Jenkins Job-DSL in Action

Think of the ability to write your jenkins jobs as code. This is what Jenkins Job-DSL Plugin brings in. Configuration as Code is the paradigm which is heavily used to describe jobs in Jenkins with Job-DSL plugin.

This was a demo talk at Devoxx MA 2016.

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1. Jenkins Job-DSL in Action Ataul W. Ahmad @Ataul_Ahmad www.ahmadsoft.de #JobDSL
2. About me • Working with Java since 1997 • Freelancer since 2001 • Certified as • Java Developer • Software Architect • Project Manager #JobDSL @Ataul_Ahmad
3. Agenda #JobDSL
4. Agenda • Configuration as Code • Job DSL • Seed Job • Demo • Q & A #JobDSL @Ataul_Ahmad
5. Configuration as Code #JobDSL
6. Benefits • Version Control • Test • Reproducible • Refactoring • Scaling #JobDSL @Ataul_Ahmad
7. Job DSL #JobDSL
8. Simple Job #JobDSL job(name) { scm { git { branch(gitBranch) remote { url(repository) } } } triggers { scm 'H/5 * * * *' } steps { gradle { tasks('clean build') } } } @Ataul_Ahmad
9. Documentation • http://<JENKINS_HOST>/plugin/job-dsl/api-viewer/index.html #JobDSL @Ataul_Ahmad
10. Seed Job #JobDSL
11. Seed Job #JobDSL job('Seed') { [. . .] steps { jobDsl { ignoreExisting(true) ignoreMissingFiles(false) removedJobAction('DELETE') removedViewAction('DELETE') targets('jobs/Seed.groovy') additionalClasspath 'src/main/groovy' } } } @Ataul_Ahmad
12. jobDSL Step #JobDSL @Ataul_Ahmad
13. Demo #JobDSL