How to pass a parameter to a powershell script in a jenkins pipeline
Try this:
node { powershell ''' $VAR_A = 'test' Write-Host "My result: '$VAR_A'" ''' withEnv(["VAR_A=envtest"]) { powershell ''' Write-Host "My result is empty: '$VAR_A'" Write-Host "My env result: '$env:VAR_A'" ''' }}The output is:
My result: 'test'My result is empty: ''My env result: 'envtest'This was tested on Jenkins 2.73.1.
Note that:
$VAR_A = 'test'is declared within the firstpowershell '''...'''env:is required to access environment variables (see about_Environment_Variables in the Microsoft Docs)