A Gradle plugin for triggering Puppet from Gradle

Purposes

We want to be able to trigger Puppet from Gradle.

Usage

How are you expected to use the plugin?

Tasks

This task are available

deployUtv - trigger puppet from Gradle and deploy on utv
deployTest - trigger puppet from Gradle and deploy on test
deployProd - trigger puppet from Gradle and deploy on prod

Configuration

Get access to the plugin:

apply plugin: 'se.mtm.gradle-puppet'

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'se.mtm.gradle:gradle-puppet-plugin:1.0.5'
    }
}

The version number, 1.0.5, is wrong. Update it with the latest release.

Configure it:

gradlePuppet {
    utvHosts = ['statusutv1.mtm.se']
    testHosts = ['statustest1.mtm.se']
    prodHosts = ['status1.mtm.se']
}

The properties that can be set are

String[] utvHosts - the utv hosts
String[] testHosts - the tests hosts
String[] prodHosts - the prod hosts

The truth and default values are defined in src/main/java/se/mtm/gradle/extensions/PluginDefaults

Environment variable

The plugin need access to a user credentials for communicating with the target hosts. The password is already set in Jenkins, this solution piggy back on that password. Set

ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD

to the password for the you use for running Puppet. If you are using Jenkins, then set them as environment variables in Jenkins. You find the settings by following these menus items:

Jenkins | Manage Jenkins | Configure System | Environment variables

User and password

It is possible to set the user and password using regular java properties. Execute Gradle with

./gradlew deployUtv -Duser=theUserYouWantToExecuteAs -Dpassword=thePAsswordYouWantToUse

Developing

Build

./gradlew clean build publishToMavenLocal --daemon

Decision log

If no user is set, tpbadmin is assumed
Password is read from the environment for minimizing job configuration

Resources

Gradle, Writing Custom Plugins

tsundberg/gradle-puppet-plugin