help

• Documentation:
• Binary:
• Credentials configuration:

HTTP connection mode

# username + password
java -jar "jenkins-cli.jar" \
  -s "http://localhost:8080" \
  -http -auth "admin:123" \
  help

# username + token
java -jar "jenkins-cli.jar" \
  -s "http://localhost:8080" \
  -http -auth "admin:abc1234ffe4a" \
  help

# credentials file
java -jar "jenkins-cli.jar" \
  -s "http://localhost:8080" \
  -http -auth "@/home/hvitoi/.jenkins-cli" \
  help

# bearer token
java -jar "jenkins-cli.jar" \
  -s "http://localhost:8080" \
  -http -bearer "my-token" \
  help

• Instead of defining -auth param, you can set it as environment variables

export JENKINS_USER_ID=admin
export JENKINS_API_TOKEN=abc1234ffe4a
java -jar "jenkins-cli.jar" "http://localhost:8080" help

WebSocket connection mode

• Avoid problems with many reverse proxies or the need for special proxy configuration SSH connection mode

java -jar "jenkins-cli.jar" \
  -s "http://localhost:8080" \
  -webSocket -auth "admin:123" \
  help

SSH connection mode

• Authentication via SSH keypair
• Acts like a native ssh command

java -jar "jenkins-cli.jar" \
  -s "http://localhost:8080" \
  -ssh -user "admin" \
  help

Alias

echo "alias jenkinscli=\"java -jar ~/bin/jenkins-cli.jar -s http://localhost:8080 -webSocket -auth admin:123\"" >> ~/.zshrc