jenkins-operator

Kubernetes native Jenkins operator which manages Jenkins on Kubernetes. It was built with immutability and declarative configuration as code in mind.

It provides out of the box:

• Seed Jobs and DSL Pipelines as code
• Kubernetes plugin
• Configuration as Code plugin
• Secure and Hardened Jenkins instance
• Basic Authentication

Documentation

1. Installation
2. Getting Started
3. How it works
4. Developer Guide

Contribution

Feel free to file issues or pull requests.

TODO

Common:

• simple API for generating Kubernetes events using one common format
• VirtusLab docker registry https://hub.docker.com/r/virtuslab/jenkins-operator
• decorate Jenkins API client and add more functions for handling jobs and builds e.g. Ensure, CreateOrUpdate
• documentation
• VirtusLab flavored Jenkins theme
• create Jenkins Jobs View for all jobs managed by the operator
• jenkins job for executing groovy scripts

Base configuration:

• install configuration as a code Jenkins plugin
• handle Jenkins restart when base configuration has changed
• install and configure Kubernetes plugin (in-progress)
• e2e pipelines using Kubernetes plugin
• Jenkins hardening, disable insecure options

User configuration:

• user reconciliation loop with CR validation
• configure seed jobs and deploy keys
• e2e tests for seed jobs
• configure Jenkins authorization (via configuration as a code plugin or groovy scripts)
• backup and restore for Jenkins jobs running as standalone job (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• trigger backup job before pod deletion using preStop k8s hooks
• verify Jenkins configuration events