Run jenkins post build step on the slave node instead of Master

Question

I have created a Jenkins job and am able to assign it to run on the master/slave using their label name in Restrict where this project can be run . My job needs to do this

1. Copy test data to a target folder (not Jenkins workspace)
2. Run the test
3. Summarize results
4. Cleanup the folder with data - Yet to be implemented

Regarding step4, I have to delete the data before marking the job as complete. I have considered a Conditional Build step and it looks to be working in all cases except when the job is aborted.

I am considering a Post Build step using PostBuildTask /GroovyPostBuild and it only works when the job is assigned to run on Master . The issue here is when I try to run the job on Slave1/Slave2, the same task doesn't seem to work and I realized that its being executed on Master instead of Slave1/2.

Would appreciate any guidance on how I can solve this issue.

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, Post build steps run on Master by default. So, you need another plugin allow you to choose which node you want to run Post build step. In my system, I use "Flexible Publish" plugin that I see it can solve you issue

Flexible plugin example