Download jenkins-maven-plugin JAR file with all dependencies

The Jenkins Maven Plugin allows to use the Jenkins CLI (command line interface) from within a Maven build. It allows the execution of any command supported by the CLI, see https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Jenkins+CLI for further information. Therefore, it downloads the current jenkins-cli.jar from ${project.ciManagement.url}/jnlpJars/jenkins-cli.jar and uses that artifact for interacting with the Jenkins server. The architecture of the Jenkins Maven Plugin follows the UNIX philosophy "do one thing and do it well": it does not provide any logic for specific tasks, for instance creating job configuration files. This can be done with another, more appropriate plugin and its result can then be specified as stdin to the Jenkins Maven Plugin.

Automated management of Jenkins jobs via Maven. Much of the information needed by Jenkins when creating a job is already in the Maven pom. The SCM information and CI url are present. Jenkins jobs also typically have names that reflect the groupId, artifactId, and version in some manner. This plugin automates the process of creating Jenkins jobs by harvesting information from the POM to create XML config files in the format Jenkins needs. The Jenkins CLI API is then used to create, update, read, and delete Jenkins jobs on the CI server. If your Jenkins instance requires authentication, add your public key to your user account on the Jenkins server.