Create an Endpoint

To create an endpoint, you make a POST request with the endpoint properties. Then you use the ID of the endpoint created to validate it.

The following procedure shows how to create a Jenkins endpoint to use in your pipeline. To create a Jenkins endpoint, you must provide the URL of the Jenkins server and the admin password. Before using it in a pipeline, you validate the endpoint to verify that it can connect to the Jenkins server.

Prerequisites

Verify that all general prerequisites and prerequisites for the Automation Pipelines service have been satisfied. See Prerequisites for API Use Case Examples.
Verify that you have the ID for the project that you want to use for your endpoint. See Create a Project with the Project Service API.

Procedure

Assign the project ID variable.
```
project_id='<your_project_id>'
```

Create a Jenkins endpoint.

curl -X POST \
  $url/codestream/api/endpoints?apiVersion=$api_version \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $access_token"  \
  -d '{
	"name": "<your_endpoint_name>",
	"description": "",
	"isRestricted": false,
	"properties": {
		"url": "<your_Jenkins_server_URL>",
		"username": "admin",
		"password": "<admin_passwd_for_Jenkins_server>",
		"folderPath": "",
		"pollInterval": 2,
		"retryCount": 2,
		"retryWaitSeconds": 3
	},
	"type": "jenkins",
	"project": "'$project_id'"
}' | jq "."

Examine the response and assign the endpoint ID variable.
```
endpoint_id='<your_endpoint_id>'
```

To verify that the endpoint can connect to the Jenkins server, validate the endpoint.

$ curl -X POST \
  $url/codestream/api/endpoint-validation?apiVersion=$api_version \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $access_token"  \
  -d '{
    "project": "'$project_id'",
    "kind": "ENDPOINT",
    "id": "'$endpoint_id'",
    "name": "<your_endpoint_name>",
    "type": "jenkins",
    "properties": { 
        "url": "<your_Jenkins_server_URL>", 
        "username": "admin", 
        "password": "<admin_passwd_for_Jenkins_server>", 
        "folderPath": "", 
        "pollInterval": 2, 
        "retryCount": 2, 
        "retryWaitSeconds": 3 
    }
} | jq "."

Examine the response to verify that the endpoint is valid.

Example: Create a Jenkins endpoint

Create a Jenkins endpoint named jenkins-example.

Assign variables.

$ url='https://appliance.domain.com'
$ api_version='2019-10-17'
$ project_id='MyProject1'

Create the Jenkins endpoint.

$ curl -X POST \
  $url/codestream/api/endpoints?apiVersion=$api_version \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $access_token"  \
  -d '{
	"name": "jenkins-example",
	"description": "",
	"isRestricted": false,
	"properties": {
		"url": "http://example-jenkins-server.mycompany.com:8080",
		"username": "admin",
		"password": "1146Examplea3eJenkin5d004Pa55word",
		"folderPath": "",
		"pollInterval": 2,
		"retryCount": 2,
		"retryWaitSeconds": 3
	},
	"type": "jenkins",
	"project": "'$project_id'"
}' | jq "."

The response from your request shows the endpoint ID.

{
	"project": "MyProject1",
	"kind": "ENDPOINT",
	"id": "85723b0b-a819-435e-8d71-f8f834cdbaa2",
	"name": "jenkins-example",
	"description": "",
	"updatedBy": "[email protected]",
	"createdAt": "2022-08-03T08:57:10.033+0000",
	"updatedAt": "2022-11-04T11:14:49.315+0000",
	"_link": "/codestream/api/endpoints/85723b0b-a819-435e-8d71-f8f834cdbaa2",
...
}

Assign the endpoint ID variable.

$ endpoint_id='85723b0b-a819-435e-8d71-f8f834cdbaa2'

Validate the endpoint.

$ curl -X POST \
  $url/codestream/api/endpoint-validation?apiVersion=$api_version \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $access_token"  \
  -d '{
    "project": "'$project_id'",
    "kind": "ENDPOINT",
    "id": "'$endpoint_id'",
    "name": "jenkins-example",
    "type": "jenkins",
    "properties": {
        "url": "http://example-jenkins-server.mycompany.com:8080", 
        "username": "admin", 
        "password": "1146Examplea3eJenkin5d004Pa55word", 
        "folderPath": "", 
        "pollInterval": 2, 
        "retryCount": 2, 
        "retryWaitSeconds": 3 
    }
} | jq "."

The status message in the response verifies that the endpoint is valid.

{
	"output": {},
	"status": "COMPLETED",
	"statusMessage": "Valid Jenkins Endpoint",
	"duration": 0
}

What to do next

Create a pipeline with a Jenkins task that uses the endpoint.