If you are using Hudson as continuous integration server and you might feel lazy
about accessing Hudson explicitly to check the build status or checking Hudson build status mails, there is an option to
monitor Hudson build and perform build activities in
Eclipse IDE itself. This post describes about installing, configuring and using
the Hudson in Eclipse IDE.
Installing Hudson Plugin in Eclipse
Use below URL To install the
Hudson Eclipse plugin using Eclipse Update Manager:
In case you face issue while installing plugin using update manager you can directly drop
dk.contix.eclipse.hudson_x.x.x.jar in Eclipse's plugins directory and restart IDE.
Configuring Hudson
Once the
installation is done, configure the Hudson URL from Preferences > Hudson to connect to Hudson server. Also
remember to Check URL whether URL is valid or not. Your Hudson server must be running at this point of time.
How to Use Hudson in Eclipse?
In eclipse, go to Windows > Show View > Hudson. You will see below tab is added in your Eclipse. Also, When the plugin is running, a health icon is displayed at the
bottom of the Eclipse window. The icon is red on build failure and green on
success. Please note that due to
limitations in Eclipse, the Hudson view must be active before the icon is
displayed.
In case build is
failed, you will get below pop-up in your eclipse IDE.
You can also perform
below activities using this Eclipse Hudson plugin.For this, select any project listed in Hudson tab and right click.
- Schedule New Build
- View Console Output
- Open Hudson in Browser
If you want to access the Hudson admin console in your
Eclipse, go to 'Hudson' tab and double
click on your project.
Limitations
If your Hudson server requires authentication and authorization for access, then you can not
see the list of jobs in Eclipse. Because Eclipse Hudson plugin does not
facilitates interface to provide Hudson web credentials. To overcome this
limitation, you have to give read permission to Anonymous user for jobs in Hudson which
need to be displayed in Eclipse.
Common Issues
- Issue in configuring Hudson base URL which is SSL enabled
Solution: This issue is due to missing required
certificates. Refer below links to generate the certificate. Once the
certificate is generated you can copy those into $JAVA_HOME/lib/security
for the JRE that eclipse is using for its run time. It will trust that cert and
then you can access configured HTTPS URL successfully.
- Once your certificate issue is resolved then you may face below issue
java.security.cert.CertificateException: No subject
alternative names present
Solution: Configure HTTPS URL using DNS rather
giving IP address.
- While refreshing build status you get below pop-up
Solution: Ensure that your job's name in Hudson
does not contain white spaces.
References
Below are the references for more detail about Hudson Eclipse plugin.
