Go to our documentation website for more information, with examples and guides.

Jenkins operator is a Kubernetes native operator which fully manages Jenkins on Kubernetes. It was built with immutability and declarative configuration as code in mind.

Out of the box it provides:

• integration with Kubernetes (Jenkins kubernetes-plugin)
• pipelines as code (Jenkins pipelines)
• extensibility via groovy scripts (similar to Jenkins script console) or (configuration as code plugin)
• secure defaults and hardening (see the security section of the documentation)

The main reason why we decided to implement the Jenkins Operator is the fact that we faced a lot of problems with standard Jenkins deployment. We want to make Jenkins more robust, suitable for dynamic and multi-tenant environments.

Some of the problems we want to solve:

• installing plugins with incompatible versions or security vulnerabilities
• better configuration as code
• security and hardening out of the box
• make errors more visible for end users
• backup and restore for jobs history
• orphaned jobs with no JNLP connection
• handle graceful shutdown properly
• proper end to end tests for Jenkins lifecycle

Go to our documentation website for more information.

Selected content:

1. Installation
2. Getting Started
3. How it works
4. Security
5. Developer Guide
6. Jenkins Custom Resource Definition scheme

• Multibranch pipelines and backup issues: jenkinsci#104 (comment)

There is a dedicated channel #jenkins-operator on virtuslab-oss.slack.com (Invite form)

Feel free to file issues or pull requests.

Before any big pull request please consult the maintainers to ensure a common direction.

• Jenkins World 2019 Lisbon

This project was originally developed by VirtusLab and the following CONTRIBUTORS.