Vagrant Jenkins build

Run a Jenkins 2.25 instance on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS using vagrant.

Before you start

Install a console with SSH (I suggest Cmder or ConEmu)
Create an account in Dockerhub https://hub.docker.com/
Disable or turn off hyper-v feature on (Windows features) and restart your pc.
Install VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/
Install Vagrant from https://www.vagrantup.com/ following https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/installation/
Clone the following git repository https://github.com/manherfo/CI-CD-Challenge-I-2018-2.git
In Vagrant folder, run the following commands.
Build the vagrant box (Keep in mind that the machine build could take several minutes):

Build the vagrant box

vagrant up

To access the Jenkins server with GUI, open your browser with the following url:

http://localhost:8080

or, add the following line to the hosts file (OPTIONAL)

127.0.0.1   jenkins.local

to access the virtual machine via CLI run the following command:

vagrant ssh

and then run the server in your browser with the following url:

http://jenkins.local:8080

First time accessing Jenkins

Since version 2.0 Jenkins has a security setup wizard when first running it after the installation.

SSH into the machine with

vagrant ssh

Locate the security password

cat /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword

and copy it into the password field on the Jenkins server.

When you finish configuring Jenkins from the web UI, restart the service

sudo service jenkins restart

Next steps

Step 1

Fork the repository https://github.com/manherfo/CI-CD-Challenge-I-2018-2.git to have your own copy.
Obtain the forked repository URL and clone it. This is the application that you will need to change for your pipeline.

Step 2

Install node using the right installer for your OS (https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/).
Make sure to install npm too!
Run the following command to install the needed modules

npm install

After that. You should be able to run the app using

npm start

You can run the tests in the same way

npm test

Step 3

With your environment ready, you can now proceed to create the CI Pipeline. Use Jenkinsfile based solutions versioning it. Your solution should look like this: