Jenkins : Build User Vars Plugin

Variables provided

This plugin defines the following environment variables to describe the user who started the build:

Usage example

Select Set Jenkins user build variables and reference the variables during the build:

Pipeline Examples

node {
  wrap([$class: 'BuildUser']) {
    def user = env.BUILD_USER_ID
  }
}

Jenkins core compatibility

This plugin requires Jenkins 1.609+ (since 1.5 version of plugin).

Changelog

1.5 (Dec 11, 2015)

•  -  Workflow support
• Requires 1.609 or higher of Jenkins.

1.4 (Oct 10, 2014)

• - Support of BUILD_USER_EMAIL. Currently, only the explicit e-mail definition in user properties will work (see Mailer Plugin)
• - NPE on non-existent upstream builds (JENKINS-22974)

1.3 (Apr 12, 2014)

• User variables are not set to Maven3 build (JENKINS-19187)

1.2

* [JENKINS-21955] Set BUILD_USER to "SCMTrigger" if a build is run because of a source code change

1.1

* Now works with Jenkins starting from 1.396 version.

1.0

* Initial version