Launching a Sandbox from Jenkins Pipeline

After installing and configuring the Jenkins plugin, you can start using CloudShell Colony's super friendly syntax, to launch sandboxes from your Jenkins Pipeline.

Use the available functions to create a sandbox from any blueprint, retrieve its details, start your tests and end the sandbox when it's no longer needed. Here's an example:

def newSandboxData
 try {
      //Start Sandbox
      newSandboxData = colony.blueprint("demo-trial", "demo-blueprint", "demo", artifacts, 10).startSandbox()
 }
 catch (Exception ex) {
      if (newSandboxData != null) {
      endSandbox sandboxId: newSandboxData.id, spaceName: 'demo-trial'
      } else {
         echo "** Error deleting the sandbox **"
      }
      throw ex
To learn the syntax: 

1. In Jenkins' web UI, open your project's page.
2. Click Pipeline Syntax and then Global Variable Reference.
   

To learn more about creating a blueprint, see The blueprint.yaml file.