Use the plugin bootstrap tool

Here you can download the latest release of the plugin-bootstrap tool.

Installing from zip file

Download the tar or zip distribution, and use the tool <extraction-path>/bin/rundeck-plugin-bootstrap.

Installing from deb package

sudo dpkg -i <download-path>/rundeck-plugin-bootstrap-X.Y.Z-1_all.deb

Installing from rpm package

sudo rpm -i <download-path>/rundeck-plugin-bootstrap-X.Y.Z-1.noarch.rpm

Check the available options

To confirm that you have the bootstrap tool, run:

rundeck-plugin-bootstrap --help

Usage: plugin-bootstrap [-hV] -d=<destinationDirectory> -n=<pluginName>
                        -s=<serviceType> -t=<pluginType>
Create a Rundeck plugin artifact.
  -d, --destinationDirectory=<destinationDirectory>
                  The directory in which the artifact directory will be generated
  -h, --help      Show this help message and exit.
  -n, --pluginName=<pluginName>
                  Plugin Name.
  -s, --serviceType=<serviceType>
                  Rundeck Service Type: ResourceModelSource, Notification,
                    WorkflowStep, WorkflowNodeStep, LogFilter, NodeExecutor,
                    Orchestrator, FileCopier, RemoteScriptNodeStep,
                    NodeExecutorFileCopier, Option, UI
  -t, --pluginType=<pluginType>
                  Plugin Type: java, script, ui
  -V, --version   Print version information and exit.

Generate the Java plugin project structure

Now we're ready to generate the Java plugin project structure using the rundeck-plugin-bootstrap tool.

rundeck-plugin-bootstrap -d rundeck-plugins/ -n hellojava -t java -s WorkflowStep

Plugin generated at: rundeck-plugins/hellojava

Then we initialize the Gradle build script.

cd rundeck-plugins/hellojava
gradle wrapper

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1s
1 actionable task: 1 executed

Verify that we can deploy the plugin

Running the example tests

To verify that our environment is set up correctly, we can run the plugin tests that the bootstrap tool generated:

./gradlew test

To package up the compiled files into a single .jar file that we can easily deploy, run:

./gradlew build

Now the plugin should've been generated in build/libs/<plugin-package-name>.jar:

ls build/libs/

hellojava-0.1.0.jar

Deploying the plugin to a local environment

Deploy the new plugin on an existant instance or use a fresh installation.

Once the Rundeck server is up, we must login and click the system menu gear icon, plugins submenu and click on Upload Plugin. AAA

Upload Plugin Menu

Browse the plugin in the local filesystem or on the internet and install.

Browse Plugin and Install