jenkins

Install and configure jenkins on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Quality	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: buluma.jenkins

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  become: yes

  roles:
    - role: buluma.bootstrap
    - role: buluma.epel
    - role: buluma.java
    - role: buluma.locale
    - role: buluma.core_dependencies

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for jenkins

# What tcp port Jenkins should listen to.
jenkins_port: 8080

# What address Jenkins should bind to.
jenkins_listen_address: "0.0.0.0"

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

Status of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
buluma.bootstrap
buluma.epel
buluma.java
buluma.locale
buluma.core_dependencies

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
debian	bullseye
el	all
fedora	all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.10, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

Exceptions

Some roles can't run on a specific distribution or version. Here are some exceptions.

variation	reason
alpine	tried to configure name using a file "/etc/sysconfig/clock", but could not write to it
amazonlinux	/etc/rc.d/init.d/jenkins: line 59: /etc/init.d/functions: No such file or directory
ubuntu:bionic	No openjdk 8, with openjdk 11 jenkins returns an error.
ubuntu:focal	No openjdk 8, with openjdk 11 jenkins returns an error.
opensuse	An initscript is not idempotent.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub

License

Apache-2.0

Author Information

Michael Buluma