Search for a module in all Jenkins jobs

Question

Is it somehow possible so search for a module within all Jenkins jobs?

Let's say there's the module common-messaging. It's built in Job 1 and Job 2.

When I search for the module name I want both jobs to be shown.

Answer 1

Jenkins store the jobs configuration on disk in XML files. So you can grep the file for whatever XML element is created by the plugin.

• create a new job that just have that plugin enabled.
• get the XML file: /ci/job/name_of_your_job/config.xml
• look for an XML element that correspond to common-messaging, lets say common-messaging.plugin

Then if using a UNIX system:

grep common-messaging.plugin /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/*/config.xml

Windows must have a similar command.

Answer 2

If you have admin access to the server, install the Scriptler plugin (which gives you more easy access to the Groovy console), and fetch and run this shared Scriptler snippet: http://scriptlerweb.appspot.com/script/show/486001