jenkins clone and zip repository

Question

i'm currently new to jenkins and i'm trying clone the repo and create a zip and finally upload to s3.

But i'm currently stuck with zip as the default folder location of clone file is /var/lib/jenkins/<project-view>

def getFilename() {
  char[] chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".toCharArray()
  StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(3)
  Random random = new Random();
  for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
      char c = chars[random.nextInt(chars.length)];
      sb.append(c);
  }
  String randomString = sb.toString();
  def now = new Date().format("yyyyMMdd")
  String output = now + randomString
  return output
}

pipeline {
  agent any

  environment {
    FILENAME = getFilename()
  }
    
  stages {
    stage("Zip"){
      steps{
        script{
          echo "Creating zip archive ${env.FILENAME}.zip"
          zip archive: true, dir: '', glob: '', zipFile: "${env.FILENAME}.zip"
          archiveArtifacts artifacts: "${env.FILENAME}.zip", fingerprint: true
        }
      }
    }
        
    stage('Upload to AWS') {
      steps {
        withAWS(region:'eu-west-2',credentials:'7b42d7b6-f11b-41b6-8c14-61dafbd256c7') {
          sh 'echo "Uploading content with AWS creds"'
          s3Upload(pathStyleAccessEnabled: true, payloadSigningEnabled: true, file: "${env.FILENAME}.zip", bucket:'elasticbeanstalk-eu-west-2-246342104703')
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

i tried with providing specific dir to zip /var/lib/jenkins/<project-view>, but was unable to zip the file, any help for this newbie here 🙂. thanks in advance

Answer 1

I guess your issue is that the S3 command is being executed in a different place from where the zip file is located. Try adding this:

dir('location to your zip') {

after steps {. This will ensure that the withAWS command runs in the same directory as your zip file, and it should be able to find the zip.