Setup Azure Cognitive Services

• Go to the Azure Portal and sign in with your Azure account.

 

• Navigate to 'Create a resource'. In the search box, type 'Cognitive Services' and select it from the dropdown.

 

• Click on 'Create'. Fill in the required information such as Subscription, Resource Group, Region, etc.

 

• Under 'Pricing tier', select the appropriate tier for your requirements.

 

• Review and then click 'Create'. It will take a few moments to create the resource.

 

• Once created, go to the resource, and in the 'Keys and Endpoint' section, you will find your API endpoint and keys which you'll need later.

Install Jenkins and Required Plugins

• Install Jenkins on your server. You can download it from the official Jenkins website.

 

• Configure Jenkins by unlocking it using the password provided during the installation.

 

• Install recommended plugins or manually select plugins based on your needs.

 

• Ensure that Jenkins has access to the required Azure plugin. Go to 'Manage Jenkins' > 'Manage Plugins'. Search for 'Azure Credentials' and 'Azure SDK Libraries' plugins, and install them.

Configure Azure Credentials in Jenkins

• Go to 'Manage Jenkins' > 'Manage Credentials'.

 

• Select your preferred domain or 'Global' if you want these credentials to be available everywhere.

 

• Click on 'Add Credentials'. Choose 'Microsoft Azure Service Principal' as the kind.

 

• Fill in the Service Principal's credentials: Client ID, Client Secret, and Tenant ID. These are typically created in Azure Active Directory.

 

• Test the connection to ensure they are correctly set up.

Integrate Azure Cognitive Services API in Jenkins Pipeline

• Create a new pipeline job in Jenkins by selecting 'New Item' and then 'Pipeline'.

 

• In the pipeline script, you can use the following simple script to access Azure Cognitive Services:

 

pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('Azure Cognitive Services') {
            steps {
                script {
                    def azureServiceKey = "${YOUR_AZURE_COGNITIVE_KEY}"
                    
                    sh 'curl -X POST \
                        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                        -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: ${azureServiceKey}" \
                        --data "{\'documents\':[{\'id\':\'1\', \'language\':\'en\', \'text\':\'Hello World\'}]}" \
                        https://<your-cognitive-service-endpoint>/text/analytics/v3.0/sentiment'
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

 

• This script uses a simple curl command to send a POST request to the Azure Cognitive Service's text analytics API. Adjust the API endpoint and payload as per your specific needs.

 

Testing and Verification

• Run the Jenkins pipeline to ensure everything is set up correctly.

 

• Check the Jenkins build console output for any errors or confirmation that Azure Cognitive Services' API call was successful.

 

• If the integration is successful, you should see a valid response from Azure Cognitive Services in the output.