SimpleUpdateSite

This plugin make Jenkins connect to the custom support site which provide custom plugin update info and announcements.

Feature

After installing this plugin, You will see the following screen in top when you access Jenkins with admin permission.

Click Jenkins configuration link
Provide the custom plugin update site url, announcements url, and ask a support url.
- simpleupdatesite plugin needs a server which sends the support information to the plugins.
- How to create URL is up to you. Easiest way is using simpleupdatesiterepo utility and googlecode.
- See "How to create create custom support site" section.
Save configuration
See what is in the Jenkins top page.

Prepare CMS server
- It should provide the following.
  - Issue Tracker for the support request.
  - BuiltIn Board with RSS support for announcement
- They should be accessible by URL.
Create custom update-center.json
- Precondition
  - URL based download enabled server(WEB-DAV support is best").
- How to make it.
  - Create a basefolder in which plugins folder exists
  - Put custom plugins info basefolder/plugins
    - pluginname.hpi, pluginname.wiki, pluginname.info
    - *.wiki should contain the detailed usage link about the plugin. (If not exists, wiki link assigned in the plugin's pom.xml is used for update-center.json)
    - *.info should contain the short description about plugin (I may have the release info.)
  - Download simpleupdatesiterepo util.
    - http://github.com/junoyoon/simpleupdatesiterepo
  - Run following.
    - java -jar simpleupdatesiterepo-1.0.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar -u (siteUrl) -f (basefolder)
    - siteUrl should be the base url of the update-center.json in the web server.
- Upload the basefolder into the web server.