Jenkins Shared Library - Environment Variables

Question

I want to have common environment variables through all my pipelines. I am using a Shared Library, so I was wondering, how can I put constant values into a shared library and use it in any pipeline.

Is there a way to put it in the src directory, or vars, and use it in a pipeline without creating an object in a pipeline? I tried both but was unsuccessful.

Thank you and best regards,

Answer 1

To use global values in your jenkins pipelines, you can makes use of global envs or configuration files in /resources

Global Environment Variables

These are configured on a jenkins level, and can be accessed from any pipeline on the instance (regardless of the use of a shared library)

This is answered in detail here https://stackoverflow.com/a/41235654/22666765

Shared Library Configuration

A config file can be added (of any format) to the /resources folder in your shared library. This can then be read using the libraryResource function provided by Jenkins https://www.jenkins.io/doc/pipeline/steps/workflow-cps-global-lib/#libraryresource-load-a-resource-file-from-a-shared-library

Once the file is read, your values can be parsed & loaded into variables on the pipeline level