Mastering Jenkins

The Console Output

The Console Output will contain the complete text log of output from the execution, including any clues surrounding failure status. The following screenshot illustrates a simple example of the console output log:

Figure 4-14: Example console log output

In addition to the graphical Console Output log illustrated earlier, Jenkins features a plain text option, which can be useful when the console log contains special characters or has grown to larger sizes. To navigate to the plain text console output, click on the View as plain text link, as shown in Figure 4-15:

Figure 4-15: View as plain text link

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