How do I use custom tools in a Bluemix DevOps pipeline stage

Question

I want to use a custom build tool (e.g. installed with brew install or some such) in a stage of my BlueMix DevOps Services pipeline. The doc says that each stage runs in a fresh container. How do I get my tools loaded into that container for use in my pipeline stage?

Frederic Lavigne Frederic Lavigne · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-12T17:02:35

When you create a new job in a stage, you can write a script to be executed. In this script, you can call apt-get install, apt-get update and so on.

As example:

#!/bin/bash
# your script here
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jq
jq --help

I've used the script approach to install tools like nvm (https://github.com/creationix/nvm) to use any Node.js version. You will need to reinstall the tools you want to use in any job that requires them.

How do I use custom tools in a Bluemix DevOps pipeline stage

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