Jenkins build email notification by parsing log

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I am using Jenkins to deploy in multiple servers. There are 4 backend servers are running. I have a script called deploy.sh in each server. At the time of deployment, Jenkins create a ssh session and run the deploy.sh script in each server one by one. But, sometimes it shows error in build console log "Errno : can not allocate memory" for few servers and then move to the next servers. I am looking for a solution, which will send me an email whenever there is a "error" keyword in the Jenkins log.

I found this link :- https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Log+Parser+Plugin

But, it doesn't provide email notification and I am looking for a better solution.

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In addition to Log+Parser+Plugin, you can use the Mailer plugin to send a mail notification when build is failed or unstable ( https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Mailer ).

Install it from the plugins management
Setup the admin mail ( Configure System > Jenkins Location )
Fill in the smtp server configuration. ( Configure System > E-mail Notification )

Note: You can use any smtp server including google smtp if do not have. Many tutorials are availble for using google smtp as a relay. You can test before saving the configuration

Use Log Parser Plugin to mark the job as failed or unstable when error occurs
Finally configure your job to send you a notification when the build is marked as failed ( Post-build Actions > E-mail Notifications > Fill in the recipient field and check "Send e-mail for every unstable build" )

Hope this will helps!

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How to check the build status of a Jenkins build from the command line

I couldn't find a built in tool so I made one:

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# author: ajs
# license: bsd
# copyright: re2


import json 
import sys
import urllib
import urllib2

jenkinsUrl = "https://jenkins.example.com/job/"


if len( sys.argv ) > 1 :
    jobName = sys.argv[1]
    jobNameURL = urllib.quote(jobName)
else :
    sys.exit(1)

try:
    jenkinsStream   = urllib2.urlopen( jenkinsUrl + jobNameURL + "/lastBuild/api/json" )
except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
    print "URL Error: " + str(e.code) 
    print "      (job name [" + jobName + "] probably wrong)"
    sys.exit(2)

try:
    buildStatusJson = json.load( jenkinsStream )
except:
    print "Failed to parse json"
    sys.exit(3)

if buildStatusJson.has_key( "result" ):      
    print "[" + jobName + "] build status: " + buildStatusJson["result"]
    if buildStatusJson["result"] != "SUCCESS" :
        exit(4)
else:
    sys.exit(5)

sys.exit(0)

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