Module Checklist
Build Automation &
CI/CD with Jenkins
By Techworld with Nana
Video Overview
★ Introduction to Build Automation
★ Install Jenkins
★ Jenkins UI Tour
★ Install Build Tools
★ Jenkins Basics Demo
★ Docker in Jenkins
★ Freestyle to Pipeline Job
★ Introduction to Pipeline Job
★ Jenkinsfile Syntax
★ Create full Pipeline
★ Introduction to Multibranch Job
★ Wrap Up Jenkins Job
★ Credentials in Jenkins
★ Jenkins Shared Library
★ Trigger Jenkins Job - Webhook
★ Versioning your application - Part 1
★ Versioning your application - Part 2
Demo Projects
Java Maven Project https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app
Jenkins Shared Library https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/jenkins-shared-library
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Introduction to Build Automation
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Install Jenkins
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❏ Created a Server (Droplet) on DigitalOcean
❏ Configured Firewall Rules to open port 22 and port 8080 for our new
server
❏ Installed Docker on DigitalOcean Droplet
❏ Started Jenkins Docker container with named volume
❏ Initialized Jenkins
Useful Links:
● Jenkins Docker Image: https://hub.docker.com/r/jenkins/jenkins
Useful Commands:
docker run -p 8080:8080 -p 50000:50000 -d -v
jenkins_home:/var/jenkins_home jenkins/jenkins:lts
docker volume inspect jenkins_home
# print the initialisation password
cat
/var/snap/docker/common/var-lib-docker/volumes/jenkins_home/
_data/secrets/initialAdminPassword
Jenkins UI Tour
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Install Build Tools
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❏ Configured Plugin for Maven
❏ Installed npm and node in Jenkins container
Useful Links:
● Node Installation for Linux distributions: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions
● Jenkins Plugins: https://plugins.jenkins.io/
Useful Commands:
# enter container as root
docker exec -u 0 -it a3f305b0b63f bash
# check with Linux distro container is running
cat /etc/issue
apt update
apt install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
bash nodesource_setup.sh
apt install nodejs
nodejs -v
npm -v
Jenkins Basics Demo
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❏ Demo executed - create a simple Freestyle Job
❏ Configured Git Repository to checkout the code from
❏ Configured Job to run tests and build Java Application
Useful Links:
● Java-maven-app (master): https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app
● Java-maven-app: https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app/-/tree/jenkins-jobs
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Docker in Jenkins
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❏ Demo executed - push Image to DockerHub Repository
❏ Made Docker available in Jenkins container (mount docker runtime inside
container as a volume)
❏ Fixed permissions on docker.sock
❏ Configured Job to build Docker Image
❏ Configured Job to push Image to DockerHub
❏ Prerequisite: Account on DockerHub
❏ Created a repository on DockerHub
❏ Created Credentials for DockerHub in Jenkins UI
❏ Tag Docker Image with your DockerHub repository, login and push to
repository
❏ Demo executed - push Image to Nexus Repository
❏ Configured “insecure-registries” on Droplet server (daemon.json file)
❏ Fixed permission for docker.sock again after restart of Jenkins container
❏ Created Credentials for Nexus in Jenkins UI
❏ Tag Docker Image with your Nexus host and repository, login and push to
repository
Useful Links:
● Java-maven-app: https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app/-/tree/jenkins-jobs
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Docker in Jenkins
Useful Commands:
# create jenkins container with mounted docker
docker run -p 8080:8080 -p 50000:50000 -d -v jenkins_home:/var/jenkins_home -v
/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v $(which docker):/usr/bin/docker jenkins/jenkins:lts
# enter as root and modify docker.sock permission
docker exec -u 0 -it 0c73a1692b75 bash
chmod 666 /var/run/docker.run
# edit or create /etc/docker/daemon.json ON THE HOST
vim /etc/docker/daemon.json
{
"insecure-registries" : ["167.99.248.163:8083"]
}
# restart docker
systemctl restart docker
# start container again
docker start 0c73a1692b75
# enter as root and modify docker.sock permission
docker exec -u 0 -it 0c73a1692b75 bash
chmod 666 /var/run/docker.run
Freestyle to Pipeline Job
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Introduction to Pipeline Job
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❏ Demo executed - create a basic Pipeline Job
❏ Configured Git Repository
❏ Created a valid Jenkinsfile with required fields
Useful Links:
● Java-maven-app: https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app/-/tree/jenkins-jobs
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Jenkinsfile Syntax
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❏ Used Post attribute
❏ Defined a Condition
❏ Used an environment variable
❏ Used Tools Attribute
❏ Used a Parameter
❏ Used an external Groovy Script
❏ Used an Input Parameter
Useful Links:
● List available environment variables: <your-ip-of-jenkins>:8080//env-vars.html
● Pipeline Syntax: https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/syntax/
● Jenkinsfile & Groovy example:
https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app/-/tree/jenkins-jobs/Jenkinsfile-syntax
Create full Pipeline
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❏ Build Jar
❏ Build Docker Image
❏ Push to private Repository DockerHub
Useful Links:
● Jenkinsfile & Groovy example:
https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app/-/tree/jenkins-jobs/Jenkinsfile-simple-pipe
line
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Introduction to Multibranch Job
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❏ Added branch based logic in Jenkinsfile
Wrap Up Jenkins Jobs
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Credentials in Jenkins
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Jenkins Shared Library
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❏ Created Shared Library Project/Repository
❏ Made Shared Library globally available in Jenkins
❏ Used Shared Library in Jenkinsfile
❏ Used Parameters in Shared Library
❏ Extracted logic into Groovy Classes
❏ Define Shared Library in Jenkinsfile directly (project scoped)
Useful Links:
● Java-maven-app:
https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app/-/tree/jenkins-shared-lib
● Jenkins-shared-library: https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/jenkins-shared-library
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Trigger Jenkins Jobs - Webhooks
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Versioning your application - Part I
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❏ Demo executed: Increment version locally with maven build tool
❏ Demo executed: Increment version in Jenkins Pipeline
❏ Configured Jenkinsfile to increment version
❏ Adjusted Dockerfile file
❏ Executed Jenkins Pipeline
Useful Links:
● Maven Build-Helper Plugin:
https://www.mojohaus.org/build-helper-maven-plugin/parse-version-mojo.ht
ml
● Java-maven-app:
https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app/-/tree/jenkins-jobs/Jenkinsfile-versi
on-increment
Versioning your application - Part II
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❏ Demo executed: Commit version upgrade from Jenkins to Git
❏ Demo executed: Ignore Jenkins Commit from Triggering Pipeline
Useful Links:
● Java-maven-app:
https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/java-maven-app/-/tree/jenkins-jobs/Jenkinsfile-versi
on-increment
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Best practices
Pipeline Script/Jenkinsfile related best practices:
● Use Pipeline as Code: Store your Jenkinsfile in Git Repository (instead of inline
script in Jenkins). Good for history, working in a team etc.
● Call your Pipeline Script the default name: Jenkinsfile
● Non-Setup work should occur within a stage block. Makes your builds easier
to visualize, debug etc.
● Make sure to put #!/usr/bin/env groovy at the top of the file so that IDEs,
GitHub diffs, etc properly detect the language and do syntax highlighting for
you.
● Input Parameter: input shouldn’t be done within a node block. It’s
recommended to use timeout for the input step in order to avoid waiting for an
infinite amount of time, and also control structures (try/catch/finally).
Other best practices:
● Use Automatic versioning
● Store common pipeline code in a Shared Library, so that it can be used by
other projects/teams
● Best practices and how to put it to practice:
https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/jenkins-best-practices/
