Benefits of Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin
- Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin integration gives visibility to your team of the CI/CD pipelines related to Jira issues.
- Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin reports the build and deployment-related data directly to the Jira issues. So, it is important that the branch that triggers the Jenkins pipeline must have the Jira ticket number in the branch name. (e.g. [TEST-1234] Deploy v1.2 to production)
- Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin eliminates the manual work required by Software Engineers to update the Jira issues with the pipeline details.
- Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin provides visibility to Product Managers, Team Leads, and QA Engineers into the pipeline like failing builds, tests, and deployments.
Follow the below steps to install:
Install Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin from Jenkins Plugins
1. Open Jenkins Server
2. Click on the Manage Jenkins
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3. Click on the Manage Plugins
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4. Click on the Available section from the Plugin Manager
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5. Search for Redpen
6. Check the checkbox and click on the Download now and install after restart button to install the Redpen plugin
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7. Check the checkbox of Restart Jenkins when installation is complete and no jobs are running
Note: This will install the Redpen plugin and restarts the Jenkins server.
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Install Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin manually using the hpi file
1. Click On the Advanced section in Manage Plugins Menu
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2. Scroll down to Deploy Plugin Section
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3. Choose File And Upload Redpen - Pipeline Reporter for Jira Plugin hpi file
4. Click on the Deploy button