Demo Build Monitor View

In this tutorial, we’ll configure the Build Monitor View plugin in Jenkins to create a live dashboard that displays the status, progress, and triggering user for each job. This centralized view refreshes automatically, helping teams spot pipeline health at a glance.

Prerequisites

1. Creating a Build Monitor View

1. From the Jenkins dashboard, click New View.
2. Enter a name (e.g., Dasher CI Build Monitor View), select Build Monitor View, and click OK.

3. On the configuration page, optionally add a description and set up your job filters:
   • Select individual jobs
   • Use a regular expression for dynamic inclusion
   • Choose all available jobs
4. Click Apply and then Save.

2. Configuring Display Options

Once saved, the Build Monitor View presents tiles for each job. You can customize the dashboard using these settings:

Each tile also shows the current pipeline stage and elapsed time. Status colors:

• Green: Success
• Red: Failure
• Orange: Unstable

3. Adding a Test Pipeline

To observe live updates in your monitor view, create a simple Pipeline job:

1. Click New Item, enter Testing_Build_Monitor_plugin, choose Pipeline, and click OK.
2. Under Pipeline > Definition, paste the following script:

pipeline {
  agent any
  stages {
    stage('Hello') {
      steps {
        echo 'Hello World'
      }
    }
    stage('Sleep for 60s') {
      steps {
        sh 'sleep 60s'
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Click Apply and Save.
4. Trigger a build via Build Now and watch the console:

Started by user siddharth
[Pipeline] Start of Pipeline
[Pipeline] node
Running on Jenkins in /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/Testing_Build_Monitor_plugin
[Pipeline] stage
[Pipeline] { (Hello)
[Pipeline] echo
Hello World
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] stage
[Pipeline] { (Sleep for 60s)
[Pipeline] sh
+ sleep 60s

4. Adding the Job to the Monitor View

If your new Pipeline doesn’t appear automatically, update the view filters:

1. Navigate to your Build Monitor View and click Configure.
2. In Job Filters, select or add a regex matching Testing_Build_Monitor_plugin.
3. Click Apply and Save.

After saving, the dashboard will display the pipeline’s current stage and elapsed time. Upon completion, the tile turns green and shows summary details such as the triggering user, branch, and final build status.

Links and References

• Build Monitor View Plugin
• Jenkins Pipeline Syntax
• Jenkins Official Documentation