Use the following to install Jenkins on Ubuntu.
wget -q -O - https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable/jenkins.io.key | sudo apt-key add -i
## echo "deb https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/" >> /etc/apt/sources.list ##
apt-get update
apt-get install jenkins
service jenkins restart
Here are the required plugins (FIXME: find method for automatic install):
- job-dsl (Groovy DSL to describe Jenkins jobs)
- git
- github
- authorize-project (To allow a specific user to run a job)
The plugin is used create Jenkins jobs (different than pipelines) using Groovy scripts. These scripts are revision controlled and unit tested in this repository. Use command gradle to run the unit tests (FIXME: currently broken).
$ sudo apt install gradle # if needed
$ cd <path to repo>
$ gradle build
Job pipeline scripts are automatically generated by build/pipegen.py which consumes pipeline definitions in build/pipespec.json. Pipelines are stored under pipelines/ and reference build/nodelib.groovy. (FIXME: this two file solution was done for some reason or another, it probably needs a refactor).
More info on Jenkins job pipelines here.
A seed job in Jenkins is required to generate the revision-controlled jobs. More information on seed jobs here. The seed job for this project is in jobs/seedjob.groovy.
See JENKINS-43509 for info about authentication.