# Getting Started This document describes a getting started guide for **jenkins-operator** and an additional configuration. 1. [First Steps](#first-steps) 2. [Deploy Jenkins](#deploy-jenkins) 3. [Configure Seed Jobs and Pipelines](#configure-seed-jobs-and-pipelines) 4. [Install Plugins](#install-plugins) 5. [Configure Authorization](#configure-authorization) 6. [Configure Backup & Restore](#configure-backup-&-restore) 7. [Debugging](#debugging) ## First Steps Prepare your Kubernetes cluster and set up access. Once you have running Kubernetes cluster you can focus on installing **jenkins-operator** according to the [Installation](installation.md) guide. ## Deploy Jenkins Once jenkins-operator is up and running let's deploy actual Jenkins instance. Let's use example below: ```bash apiVersion: virtuslab.com/v1alpha1 kind: Jenkins metadata: name: example spec: master: image: jenkins/jenkins seedJobs: - id: jenkins-operator-e2e targets: "cicd/jobs/*.jenkins" description: "Jenkins Operator e2e tests repository" repositoryBranch: master repositoryUrl: https://github.com/VirtusLab/jenkins-operator-e2e.git ``` Watch Jenkins instance being created: ```bash kubectl get pods -w ``` Get Jenkins credentials: ```bash kubectl get secret jenkins-operator-credentials-example -o 'jsonpath={.data.password}' | base64 -d ``` Connect to Jenkins (minikube): ```bash minikube service jenkins-operator-example --url ``` Connect to Jenkins (actual Kubernetes cluster): ```bash kubectl describe svc jenkins-operator-example kubectl jenkins-operator-example 8080:8080 ``` ![jenkins](../jenkins.png) ## Configure Seed Jobs and Pipelines Jenkins operator uses [job-dsl][job-dsl] and [ssh-credentials][ssh-credentials] plugins for configuring seed jobs and deploy keys. ## Prepare job definitions and pipelines First you have to prepare pipelines and job definition in your GitHub repository using the following structure: ``` cicd/ ├── jobs │   └── build.jenkins └── pipelines └── build.jenkins ``` **cicd/jobs/build.jenkins** it's a job definition: ``` #!/usr/bin/env groovy pipelineJob('build-jenkins-operator') { displayName('Build jenkins-operator') definition { cpsScm { scm { git { remote { url('https://github.com/VirtusLab/jenkins-operator.git') credentials('jenkins-operator') } branches('*/master') } } scriptPath('cicd/pipelines/build.jenkins') } } } ``` **cicd/jobs/build.jenkins** it's an actual Jenkins pipeline: ``` #!/usr/bin/env groovy def label = "build-jenkins-operator-${UUID.randomUUID().toString()}" def home = "/home/jenkins" def workspace = "${home}/workspace/build-jenkins-operator" def workdir = "${workspace}/src/github.com/VirtusLab/jenkins-operator/" podTemplate(label: label, containers: [ containerTemplate(name: 'jnlp', image: 'jenkins/jnlp-slave:alpine'), containerTemplate(name: 'go', image: 'golang:1-alpine', command: 'cat', ttyEnabled: true), ]) { node(label) { dir(workdir) { stage('Init') { timeout(time: 3, unit: 'MINUTES') { checkout scm } container('go') { sh 'apk --no-cache --update add make git gcc libc-dev' } } stage('Build') { container('go') { sh 'make build' } } } } } ``` ## Configure Seed Jobs Jenkins Seed Jobs are configured using `Jenkins.spec.seedJobs` section from your custom resource manifest: ``` apiVersion: virtuslab.com/v1alpha1 kind: Jenkins metadata: name: example spec: master: image: jenkins/jenkins:lts seedJobs: - id: jenkins-operator targets: "cicd/jobs/*.jenkins" description: "Jenkins Operator repository" repositoryBranch: master repositoryUrl: https://github.com/VirtusLab/jenkins-operator.git ``` If your GitHub repository is **private** you have to configure corresponding **privateKey** and Kubernetes Secret: ``` apiVersion: virtuslab.com/v1alpha1 kind: Jenkins metadata: name: example spec: master: image: jenkins/jenkins:lts seedJobs: - id: jenkins-operator targets: "cicd/jobs/*.jenkins" description: "Jenkins Operator repository" repositoryBranch: master repositoryUrl: git@github.com:VirtusLab/jenkins-operator.git privateKey: secretKeyRef: name: deploy-keys key: jenkins-operator ``` And Kubernetes Secret: ``` apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: deploy-keys data: jenkins-operator-e2e: | -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIJKAIBAAKCAgEAxxDpleJjMCN5nusfW/AtBAZhx8UVVlhhhIKXvQ+dFODQIdzO oDXybs1zVHWOj31zqbbJnsfsVZ9Uf3p9k6xpJ3WFY9b85WasqTDN1xmSd6swD4N8 ... ``` **jenkins-operator** will automatically discover and configure all seed jobs. You can verify if deploy keys were successfully configured in Jenkins **Credentials** tab. ![jenkins](../jenkins-credentials.png) ## Install Plugins ## Configure Authorization ## Configure Backup & Restore (work in progress) Not implemented yet. ## Debugging [job-dsl]:https://github.com/jenkinsci/job-dsl-plugin [ssh-credentials]:https://github.com/jenkinsci/ssh-credentials-plugin