Jenkins User Import/Export

jenkins_export.sh

# This should be changed to your system's jenkins root JENKINS_ROOT="/var/lib/jenkins"
JENKINS_USERS="$JENKINS_ROOT/users"
JENKINS_JOBS="$JENKINS_ROOT/jobs"
JENKINS_CONFIG="$JENKINS_ROOT/config.xml"

# This variable is used so that we can verify that a user is not found
FAIL_TEST=0

exportUserFolder() {
 if [ -d "$JENKINS_USERS/$1" ]; then
  cp -R "$JENKINS_USERS/$1" ./
 else
  FAIL_TEST=`expr $FAIL_TEST + 1`
 fi
}
exportUserPermissions() {
 if [ $(grep -c "^.*.*:$1<\/permission>.*" $JENKINS_CONFIG) -ne 0 ]; then
  grep "^.*.*:$1<\/permission>.*" $JENKINS_CONFIG > $1.perm
 else
  FAIL_TEST=`expr $FAIL_TEST + 1`
 fi
}

exportUsers() {
 # Pre-work cleanup
 if [ -d "working" ]; then
  rm -R -f working
 fi

 if [ -f "user.tar" ]; then
  rm -R -f user.tar
 fi

 mkdir working
 cd working
 
 # Checks if any users have been specified
 if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
  # Iterates over the users if they have
  for u in $*; do
   exportUserFolder $u
   exportUserPermissions $u
   # if FAIL_TEST is 2, that means both of the above functions failed to find a user
   if [ "$FAIL_TEST" -ge "2" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: User $u is not found!"
    exit 1
   fi
   FAIL_TEST=0
  done
 else
  # Otherwise we export everything!

  # Copies ALL user folders
  for f  in `ls "$JENKINS_USERS"`; do
   exportUserFolder $f
  done

  # Extracts all the users for who we have global permissions
  for u in `sed -n -e 's/^.*.*:\(.*\)<\/permission>.*/\1/p' $JENKINS_CONFIG  | uniq | sort`; do
   exportUserPermissions $u
  done
 fi

 # create the user.tar
 # We only do this once, at the very end, so that if this fails for any reason a user.tar is not created,
 # so we don't risk having a bad artifact built from the job
 tar cv --file user.tar *

 # Pop up to the workspace
 cd ..

 # move user.tar out of working into the workspace so that it can by archvied by jenkins
 mv working/user.tar ./user.tar

 # post-work cleanup
 rm -R -f working
}

exportUsers $USERS

jenkins_import.sh

INPUT_FILE="user.tar"

# This should be changed to your system's jenkins root JENKINS_ROOT="/Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home"
JENKINS_USERS="$JENKINS_ROOT/users"
JENKINS_JOBS="$JENKINS_ROOT/jobs"
JENKINS_CONFIG="$JENKINS_ROOT/config.xml"

# This variable is used so that we can verify that a user is not found
FAIL_TEST=0

importUserPermissions() {
if [ $PERMISSIONS = "true" ]; then
 if [ -f "$1.perm" ]; then
  # delete existing permissions
  sed -i -e "/^.*.*:$1<\/permission>.*/d" $JENKINS_CONFIG
  # Insert new permissions
  while read line; do
   sed -i -e "/^.*<\/authorizationStrategy>.*/ i\\
 $line" $JENKINS_CONFIG
  done < "$1.perm"
 else
  FAIL_TEST=`expr $FAIL_TEST + 1`
 fi
fi
}
importUserFolder() {
if [ -d "$JENKINS_USERS/$1" ] && [ "$REPLACE_CONFIG" = "false" ]; then
 echo "User folder for $1 already exists."
 echo "Enable REPLACE_CONFIG to overwrite existing user folders"
else
 if [ -d "$1" ]; then
  cp -R "./$1" "$JENKINS_USERS/"
 else
  FAIL_TEST=`expr $FAIL_TEST + 1`
 fi
fi
}

importUsers() {
 if [ -d "working" ]; then
  rm -R -f working
 fi
 mkdir working
 cd working

 tar xf "../$INPUT_FILE"
 # Checks if any users have been specified
 if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
  # Iterates over the users if they have
  for u in $*; do
   importUserFolder $u
   importUserPermissions $u
   # if FAIL_TEST is 2, that means both of the above functions failed to find a user
   if [ "$FAIL_TEST" -ge "2" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: User $u is not found!"
    exit 1
   fi
   FAIL_TEST=0
  done
 else
  # Otherwise we import everything!

  # Copies ALL user folders
  for f in `ls -l | awk '/^d.*/{print $(NF);}'`; do
   importUserFolder $f
  done
  for f in `ls *.perm | sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/'`; do
   importUserPermissions $f
  done
 fi

 # Pop up to the workspace
 cd ..

 # post-work cleanup
 rm -R -f working
 rm user.tar
}

importUsers $USERS

There is a config.xml in my JENKINS_ROOT for each of the users I am trying to import, but they don't actually work. Any thoughts as to why?

There is a config.xml in my JENKINS_ROOT for each of the users I am trying to import, but they don't actually work. Any thoughts as to why?

Unfortunately, no. This script was written 10 years ago, I don't even know if it still works.