using custom tools in a Bluemix DevOps pipeline stage

Question

I am trying to use a custom build tool in my bluemix devops service pipeline. According to docs each stage runs in a fresh container. I just want to load my tool in the container to use it in my pipeline stage. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

When you create a new job, you can write a script to execute your commands.

As example:

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

I've been using such scripts for quite some time now. I used it to install nvm(https://github.com/creationix/nvm), so that I can use any node.js version. You'll have to reinstall tools you want to use in the jobs that require them.