Since the introduction of the Jenkins Declarative Pipeline syntax (as opposed to the Scripted Pipeline syntax) the concept of a shared library has become more important as we are otherwise restricted to the sections of the pipeline model. So we’ll make a basic set-up with a call to a defined step in a shared library.

A shared library called "jdriven" is configured globally in Jenkins (see link to jenkins.io at the end on how to do that). It has a defined step showQuote defined in it’s own file on branch "blog/shared-lib-example"

Listing 1. vars/showQuote.groovy
def call() {
    def quotes = ['Make it so', 'Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.', 'Engage']
    println quotes.get(new Random().nextInt(quotes.size()))
}

A basic Jenkinsfile defining the pipeline, calling step showQuote from the shared library:

@Library('jdriven@blog/shared-lib-example') _

pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('Show quote') {
            steps {
                showQuote()
            }
        }
    }
}

More information on the Declarative Pipeline and the use of Shared Libraries at jenkins.io

Written using Jenkins 2.32.2 and Pipeline plugin 2.5

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