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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# RUN_SLOW_TESTS, RUN_AWS_TESTS, SKIP_KARMA=1 SHOW_JS_ERRORS=1    PACKAGE=1
+# WORKSPACE=/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/jam-web/workspace
+
+export BUNDLE_JOBS=1 # 6, which i want to use, makes the whole server crawl
+
+echo ""
+
+echo "BUILDING JAM-DB"
+pushd db > /dev/null
+ ./jenkins
+popd > /dev/null
+
+echo ""
+
+echo "BUILDING JAM-PB"
+pushd pb > /dev/null
+bash -l ./jenkins
+popd > /dev/null
+
+echo ""
+
+echo "BUILDING JAM-RUBY"
+pushd ruby > /dev/null
+rm -f *.gem
+bash -l ./jenkins
+popd > /dev/null
+
+echo ""
+
+echo "BUILDING WEBSOCKET GATEWAY"
+pushd websocket-gateway > /dev/null
+bash -l ./jenkins
+popd > /dev/null
+
+echo ""
+
+echo "BUILDING JAM-WEB"
+pushd web > /dev/null
+echo "kill any stuck rspec tests from previous run.  need to debug how/why this happens on build server"
+set +e
+ps aux | grep -ie "jam-cloud.*rspec" | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9
+set -e
+
+PACKAGE=1 bash ./jenkins
+
+# we do this so that the build won't fail in jenkins if no capybara error screenshot isn't there
+mkdir -p tmp/capybara
+touch tmp/capybara/success.png
+popd > /dev/null
+
+echo ""
+
+echo "BUILDING JAM-ADMIN"
+pushd admin /dev/null
+bash -l ./jenkins
+popd > /dev/null
+
+
+if [ ! -z "$PACKAGE" ]; then
+
+DEB_SERVER=http://localhost:9010/apt-`uname -p`
+GEM_SERVER=http://localhost:9000/gems
+
+  # if still going, then push all debs up
+  if [[ "$GIT_BRANCH" == *develop* || "$GIT_BRANCH" == *master*  ]]; then
+
+      echo ""
+      echo "PUSHING DB ARTIFACTS"
+      pushd db > /dev/null
+      echo "publishing ubuntu packages (.deb)"
+      for f in `find target -name '*.deb'`; do
+         DEBNAME=`basename $f`
+         DEBPATH="$f"
+         echo "publishing $DEBPATH to deb server"
+         curl -f -T $DEBPATH $DEB_SERVER/$DEBNAME
+         if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+           echo "deb publish failed of $DEBPATH"
+           exit 1
+         fi
+      done
+      echo "done publishing debs"
+      popd > /dev/null
+
+
+      echo ""
+      echo "PUSHING WEB"
+      pushd web > /dev/null
+      echo "publishing ubuntu package (.deb)"
+      DEBPATH=`find target/deb -name *.deb`
+      DEBNAME=`basename $DEBPATH`
+      curl -f -T $DEBPATH $DEB_SERVER/$DEBNAME
+      if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+          echo "deb publish failed"
+          exit 1
+      fi
+      echo "done publishing deb"
+      popd > /dev/null
+
+      echo ""
+      echo "PUSHING WEBSOCKET-GATEWAY"
+      pushd websocket-gateway > /dev/null
+      echo "publishing ubuntu package (.deb)"
+      DEBPATH=`find target/deb -name *.deb`
+      DEBNAME=`basename $DEBPATH`
+      curl -f -T $DEBPATH $DEB_SERVER/$DEBNAME
+      if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+          echo "deb publish failed"
+          exit 1
+      fi
+      echo "done publishing deb"
+      popd > /dev/null
+
+      echo ""
+      echo "PUSHING ADMIN"
+      pushd admin > /dev/null
+      echo "publishing ubuntu package (.deb)"
+      DEBPATH=`find target/deb -name *.deb`
+      DEBNAME=`basename $DEBPATH`
+      curl -f -T $DEBPATH $DEB_SERVER/$DEBNAME
+      if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+          echo "deb publish failed"
+          exit 1
+      fi
+      echo "done publishing deb"
+      popd > /dev/null
+
+  else
+      echo "Skipping publish since branch is neither master or develop..."
+  fi
+
+fi
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