openshift configuration

Table of Contents

• Docker Configuration
  • Introduction
    • Overview
  • Prerequisites
  • Template
    • Parameters
    • Execution

Docker Configuration

Introduction

OpenShift is a docker container orchestrator built on top Kubernetes.

Overview

This template allow you to configure Jenkins in order to work with OpenShift.

It will:

• Add OpenShift client as custom tool.

• Configure an OpenShift cluster to work with.

Prerequisites

In order to execute this template, you need the following plugins installed in your Jenkins:

• OpenShift Client Plugin

ℹ️	The initialize instance template will install all plugins if you select Openshift or Docker+Openshift in the installDeploymentPlugins parameter

Template

This template will be automatically created in your jenkins after executing the Initialize_Instance template inside the UTILS folder with the name Openshift_Configuration.

For manual creation see: How to add a Template

❗	This template needs the devonfw Production Line Shared Lib

Parameters

The required parameters are:

• ocName: The name of the OpenShift connection. You can define multiple OpenShift connections by changing the name.

• ocUrl: The OpenShift URL.

• ocProject: The OpenShift Project.

• ocToken: The OpenShift token. In order to have a long-term token, this token should be a service account token.

Execution

1. Press the Build with Parameters button

2. Insert the parameters.

3. If the OpenShift token is not added as credential, please add a new entry.

4. Press the Build button.

5. Wait until the pipeline ends.

⚠️	If a cluster already exists with the provided name, it will not modify anything.

You can add more clusters by executing the template again or in Jenkins → Manage Jenkins → Configure System