> 1) It seems the server that was set up for us is missing the Eclipse workspace. 
> Is there documentation on how we create this or would the webmaster have to do it (or should we reopen our Bug ID: 537115  ?
I just use the JIPP to build with Maven/Tycho, so when an Eclipse instance + workspace is needed (eg., when running tests) Surefire handles that.
No need to manually do anything. 
But if you DO need to fetch an Eclipse tarball and unpack it, it's pretty simple to do so via a shell script. 
 
> 2) Also, how do we find or set the Eclipse Home variable on the server.
Why not use a folder like ${WORKSPACE}/eclipse ? Why do you need a variable for that? 
  
    
  
  
    Hi James,
    Have you received a reply to this?
    
      
    Denis
    
    
    
    On 2018-07-30 04:45 PM, James Kaufman
      wrote:
    
    Thank you Ahmad. 
      I'm forwarding these issues per https://wiki.eclipse.org/Jenkinsto cbi-dev.
      Please subscribe to this mailing
        list
      
      https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list/cbi-dev
      so you can also see the response
        we
        get (and please feel free to ask question of cbi-dev as our lead
        committer
        on the new build process :-)
      
      
      Question for cbi-dev and
        webmaster,
      
      My colleagues and i are working
        to set
        up a Jenkins build server for the STEM project at eclipse.org.
        We are new
        to this so thank you in advance for your help and patience.
      
      Questions:
      
      1) It seems the server that
          was set
          up for us is missing the Eclipse workspace. 
          Is there documentation on how we create this or would the
          webmaster have
          to do it (or should we reopen our Bug ID:
            537115
           ?
      
      2) Also, how do we find or set
          the
          Eclipse Home variable on the server.
      
      fyi our build server is
        here
      Requesting Jenkins Build server for Eclipse
          STEM project
        http://www.eclipse.org/stem/
      
      The STEM Command line build
        process
        that we need to run on Jenkins uses an Ant build script
      There is doc on the STEM command
        line
        build process here.
      https://wiki.eclipse.org/STEM_Releng#Running_the_STEM_Builder
      https://wiki.eclipse.org/STEM_Releng#Launching_the_Builder_from_Command_Line<--- these are the steps we need to get running on
        Jenkins. 
      
      
      
      Best Regards,
        James Kaufman
        
        
      
      
      
      
      From:      
         "Ahmad Swaid"
        <Ahmad.Swaid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
      To:      
         <jhkauf@xxxxxxxxxx>
      Date:      
         07/30/2018 04:23 AM
      Subject:    
           Re: Next steps
        to setting up Jenkins
      
      
      
      Hi Jamie,
          I tried yesterday to setup the setting of STEM Build at the
          Jenkins from
          eclipse.
          There is no workspace assign to stem project, can the admins
          of this server
          provide one to the project?.
          The other thing, I need to know is the Eclipse home on the
          server, because
          our Ant build script need it.
          
          
          Best regards,
          Ahmad Swaid
          
          
          
          //// Wissenschaft im Dienst des Menschen ////
          
          >>> "James Kaufman" <jhkauf@xxxxxxxxxx>
          7/24/2018
          8:36 PM >>>
          Hi Ahmad,
          Thank you very much!
          
          fyi Jenkins itself is installed on the server they assigned to
          us. You
          can 
          log in with you Eclipse credentials here:
          The STEM JIPP is now setup at 
        https://jenkins.eclipse.org/stem
          
          
          If we are missing any plugins I can reopen our GIT issue and
          the Eclipse
          
          webmaster will fix that for us.
          
          I looked to some tutorials and found the following links. I
          hope some of
          
          them are good.
        http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/Jenkins/article.html
        https://jenkins.io/doc/tutorials/
        https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Plugin+tutorial
        https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jenkins/
          
          
          
          Best Regards,
          Jamie
          
          
          
          
          
          From:   "Ahmad Swaid" <Ahmad.Swaid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
          To:     <jhkauf@xxxxxxxxxx>
          Date:   07/24/2018 02:40 AM
          Subject:        Re: Next steps to setting up Jenkins
          
          
          
          Hi Jamie,
          I'm fine. I hope you're good also.
          
          what I have done in the past is running the build from command
          line using
          
          Ant commands, and that worked fine.
          I have already started to make this build achievable by in
          Jenkins. but
          
          since I have no precious experience in Jenkins,
          I still struggle.
          It will be very nice of you, if you recommend a tutorial (a
          good one) 
          about Jenkins.
          
          
          Best Regards,
          Ahmad Swaid
          
          
          
          //// Wissenschaft im Dienst des Menschen ////
          
          >>> "James Kaufman" <jhkauf@xxxxxxxxxx>
          7/23/2018
          8:26 PM >>>
          Greetings Ahmad,
          ... the first think we should do is to make sure the command
          line 
          build script runs stand along for the e4 branch. He said
          before doing that
          
          
          we should make sure we are running the very latest version of
          Eclipse with
          
          
          the latest plugin updates. 
          
          There is doc on the command line build process here.
        https://wiki.eclipse.org/STEM_Releng#Running_the_STEM_Builder
          
        https://wiki.eclipse.org/STEM_Releng#Launching_the_Builder_from_Command_Line
          
          <--- get these steps working first, then you'll be able to
          get it going
          in 
          
          Jenkins. 
          
          
          from Matt.... 
          The hardest part of command line / headless builds is you
          should not be
          
          using the Eclipse install you use for development because all
          the packages
          
          
          it has installed interferes with what needs to be a fully
          deterministic
          
          and repeatable process when creating what you distribute.  The
          version
          of 
          Eclipse used to build the package should be vanilla, as
          downloaded from
          
          Eclipse.  Even the delta pack was never installed in it, it's
          externally
          
          referenced. 
          
          Once we have the command line build working it should be no
          problem to
          get 
          
          it working on Jenkins.  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
        
      
      
      
      
      
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