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cdk8s-jenkins
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cdk8s-jenkins is a library that lets you easily define a manifest for deploying a Jenkins instance to your Kubernetes cluster.
This library uses a Custom Resource Definition provided by jenkins, and thus requires both the CRD and the operator to be installed on the cluster. You can set this up by,
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenkinsci/kubernetes-operator/master/config/crd/bases/jenkins.io_jenkins.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenkinsci/kubernetes-operator/master/deploy/all-in-one-v1alpha2.yaml
For more information regarding applying jenkins crd and installing jenkins operator, please refer jenkins official documentaion.
The library provides a high level Jenkins construct to provision a Jenkins instance.
You can just instantiate the Jenkins instance and that would add a Jenkins resource to the kubernetes manifest.
The library provide a set of defaults, so provisioning a basic Jenkins instance requires no configuration:
import { Jenkins } from 'cdk8s-jenkins';
// inside your chart:
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins');
The library also enables configuring the following parmeters for the Jenkins instance:
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins', {
metadata: {
namespace: 'jenkins-namespace',
labels: { customApp: 'my-jenkins' },
},
});
This allows you to toggle CSRF Protection for Jenkins.
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins', {
disableCsrfProtection: true,
});
These are the plugins required by the jenkins operator.
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins', {
basePlugins: [{
name: 'configuration-as-code',
version: '1.55',
}],
});
You can also utilize addBasePlugins function to add base plugins to jenkins configuration after initialization.
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins');
jenkins.addBasePlugins([{
name: 'workflow-api',
version: '2.76',
}]);
These are the plugins that you can add to your jenkins instance.
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins', {
plugins: [{
name: 'simple-theme-plugin',
version: '0.7',
}],
});
You can also utilize addPlugins function to add plugins to jenkins configuration after initialization.
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins');
jenkins.addPlugins([{
name: 'simple-theme-plugin',
version: '0.7',
}]);
You can define list of jenkins seed job configurations here. For more info you can take look at jenkins documentation.
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins', {
seedJobs: [{
id: 'jenkins-operator',
targets: 'cicd/jobs/*.jenkins',
description: 'Jenkins Operator repository',
repositoryBranch: 'master',
repositoryUrl: 'https://github.com/jenkinsci/kubernetes-operator.git',
}],
});
You can also utilize addSeedJobs function to add seed jobs to jenkins configuration after initialization.
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins');
jenkins.addSeedJobs([{
id: 'jenkins-operator',
targets: 'cicd/jobs/*.jenkins',
description: 'Jenkins Operator repository',
repositoryBranch: 'master',
repositoryUrl: 'https://github.com/jenkinsci/kubernetes-operator.git',
}]);
You can utilize escape hatches to make changes to the configurations that are not yet exposed by the library.
For instance, if you would like to update the version of a base plugin:
const jenkins = new Jenkins(this, 'my-jenkins');
const jenkinsApiObject = ApiObject.of(jenkins);
jenkinsApiObject.addJsonPatch(JsonPatch.replace('/spec/master/basePlugins/1', {
name: 'workflow-job',
version: '3.00',
}));
For more information regarding escape hatches, take a look at cdk8s documentation.
See CONTRIBUTING for more information.
This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.
FAQs
Jenkins construct for CDK8s
We found that cdk8s-jenkins demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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