Be able to set "Workspace Root Directory" and "Build Record Root Directory"

I would like to set the two advanced attributes (usually found under `/configure):

I have tried the following:

jenkins:
  rawBuildsDir: "${JENKINS_HOME}/var/${ITEM_FULL_NAME}/builds"

But with this I get the following error and stack trace:

SEVERE: Failed ConfigurationAsCode.init
java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder.invoke(TaskMethodFinder.java:110)
        at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder$TaskImpl.run(TaskMethodFinder.java:175)
        at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor.runTask(Reactor.java:296)
        at jenkins.model.Jenkins$5.runTask(Jenkins.java:1064)
        at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$2.run(Reactor.java:214)
        at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$Node.run(Reactor.java:117)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder.invoke(TaskMethodFinder.java:104)
        ... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid configuration elements for type class hudson.model.Hudson : rawBuildsDir
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.BaseConfigurator.configure(BaseConfigurator.java:185)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.JenkinsConfigurator.configure(JenkinsConfigurator.java:47)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.JenkinsConfigurator.configure(JenkinsConfigurator.java:24)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.ConfigurationAsCode.configure(ConfigurationAsCode.java:129)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.ConfigurationAsCode.configure(ConfigurationAsCode.java:109)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.ConfigurationAsCode.init(ConfigurationAsCode.java:95)
        ... 13 more

Mar 18, 2018 12:50:11 PM hudson.util.BootFailure publish
SEVERE: Failed to initialize Jenkins
hudson.util.HudsonFailedToLoad: org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.ReactorException: java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:250)
Caused by: org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.ReactorException: java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor.execute(Reactor.java:282)
        at jenkins.InitReactorRunner.run(InitReactorRunner.java:48)
        at jenkins.model.Jenkins.executeReactor(Jenkins.java:1098)
        at jenkins.model.Jenkins.<init>(Jenkins.java:900)
        at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:85)
        at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:81)
        at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:233)
Caused by: java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder.invoke(TaskMethodFinder.java:110)
        at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder$TaskImpl.run(TaskMethodFinder.java:175)
        at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor.runTask(Reactor.java:296)
        at jenkins.model.Jenkins$5.runTask(Jenkins.java:1064)
        at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$2.run(Reactor.java:214)
        at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$Node.run(Reactor.java:117)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder.invoke(TaskMethodFinder.java:104)
        ... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid configuration elements for type class hudson.model.Hudson : rawBuildsDir
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.BaseConfigurator.configure(BaseConfigurator.java:185)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.JenkinsConfigurator.configure(JenkinsConfigurator.java:47)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.JenkinsConfigurator.configure(JenkinsConfigurator.java:24)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.ConfigurationAsCode.configure(ConfigurationAsCode.java:129)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.ConfigurationAsCode.configure(ConfigurationAsCode.java:109)
        at org.jenkinsci.plugins.casc.ConfigurationAsCode.init(ConfigurationAsCode.java:95)
        ... 13 more

Mar 18, 2018 12:50:11 PM jenkins.model.Jenkins cleanUp
INFO: Stopping Jenkins

I was initially surprised by rawBuildsDir, and thought it could be the cause, because this attribute is indeed defined only in Jenkins (which Hudson now inherits from). But I guess no, since this is the same for numExecutors and this works…

Any idea if this is a bug, or that I’m misusing the plugin?

Thanks!

[ashb]

For anyone finding this issue and wondering how to do this: You need to set a system property of jenkins.model.Jenkins.workspacesDir.

The easiest way of doing this is to set this on the command line:

java -Djenkins.model.Jenkins.workspacesDir='/mnt/large/jenkins-workspace/${ITEM_FULL_NAME}' -jar /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war

Most ways of running Jenkins (rpm/deb package, docker container etc) have a way of setting JAVA_OPTS so (look in /etc/default or /etc/sysconfig, or an env var to the docker container) depending on which platform you are running on.

(I’m not using CasC directly but was looking to configure from goovy init scripts, which is how I found this issue)

[jetersen]

@tjanson there is no setter for workspaceDir, there is a getter for called: getRawWorkspaceDir

You have to use: -Djenkins.model.Jenkins.workspacesDir as noted by code here https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/blob/17d45ff1ae22a961dedb0b914ffd7ecdfadff005/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java#L3090