Cloudbees

CloudBees CI Integration

Overview

CloudBees CI integration for investigating builds and deployments during Root Cause Analysis. CloudBees CI uses the same APIs as Jenkins: Core REST API, Pipeline REST API (wfapi), and Blue Ocean REST API.

Instructions

Tool: cloudbees_rca

Unified CloudBees CI investigation tool for Root Cause Analysis.

Actions:

• recent_deployments -- Query stored deployment events; optional service filter and time_window_hours
• build_detail -- Core API: SCM revision, changeSets, build causes, parameters. Requires job_path + build_number
• pipeline_stages -- wfapi: stage-level breakdown with status and timing. Requires job_path + build_number
• stage_log -- wfapi: per-stage log output for a specific node_id. Requires job_path + build_number + node_id
• build_logs -- Core API: console output, truncated to ~1MB. Requires job_path + build_number
• test_results -- Core API: test report with failure details. Requires job_path + build_number
• blue_ocean_run -- Blue Ocean API: run data with changeSet and commit info. Requires pipeline_name + run_number
• blue_ocean_steps -- Blue Ocean API: step-level detail for a pipeline node. Requires pipeline_name + run_number

Required params vary by action: job_path + build_number for Core/wfapi, pipeline_name + run_number for Blue Ocean. service is optional for recent_deployments.

RCA Investigation Flow

Recent deployments are a leading indicator of root cause. Always check if a deployment occurred shortly before the alert fired.

1. cloudbees_rca(action='recent_deployments', service='SERVICE') -- Check for recent deploys
2. cloudbees_rca(action='build_detail', job_path='JOB', build_number=N) -- Build details + commits
3. cloudbees_rca(action='pipeline_stages', job_path='JOB', build_number=N) -- Stage breakdown
4. cloudbees_rca(action='build_logs', job_path='JOB', build_number=N) -- Console output
5. cloudbees_rca(action='test_results', job_path='JOB', build_number=N) -- Test failures

Important Rules

• Always start with recent_deployments to find deployments near the incident time.
• Use build_detail to get SCM changes and build causes before reading logs.
• Use pipeline_stages for stage-level breakdown to narrow which stage failed.
• Do NOT call flag_changes unless Feature Management is known to be connected.
• Do NOT call cross_controller_deployments or controller_list unless Operations Center OR a manually-registered controller fleet (Multiple Controllers mode) is connected.

Recent Deployments

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Investigation Commands

• cloudbees_rca(action='recent_deployments', service='{service_name}') -- Recent deploys
• cloudbees_rca(action='build_detail', job_path='JOB', build_number=N) -- Build details + commits
• cloudbees_rca(action='pipeline_stages', job_path='JOB', build_number=N) -- Stage breakdown
• cloudbees_rca(action='stage_log', job_path='JOB', build_number=N, node_id='NODE') -- Stage logs
• cloudbees_rca(action='build_logs', job_path='JOB', build_number=N) -- Console output
• cloudbees_rca(action='test_results', job_path='JOB', build_number=N) -- Test failures
• cloudbees_rca(action='blue_ocean_run', pipeline_name='PIPELINE', run_number=N) -- Blue Ocean data

Recent deployments are a leading indicator of root cause.

Multi-Controller Actions (Operations Center OR a manually-registered fleet)

These actions work in two cases: when Operations Center is connected (provider: cloudbees_oc), OR when the user has manually registered multiple standalone controllers via "Multiple Controllers" mode (provider: cloudbees_fleet — for clients that run several controllers but have no OC):

• controller_list — List all controllers and their status (online/offline)
• cross_controller_deployments — Query recent builds across ALL controllers

In fleet mode, controllers were registered individually (each with its own URL + token), since standalone CloudBees CI controllers cannot be discovered automatically without Operations Center.

For per-build introspection (build_detail, pipeline_stages, build_logs, etc.) in either OC or fleet mode, pass controller_url — get the URL from controller_list or cross_controller_deployments (the _controller_url field) first.

These return a helpful error if neither OC nor a fleet is connected.

Enterprise Actions (Feature Management)

This action is ONLY available when Feature Management is connected (provider: cloudbees_fm):

• flag_changes — Query recent feature flag changes (requires app_id parameter)

Only use this if you have confirmed Feature Management is connected AND you have an app_id.