard
2. Click on "New View" in the left sidebar
3. Enter a name for your view (e.g., "My-Jobs-View")
4. Select "List View" from the view type options
5. Click "OK"
6. Configure job inclusion criteria if needed
7. Save the view configuration

const Jenkins = require('jenkins');
const jenkins = new Jenkins({ baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8080', crumbIssuer: true });

jenkins.view.create('My-Jobs-View', {
  name: 'My-Jobs-View',
  jobs: [
    { name: 'job1' },
    { name: 'job2' }
  ]
});

curl -X POST "http://jenkins.example.com/view/MyView/createView" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/xml" \
  -d "<hudson.model.ListView><name>MyView</name><filterExecutors>false</filterExecutors><filterQueue>false</filterQueue></hudson.model.ListView>"

<view>
  <name>BuildPipelineView</name>
  <buildPipelineView>
    <name>BuildPipelineView</name>
    <title>Build Pipeline View</title>
    <jobNames>
      <string>job1</string>
      <string>job2</string>
    </jobNames>
  </buildPipelineView>
</view>

1. Go to Jenkins dashboard
2. Click "New View"
3. Enter view name (e.g., "Build Dashboard")
4. Select "Dashboard View"
5. Click "OK"
6. Configure view settings (e.g., add jobs, set refresh interval)
7. Save the view

import jenkins.model.Jenkins
import hudson.model.View
import hudson.plugins.view.dashboard.Dashboard

def jenkins = Jenkins.instance
def viewName = "Build Dashboard"
def description = "Dashboard for build status"

def dashboardView = new Dashboard(viewName, description)
jenkins.addView(dashboardView)
jenkins.save()

def view = new ListView("MyView")
view.jobNames = ["*Build*", "Test-*"]
view.save()

def view = new ListView("FailedJobs")
view.jobNames = ["*Build*"]
view.statusFilter = "failure"
view.save()

1. Navigate to Jenkins Dashboard
2. Click "New Item"
3. Enter folder name (e.g., "Project-A")
4. Select "Folder" as item type
5. Click "OK"
6. Configure folder settings if needed

java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://localhost:8080/ -auth <credentials> create-job "folder-name" < job-config.xml

import jenkins.model.Jenkins
import hudson.model.Folder

def folder = new Folder(Jenkins.instance, "my-folder")
folder.setDisplayName("My Project Folder")
folder.setDescription("Contains all project builds")
folder.save()

def folder = Jenkins.instance.getFolder('my-folder')
def credential = new UsernamePasswordCredentialsImpl(
    CredentialsScope.GLOBAL,
    'my-cred-id',
    'Description of credential',
    'username',
    'password'
)
folder.addProperty(new CredentialsProvider.CredentialsProperty(credential))

curl -X POST "http://jenkins.example.com/job/Project/job/Team1/job/NestedFolder/createItem" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/xml" \
  -d "<hudson.model.FreeStyleProject><name>NestedFolder</name></hudson.model.FreeStyleProject>"

1. Go to Jenkins Dashboard
2. Click on "Manage Jenkins"
3. Select "Configure Global Security"
4. Under "Authorization", select "Matrix-based security"
5. Add user or group and assign appropriate permissions