modify PATH variable in jenkins master

Question

I am trying to modify PATH in jenkins master node (i have no slaves).From "Global Properties -> Environment Variables" i add 2 entries: "PATH" with value "$PATH:/opt/foo" and "FOO" with value "BAR". Now when i run my free style job with execute shell build step being "echo $PATH; echo $FOO" i see that PATH was not modified whereby FOO is displayed correctly. Why is that? Is there any way to modify PATH from jenkins global configuration ? I managed to modify PATH on a job level via EnvInject plugin but what i am really looking for is to modify PATH for all jobs.

Answer 1

You are doing it right. The same Manage Jenkins => Global Properties => Environment variables works for me.

Please note that if you have the EnvInject plugin installed, it seems to mask the environment variables from Jenkins global configuration. So uninstall EnvInject and try again.