How to copy build XMLs from Master to the Slave node in Jenkins?

Question

I have created a Jenkins job which used to run in the master and I have the build.xml file in the master.

Now I have added a slave node and added the setting Restrict where this project can be run so that my job always runs on a particular slave.

Now my build jobs are failing and I can see:

[EnvInject] - Loading node environment variables.
Building remotely on demo_slave_inst2 (slave1) in workspace /root/slave/workspace/demo_job
FATAL: Unable to find build script at /root/slave/workspace/demo_job/autobvt.xml
Build step 'Invoke Ant' marked build as failure
Recording test results
Finished: FAILURE

This autobvt.xml file already exists in the master. So looks like I need to copy this file over to the slave node manually which does not looks like quite handy.

How I can instruct jenkins to copy this as part of the build?

Is autobvt.xml file not checked-in in your version control tool? Where exactly is it present on master? — Technext, Aug 13 '14 at 09:23
Are you using any version control tool such as Git, Perforce, SVN etc? — Technext, Aug 13 '14 at 09:32
Glad to see that you resolved the issue. Please accept your answer or the one given by @Waman so that the question is closed. — Technext, Aug 13 '14 at 15:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 13 '14 at 10:30

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Use "Copy data to Workspace" http://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Copy+Data+To+Workspace+Plugin using which you can copy the files from master to slave and run them as a part of build process (No manual effort needed!)

answered Aug 13 '14 at 10:30

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Exploring · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-19T15:13:42.507

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I sorted the issue using the Copy to Slave plugin.

edited Aug 19 '14 at 15:13

answered Aug 13 '14 at 10:58

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How to copy build XMLs from Master to the Slave node in Jenkins?

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