wcm_io_devops.jenkins_configuration_as_code

This role manages the installation, configuration and update of the Jenkins Configuration as Code Plugin aka JCasC.

Tasks:

Install JCasC plugin(s)
Configure the path for the JCasC plugin
Deployment of JCasC configuration files
Reloading of JCasC

Requirements

This role requires Ansible 2.7 or higher and a running Jenkins on the target instance.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with their default values.

jenkins_casc_admin_username: admin

Jenkins admin username.

jenkins_casc_admin_password: admin

Jenkins admin password.

jenkins_casc_owner: jenkins

Linux jenkins user.

jenkins_casc_group: "{{ jenkins_casc_owner }}"

Linux group of jenkins user.

jenkins_casc_jenkins_hostname: localhost

Hostname of the jenkins instance.

jenkins_casc_jenkins_port: 8080

HTTP port of the jenkins instance.

jenkins_casc_jenkins_url_prefix: ""

Url prefix of the jenkins instance, e.g. when running in tomcat.

jenkins_casc_jenkins_base_url: "http://{{ jenkins_casc_jenkins_hostname }}:{{ jenkins_casc_jenkins_port }}{{ jenkins_casc_jenkins_url_prefix }}"

The base url of the jenkins instance.

jenkins_casc_jenkins_home: "/var/lib/jenkins"

Path to the jenkins casc directory containing the yaml files for configuration.

jenkins_casc_config_path: "{{ jenkins_casc_jenkins_home }}/jcasc"

Path to the jenkins casc directory containing the yaml files for configuration.

jenkins_casc_config_path_configure: false

Enables / Disabling the configuration of the configuration path. When this value is set to true the JcasC path in the Jenkins instance is set to jenkins_casc_config_path. When the path differs from the previous set path the configuration is directly reloaded.

jenkins_casc_config_fileglobs: []

Config files/templates to upload. When the result of this step is changed the configuration will be reloaded.

jenkins_casc_config_unmanaged_delete: false

Controls if files that existing files in the 'jenkins_casc_config_path' are deleted when they are not included in the 'jenkins_casc_config_fileglobs'. Deletion will only be executed when at least one file was uploaded to the 'jenkins_casc_config_path'.

jenkins_casc_script_timeout: 60

The timeout for jenkins_script tasks in seconds.

jenkins_casc_plugins_present:
  - name: configuration-as-code
    version: "1.3"
  - name: configuration-as-code-support
    version: "1.3"

Plugins needed for configuration-as-code.

Dependencies

This role depends on the wcm_io_devops.jenkins_plugins role to install/uninstall the plugins.

As transitive dependency this role uses the wcm_io_devops.jenkins_facts role to retrieve the list of installed plugins from the Jenkins instance.

Example Playbook

This playbook will set the JCasC configuration path to /var/lib/jenkins/jcasc-folder and will deploy all .yml and .yaml files found below file/jcasc/my-jenkins/ to this folder.

- name: "Deploy jcasc"
  hosts: jenkins
  vars:
    jenkins_casc_config_path_configure: true
    jenkins_casc_config_path: "/var/lib/jenkins/jcasc-folder"
    jenkins_casc_config_fileglobs:
        - file/jcasc/my-jenkins/*.yml
        - file/jcasc/my-jenkins/*.yaml
  roles:
    - wcm_io_devops.jenkins_configuration_as_code

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