Dynamic parallel stages in Jenkins

Jenkins Declarative Pipeline v1.2 added support for Parallel Stages, which is a great and easy way to, well, run multiple aspects of a job - in parallel. In most cases this would suffice and you could author a simple parallel block as described in the Jenkins documentation (See blog post. But … Continue reading →

Using Helm helper files to manage shared properties across multiple micro-services

In Helm we use Charts. In Cloud services, a service is typically separated to multiple micro-services. In Helm lingo then, a micro-service could be considered as a Chart. Despite being separate to multiple micro-services, it is likely that some properties would be the same across some of them. You … Continue reading →

Upgrading to Helm

Helm, the Package Manager for Kubernetes is a wonderful addition to anyone doing DevOps operations with Kubernetes. With Helm you can: Manage development and production properties Validate and test configuration resources prior to deployment Group deployment resources into Releases Rollback … Continue reading →

Re-using a declarative pipeline in multiple repositories via a Shared Library

Do you have an identical declarative pipeline used in multiple repositories and you find yourself updating these multiple Jenkinsfile copies every time you make a change? Starting September 2017 Shared Libraries in Jenkins now support declarative pipelines. This means you can now load the same … Continue reading →

Testing for node modules vulnerabilities

To make sure the codebase doesn't get creeped in with various vulnerabilities in its node modules, one way to achieve this is by creating a Jenkins job to check on a daily basis against a continuously updated database of known vulnerabilities. One such database is provided by the Node Security … Continue reading →

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Dynamic parallel stages in Jenkins

Using Helm helper files to manage shared properties across multiple micro-services

Upgrading to Helm

Re-using a declarative pipeline in multiple repositories via a Shared Library

Testing for node modules vulnerabilities