How to control the workspace Jenkins starts the build on?

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Müller picture Müller · Jul 25, 2016 · Viewed 9.2k times · Source

I have one Jenkins master node and 2 Jenkins slave nodes. All my job builds happen in the slave node. When I configured my slaves, I set the Remote root directory as /data/home/jenkins/jenkins-slave. Also, I give the custom workspace option as DEVELOP_BRANCH in the job configuration page of the respective job.

However, at the start of job, I get the following log information:

Building remotely on linux in workspace /data/home/jenkins/jenkins-slave/workspace/DEVELOP_BRANCH

I want to start my builds in this location. 

/data/home/jenkins/jenkins-slave/DEVELOP_BRANCH

Why does the extra workspace directory come into the picture? How do I remove it? I do not have access to Jenkins master node. So, if there is a workaround that can match my requirements, it would be awesome.

Note: By node, I refer to a Linux OS computer with redHat distribution.

Answer

ben75 picture ben75 · Jul 25, 2016

In project configuration, under Advanced Project Options, you can check Use custom workspace and put a path there.

If you put an absolute path, it will be used without any extra workspace/ directory. (at least that's the behavior I can see on a windows server.)

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