Welcome back to another exciting day of your DevOps journey! In today's session, we'll dive into Jenkins Freestyle Projects and how they play a crucial role in Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Specifically, we'll focus on orchestrating Dockerized applications using Jenkins and Docker-compose.
What is CI/CD? 🚀
CI/CD stands for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment. It's a set of practices and principles used by development and operations teams to automate the process of building, testing, and deploying software applications. CI/CD aims to increase the speed, reliability, and quality of software delivery by automating repetitive tasks and providing rapid feedback to developers.
What Is a Build Job? 🏗️
A build job is a task performed by a CI/CD system, such as Jenkins, to build, test, and package software applications. It typically involves compiling source code, running unit tests, and generating artifacts for deployment. Build jobs are essential components of CI/CD pipelines, as they enable automation and ensure that software changes are consistently built and validated.
What is Freestyle Projects? 🔄
Freestyle Projects in Jenkins are flexible, customizable build jobs that allow you to define build steps using a simple, point-and-click interface. With Freestyle Projects, you can execute shell commands, trigger builds based on events, and configure various build parameters. Freestyle Projects offer a wide range of options for building and deploying software, making them suitable for diverse CI/CD workflows.
Task-01: Creating an Agent and Freestyle Project for Dockerized Apps
Step 1: Create an Agent for Your App
agent {
docker {
image 'your_docker_image'
args '-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock'
}
}
Step 2: Create a Freestyle Project
Navigate to Jenkins dashboard -> New Item -> Enter item name -> Freestyle project.
Step 3: Add Build Steps for Docker Operations
Build Step 1: Docker Build
docker build -t your_image_name .
Build Step 2: Docker Run
docker run -d --name your_container_name your_image_name
Task-02: Orchestrating Containers with Docker-Compose
Step 1: Create Jenkins Project for Docker-Compose
agent any
stages {
stage('Docker-Compose Up') {
steps {
sh 'docker-compose up -d'
}
}
stage('Cleanup with Docker-Compose Down') {
steps {
sh 'docker-compose down'
}
}
}
Step 2: Add Build Steps for Docker-Compose Operations
Build Step 1: Docker-Compose Up
docker-compose up -d
Build Step 2: Cleanup with Docker-Compose Down
docker-compose down
With these tasks, you'll be able to create Jenkins Freestyle Projects for Dockerized applications and orchestrate containers using Docker-compose seamlessly. Keep exploring and experimenting with Jenkins to unleash its full potential in your CI/CD pipelines. Happy building! 🛠️
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