Trigger hourly build from scripted Jenkinsfile

Question

Is there a way to trigger a Jenkins job to run every hour using the Jenkinsfile scripted pipeline syntax?

I have seen examples using the declarative syntax, but none using the pipeline syntax.

Declarative Syntax Example

pipeline {
    agent any

    triggers {
        cron '@daily'
    }

   ...
}

Possible duplicate of [Jenkins Build Pipeline Scheduled Trigger](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32028761/jenkins-build-pipeline-scheduled-trigger) — StephenKing, May 22 '17 at 13:18

score 43 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 23 '19 at 17:12

You could use this snippet for Scripted pipeline syntax:

properties(
    [
        ...  , // other properties that you have
        pipelineTriggers([cron('0 * * * *')]),
    ]
)

Reference for properties is here. You can search for "pipelineTriggers" string and find out that triggers for build can be for example artifactory or something else from this list (extracted 2019-03-23 from linked doc page):

$class: 'ArtifactoryTrigger'
$class: 'AssemblaBuildTrigger'
bitBucketTrigger
bitbucketPush
$class: 'BuildResultTrigger'
$class: 'CIBuildTrigger'
$class: 'CodingPushTrigger'
$class: 'CronFolderTrigger'
$class: 'DeployDbTrigger'
$class: 'DockerHubTrigger'
$class: 'DosTrigger'
$class: 'ElOyente'
$class: 'FanInReverseBuildTrigger'
$class: 'FeatureBranchAwareTrigger'
$class: 'FilesFoundTrigger'
$class: 'FogbugzStatePoller'
$class: 'FolderContentTrigger'
GenericTrigger
gerrit
$class: 'GhprbTrigger'
$class: 'GitBucketPushTrigger'
githubBranches
githubPullRequests
githubPush
gitee
$class: 'GogsTrigger'
issueCommentTrigger
$class: 'IvyTrigger'
$class: 'JiraChangelogTrigger'
$class: 'JiraCommentTrigger'
$class: 'KanboardQueryTrigger'
$class: 'MailCommandTrigger'
$class: 'MavenDependencyUpdateTrigger'
$class: 'NugetTrigger'
p4Trigger
$class: 'PeriodicFolderTrigger'
$class: 'PollMailboxTrigger'
$class: 'PullRequestBuildTrigger'
$class: 'QuayIoTrigger'
$class: 'RemoteBuildTrigger'
upstream
$class: 'RundeckTrigger'
<code>scm</code>
$class: 'SelfieTrigger'
$class: 'SpoonTrigger'
$class: 'SqsBuildTrigger'
$class: 'TeamPRPushTrigger'
$class: 'TeamPushTrigger'
cron
$class: 'URLTrigger'
snapshotDependencies
$class: 'io.relution.jenkins.awssqs.SQSTrigger'
$class: 'io.relution.jenkins.scmsqs.SQSTrigger'
$class: 'org.cloudbees.literate.jenkins.promotions.PromotionTrigger'
$class: 'org.jenkinsci.plugins.deploy.weblogic.trigger.DeploymentTrigger'
$class: 'org.jenkinsci.plugins.deployment.DeploymentTrigger'

More info about scripted way here (sample from another question). Documentation that covers declarative pipeline is here.

It does not work in scripted pipelines under jenkins 2.79 (java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Undefined symbol ‘pipelineTriggers’) — gileri, Sep 22 '17 at 15:13
For anyone in the future that had the same issue that I had, where its failing syntax-wise, I needed some statement after the `@Library` in my Jenkinsfile. Since I was using the idea from @Clément MATHIEU of `string cron_string = BRANCH_NAME == "master" ? "@hourly" : ""` it works for me. — CeePlusPlus, May 21 '20 at 23:59

score -18 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '17 at 08:08

-18

The correct version is in a Jenkinsfile "Declarative Pipeline":

pipeline {
    agent any
    triggers {
        cron('H */4 * * 1-5')
    }
...
}

answered Dec 07 '17 at 08:08

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The question is specifically about scripted pipeline, not the declarative one. – cji Mar 22 '18 at 09:54

Trigger hourly build from scripted Jenkinsfile

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