Configuration File Sandboxing
Jenkins Templating Engine pipeline_config.groovy configuration files are a custom DSL intent on making configuration as user friendly as possible.
Due to the fact that these configuration files get executed as a script, their runtime is extremely sandboxed to allow little more than key/value setting.
Attempting to do inappropriate things, like accessing the /etc/passwd file on the master, will result in a Security Exception being thrown.
For example, the following configuration file:
application_environments{
dev{
long_name = "Development"
}
}
password = new File("/etc/passwd").textwould result in:
