argocd-example-apps/my-bloody-jenkins

My Bloody Jenkins

Prerequisites Details

• Kubernetes 1.8+

Chart Details

The chart will do the following:

• Deploy My Bloody Jenkins
• Manage Configuration in a dedicated ConfigMap
• Configures Jenkins to use a default k8s jenkins cloud
• Optionally expose Jenkins with Ingress
• Manages a Persistent Volume Claim for Jenkins Storage
• Optionally mount extenral secrets as volumes to be used within the configuration See docs
• Optionally mount external configMaps to be used as configuration data sources See docs
• Optionally configures rbac and a dedicated service account

Installing the Chart

First add the following repo:

helm repo add odavid https://odavid.github.io/k8s-helm-charts

To install the chart with the release name jenkins:

helm install --name jenkins odavid/my-bloody-jenkins

To install the chart with a custom configuration values.yml

helm install --name jenkins odavid/my-bloody-jenkins -f <valueFiles>

Upgrading the Release

To install the chart with a custom configuration values.yml

helm upgrade jenkins odavid/my-bloody-jenkins -f <valueFiles>

Deleting the Chart

helm delete jenkins

Docker Image

By default the chart uses the latest release of odavid/my-bloody-jenkins image. The Helm Chart provides a way to use different repo or tags:

• image.repository - by default odavid/my-bloody-jenkins
• image.tag
• image.pullPolicy - by default IfNotPresent
• image.imagePullSecret - not set by default

CPU and Memory Resources

The Helm chart comes with support for configured resource requests and limits. By default these values are commented out. It is highly recommended to change this behavior on a production deployment. Also the Helm Chart provides a way to control Jenkins Java Memory Opts. When using Jenkins in production, you will need to set the values that suites your needs.

Persistence

By default the helm chart allocates a 20gb volume for jenkins storage. The chart provides the ability to control:

• persistence.jenkinsHome.enabled - if set to false, jenkins home will be using empty{} volume instead of persistentVolumeClaim. Default is true
• persistence.jenkinsHome.size - the managed volume size
• persistence.jenkinsHome.storageClass - If set to "-", then storageClass: "", which disables dynamic provisioning. If undefined (the default) or set to null, no storageClass spec is set, choosing the default provisioner. (gp2 on AWS, standard on GKE, AWS & OpenStack)
• persistence.jenkinsHome.existingClaim - if provided, jenkins storage will be stored on an manually managed persistentVolumeClaim
• persistence.jenkinsHome.annotations - annotations that will be added to the managed persistentVolumeClaim

Secrets

My Bloody Jenkins natively supports environment variable substitution within its configuration files. The Helm Chart provides a simple way to map [k8s secrets] in dedicated folders that will be later on used as environment variables datasource.

In order to use this feature, you will need to create external secrets and then use: envSecrets property to add these secrets to the search order. For example:

echo -n 'admin' > ./username
echo -n 'password' > ./password
kubectl create secret generic my-jenkins-secret --from-file=./username --from-file=./password

Then add this secret to values.yml:

envSecrets:
    - my-jenkins-secret

Now, you can refer these secrets as environmnet variables:

• MY_JENKINS_SECRET_USERNAME
• MY_JENKINS_SECRET_PASSWORD

See Support multiple data sources and secrets from files for more details

The chart also support creating a dedicated k8s secret, which all its keys will become JENKINS_SECRET_<KEY>. In order to use it, you will need to provided a key/value dict under the secrets value

Managed Configuration and additional ConfigMaps

My Bloody Jenkins natively supports watching multiple config data sources and merge them into one config top to bottom The Helm Chart provides a way to define a managedConfig yaml within the chart values.yml as well as add additional external configMaps that will be merged/override the default configuration.

See Support multiple data sources and secrets from files for more details The managedConfig is mounted as /var/jenkins_managed_config/jenkins-config.yml and contains the managedConfig yaml contents

Additional configMaps list are mounted as /var/jenkins_config/<ConfigMapName> within the container and are merged with the managedConfig

Default K8S Jenkins Cloud for provisioning slaves within k8s

By default the Helm Chart Configures a kubernetes cloud with a simple jnlp slave template. For disabling this behavior, you need to set defaultK8sCloud.enabled to false The following attributes can control the default template:

• defaultK8sCloud.name - the name of the k8s cloud - default (k8s)
• defaultK8sCloud.labels - list of agent labels that are used to provision the node - e.g. node(labels){} pipeline step - default (["generic"])
• defaultK8sCloud.jvmArgs - JVM Args for the JNLP Slave - default ("-Xmx1g")
• defaultK8sCloud.remoteFs - JNLP Remote FS - default ("/home/jenkins")
• defaultK8sCloud.image - JNLP Slave Image - default ("odavid/jenkins-jnlp-slave:latest")

Configuration

The following table lists the configurable parameters of the chart and their default values.

Parameter	Description	Default
managedConfig	My Bloody Jenkins Configuration yaml - See Configuration Reference
defaultK8sCloud.enabled	If true a default k8s jenkins cloud will be configured to enable automatic slave provisioning	true
defaultK8sCloud.name	The name of the default k8s cloud	k8s
defaultK8sCloud.labels	List of labels that mark the k8s provisioned slaves, use node(label){} within pipeline	["generic"]
defaultK8sCloud.jvmArgs	Default JVM Args to pass to the jnlp slave of the k8s cloud	-Xmx1g
defaultK8sCloud.remoteFs	The remoteFS of the JNLP Slave	/home/jenkins
defaultK8sCloud.image	The docker image of the JNLP Slave	odavid/jenkins-jnlp-slave:latest
image.repository	My Bloody Jenkins Docker Image	odavid/my-bloody-jenkins
image.tag	My Bloody Jenkins Docker Image Tag	2.121.1-62
image.pullPolicy	Image Pull Policy	IfNotPresent
image.imagePullSecrets	Docker registry pull secret
service.type	Service Type	LoadBalanacer
service.externalTrafficPolicy	externalTrafficPolicy
service.annotations	Service Annotations	{}
service.loadBalancerSourceRanges	Array Of IP CIDR ranges to whitelist (Only if service type is LoadBalancer)
service.loadBalancerIP	Service Load Balancer IP Address (Only if service type is LoadBalancer)
ingress.enabled	If true Ingress will be created	false
ingress.httpProtocol	Change to https if the ingress uses tls or you are using external tls termination using annotations	http
ingress.path	Ingress Path (Only if ingress is enabled)	/
ingress.additionalRules	Additional Ingress Rules	[] that will be appended to the actual ingress rule.
ingress.preAdditionalRules	Additional Ingress Rules	[] that will be pre-appended to the actual ingress rule. Useful when using alb ingress class with actions
ingress.annotations	Ingress Annoations	{}
ingress.labels	Ingress Labels	{}
ingress.hostname	Ingress Hostname
ingress.ingressClassName	Ingress Class Name
ingress.pathType	Ingress Path Type	Prefix
ingress.tls.secretName	Ingress TLS Secret Name - if provided, the ingress will terminate TLS using the certificate and private key in this secret. This setting is mutually exclusive with ingress.tls.certificate and ingress.tls.privateKey
ingress.tls.certificate	Ingress TLS Certificate - if provided, the ingress will use this certificate. Use in conjunction with ingress.tls.privateKey
ingress.tls.privateKey	Ingress TLS private key - if provided, the ingress will use this private key. Use in conjunction with ingress.tls.certificate
rbac.create	If true - a ServiceAccount, and a Role will be created	true
rbac.createServiceAccount	If createServiceAccount = false, and rbac.create = true, the chart will only use the rbac.serviceAaccountName within RoleBindings	true
rbac.serviceAccountName	Ignored if createServiceAccount = true	default
rbac.serviceAccount.annotations	Specify ServiceAccount annotations	{}
rbac.clusterWideAccess	If true - A ClusterRole will be created instead of Role - relevant only if rbac.create is true	false
resources.requests.cpu	Initial CPU Request
resources.requests.memory	Initial Memory Request
resources.limits.cpu	CPU Limit
resources.limits.memory	Memory Limit
readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds	Readiness Probe Timeout in seconds	5
readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	Readiness Probe Initial Delay in seconds	5
readinessProbe.periodSeconds	Readiness Probe - check for readiess every X seconds	5
readinessProbe.failureThreshold	Readiness Probe - Mark the pod as not ready for traffic after X consecutive failures	3
livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds	Liveness Probe Timeout in seconds	5
livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	Liveness Probe Initial Delay in seconds - a high value since it takes time to start	600
livenessProbe.periodSeconds	Liveness Probe - check for liveness every X seconds	5
livenessProbe.failureThreshold	Liveness Probe - Kill the pod after X consecutive failures	3
persistence.mountDockerSocket	If true - /var/run/docker.sock will be mounted	true
persistence.jenkinsHome.enabled	If true - Jenkins Storage will be persistent	true
persistence.jenkinsHome.existingClaim	External Jenkins Storage PesistentVolumeClaim - if set, then no volume claim will be created by the Helm Chart
persistence.jenkinsHome.annotations	Jenkins Storage PesistentVolumeClaim annotations	{}
persistence.jenkinsHome.accessMode	Jenkins Storage PesistentVolumeClaim accessMode	ReadWriteOnce
persistence.jenkinsHome.size	Jenkins Storage PesistentVolumeClaim size	20Gi
persistence.jenkinsHome.storageClass	External Jenkins Storage PesistentVolumeClaim	If set to "-", then storageClass: "", which disables dynamic provisioning. If undefined (the default) or set to null, no storageClass spec is set, choosing the default provisioner. (gp2 on AWS, standard on GKE, AWS & OpenStack)
persistence.jenkinsWorkspace.enabled	If true - Jenkins Workspace Storage will be persistent	false
persistence.jenkinsWorkspace.existingClaim	External Jenkins Workspace Storage PesistentVolumeClaim - if set, then no volume claim will be created by the Helm Chart
persistence.jenkinsWorkspace.annotations	Jenkins Workspace Storage PesistentVolumeClaim annotations	{}
persistence.jenkinsWorkspace.accessMode	Jenkins Workspace Storage PesistentVolumeClaim accessMode	ReadWriteOnce
persistence.jenkinsWorkspace.size	Jenkins Workspace Storage PesistentVolumeClaim size	8Gi
persistence.jenkinsWorkspace.storageClass	External Jenkins Workspace Storage PesistentVolumeClaim	If set to "-", then storageClass: "", which disables dynamic provisioning. If undefined (the default) or set to null, no storageClass spec is set, choosing the default provisioner. (gp2 on AWS, standard on GKE, AWS & OpenStack)
podAnnotations	Additional Pod Annotations	{}
persistence.volumes	Additional volumes to be included within the Deployments
persistence.mounts	Additional mounts to be mounted to the container
nodeSelector	Node Selector	{}
tolerations	Tolerations	[]
securityContxet	Security Context for jenkins pod	{}
affinity	Affinity	{}
env	Additional Environment Variables to be passed to the container - format key: value
secret	A dict containing KEY/VALUE pairs. Each pair will become an environment variable JENKINS_SECRET_<KEY>, if the secrets dict is not empty a k8s secret will be created
envSecrets	List of external secret names to be mounted as env secrets - see Docs
configMaps	List of external config maps to be used as configuration files - see Docs
jenkinsAdminUser	The name of the admin user - must be a valid user within the Jenkins Security Realm	admin
javaMemoryOpts	Jenkins Java Memory Opts	-Xmx256m
useHostNetwork	If true, jenkins master will use hostNetwork	false
jenkinsURL	Set the jenkinsURL configuration. If not set and ingress is enabled, then jenkins URL is {{ .Values.ingress.httpProtocol }}://{{ .Values.ingress.hostname }}{{ .Values.ingress.path }}