jenkins-std-lib
woodpecker
jenkins-std-lib | woodpecker | |
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14 | 54 | |
48 | 3,694 | |
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0.0 | 9.9 | |
8 days ago | 3 days ago | |
Groovy | Go | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | Apache License 2.0 |
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jenkins-std-lib
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The worst thing about Jenkins is that it works
> On a previous team I had used Concourse CI to some extent, but I wasn’t really blown away by the experience. Travis and Circle were mentioned. I was a fool. I should have committed to seriously researching some of the contenders and making a more informed decision, but I lacked the willpower and the discernment.
The whole post can be summed up as he had very little CICD experience. Made lots of beginner mistakes, which is easy to do in Jenkins. Then decided to write a post where all his complaints about Jenkins are not only wrong but are the issues that plague all the other CICD tools.
> So instead of writing Bash directly, you’re writing Bash inside Groovy
Why are you doing that? You have a fully featured programming language and you are running `sh('npm install')`. You could do this instead https://github.com/DontShaveTheYak/jenkins-std-lib/blob/mast... . How is bash inside of YAML better?
> The trouble is: Groovy is a much, much worse language for executing commands than Bash. Bash is interpreted, has a REPL that is great for experimentation, does require a ton of imports, and has lightweight syntax. Groovy has none of these things.
Groovy has a language server, linters and a vscode IDE plugins. They are probably not as stable or full featured as the bash ones, but they are available and very few take advantage of them. Again, how is YAML+Bash better?
> The way that developers test their Groovy steps is by triggering a job on the remote Jenkins server to run them. The feedback loop is 2 orders of magnitude slower than it is for just executing Bash locally.
This is a rookie mistake. For about 60-75% of pipelines you can run them locally in a docker container on your local machine. You can even set up hot code reload so as you change your pipeline the Jenkins reloads it. You can also configure the job to kick off a build when it reloads the code. When Jenkins is configured correctly it has the fastest feedback loop of any CICD tool on the market. GitHub actions comes in a close second since it can also be run locally but you cant run a "clone" of what you run in production, like having the same secrets, so it gets second place. Beside Jenkins and GitHub actions, I dont know of any solutions for the other tools.
You can run a GitHub action on Jenkins. It's a very deep and complex system. It's like an iceberg and so many engineers dont leave the surface before deciding it sucks and one of the YAML CICD tools is better. Sure the YAML alternatives are EASY to get started with and to do basic stuff with. But they are Terrible at anything complex. While Jenkins is not easy to get started with, once mastered, you can build complex pipelines with ease.
I get that I'm a Jenkins fanboy. Most of the things I mentioned above, I either contribute to or I'm the author of. I know Jenkins has issues. I know it has hurt lots of people, I read the complaints online. But it's still the best out there. The best software in the world is not written in bash or yaml and the same is true of the best CICD pipelines in the world. It's a shame very few people get to see/use those pipelines.
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GitHub actions top alternatives
With Jenkins you can still run your favorite GitHub actions. https://github.com/DontShaveTheYak/jenkins-std-lib/blob/master/jobs/github/actions/step_example.groovy
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Looking for a speaker on a panel on "how to make the most of Jenkins", pm me if interested
This library has a lot of helpful features https://github.com/DontShaveTheYak/jenkins-std-lib , one of my favorites is being able to run GitHub actions natively in Jenkins pipelines.
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Jenkins in kubernetes without docker
Here is an example using s6 overlay https://github.com/DontShaveTheYak/jenkins-std-lib/tree/master/docker/prod
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Which CICD Pipeline is the least hardest to develop from
Run a Jenkins locally in docker. I use a vscode dev container for this. https://github.com/DontShaveTheYak/jenkins-std-lib/blob/master/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
- What CICD tool do you guys use?
- Ask HN: Where are all the Show HNs?
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The worse production code you have ever seen
I do my best https://github.com/DontShaveTheYak/jenkins-std-lib
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GitHub Actions Limitations and Gotchas
If you use Jenkins and want to try actions then check out https://github.com/DontShaveTheYak/jenkins-std-lib
It let's you run actions on top of Jenkins.
- GitHub actions down for some users
woodpecker
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The worst thing about Jenkins is that it works
https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker
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Examples of Woodpecker (CI/CD) pipelines for .NET
Is anyone using woodpecker? It's a self-hosted CI/CD server forked from Drone. Really good, and actively developed.
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regularly updating a docker image from source across several servers
Run your own container registry, build and host everything yourself, dont rely on others. Docker for example has a option for that but imo its very basic and limited. Harbor is more advanced but still not overly complicated. You could add build workers to that and automate your entire pipeline, but maybe for a single image thats overkill. But good to have those options in the future. Things to look at for example: Gitea (lighter) / Gitlab (more heavy), Drone.io, Woodpecker
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GitHub: “Human eyes” will never see the contents of your private repositories
> I wish it had some sort of CI like github actions or bitbucket pipeline
I use Gitea with Drone CI and it works pretty well: https://www.drone.io/
Some might also prefer the Woodpecker CI fork due to the license: https://woodpecker-ci.org/
I setup Drone as a part of my migration away from GitLab Omnibus and have no complaints so far: https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/goodbye-gitlab-hello-gitea-...
- Woodpecker CI: simple, extensible CI engine powered by Docker
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What self-hosted Git server ?
https://woodpecker-ci.org/ Open source clone of drone.io
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GitHub actions top alternatives
https://www.drone.io/ or the more open fork https://woodpecker-ci.org/
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Codeberg – Fast Open Source Alternative to GitHub
I’m trying to migrate of my personal repos from GitHub to Codeberg. The biggest problem is to find a replacement for GitHub Actions (the free offering is so generous), and my current solution for that is to self-host an instance of Woodpecker CI [1].
I’d like to see even more diversity in Git hosting beyond “let’s all migrate from X to Y”, and for that to happen, Forgejo (a soft fork of Gitea) has already began implementing federation [2].
[1]: http://woodpecker-ci.org/
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JSON vs XML
The open source version of drone is https://woodpecker-ci.org/
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What are some alternatives?
AutoHotkey - AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.
drone - Gitness is an Open Source developer platform with Source Control management, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. [Moved to: https://github.com/harness/gitness]
hbr - handbrake runner - runs HandBrakeCLI with settings specified in a keyfile. Allows for repeatable and easily modified encoding.
Jenkins - Jenkins automation server
cache - Cache dependencies and build outputs in GitHub Actions
gitlab-runner
roadmap - GitHub public roadmap
github-act-runner - act as self-hosted runner
xmonad - The core of xmonad, a small but functional ICCCM-compliant tiling window manager
Concourse - Concourse is a container-based continuous thing-doer written in Go.
source-to-image - A tool for building artifacts from source and injecting into container images
onedev - Git Server with CI/CD, Kanban, and Packages. Seamless integration. Unparalleled experience.