In the

previous post (multibranch basics) we have described the basics of creating and using a multibranch pipeline (well, building was manual for each branch, which is not too practical).
In this post, we will learn how to trigger builds for branches using github webhooks.

Plugins invalved

• The trigering and …

Multibranch Pipelines

These pipelines automatically "build" the code for each branch that has a Jenkinsfile in it.
For example:

• In a feature branch, you may want to prepare (build image? run container?) and run unit tests alone
• in a develop branch, you may want to prepare more, and run some integration tests …

In the

previuos post we have create smee.io infrastructre that can be used to deliver push notification from Github to Jenkins.
Now we can go to Github and Jenkins to configure those webhooks.

Github Plugin

• There are several plugins that can receive webhooks in Jenkins.
  • Generic Webhook Trigger
  • Gitlab Plugin …

We start our journey towards a full example where we use github webhooks to trigger a build in a single branch pipeline.

The big picture

This is what we want to achieve (see notes below):

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Introduction

• Jenkins Terms

• Jenkins GUI

• Jenkins Freestyle Job

Jenkins installation

• jenkins all in docker 1

• jenkins all in docker 2

Pipelines

• Pipelines Primer 1

• Pipelines Primer 2

• Scripted Pipelines

• Declarative Pipelines

• Docker Agent

• Environment …

In the

previous post, we have created a docker:dind container, a smart container that has docker installed inside, can store docker images, and run internal containers.
In this post we'll use it as a jenkins agent from a Jenkins controller (also a container), so that Jenkins could run docker agent stages and …

This post is based on these instructions.

How to run everything in docker containers

We are using a unique configuration, where the Jenkins controller+agent are running in a docker container. The basic Jenkins image we can use is jenkins/jenkins image. The problem with this image is that the Jenkins agent included …

What is a docker agent?
How can we create one and use it? We'll explore this on the next post(2)

What is a docker agent

Let's say that I want to run some nodejs javascript code.
I don't want to really install nodejs on any of my agents.
Can I use docker?
Yes!!! I can specify a docker agent in my pipeline.
Jenkins will …

Here's an example of a file with environment variables:

 1pipeline {
 2    agent any
 3
 4    environment {
 5        globalvar = 'global'
 6    }
 7
 8    stages {
 9        stage('stage1') {
10            environment {
11                localvar = 'local'
12             }
13            steps { …

Declarative pipelines were created to allow users create pipelines without learning Groovy programming.

Declarative pipeline example

• Create a new pipeline, as we've done in

  pipelines-primer-1 post
  ...but...

• Choose GitHub + Maven example, which is the same as the one we have covered in

  scripted-pipelines, …