bitnami/jenkins

Jenkins

Jenkins is widely recognized as the most feature-rich CI available with easy configuration, continuous delivery and continuous integration support, easily test, build and stage your app, and more. It supports multiple SCM tools including CVS, Subversion and Git. It can execute Apache Ant and Apache Maven-based projects as well as arbitrary scripts.

TL;DR

helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
helm install my-release bitnami/jenkins

Introduction

This chart bootstraps a Jenkins deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.

Bitnami charts can be used with Kubeapps for deployment and management of Helm Charts in clusters. This Helm chart has been tested on top of Bitnami Kubernetes Production Runtime (BKPR). Deploy BKPR to get automated TLS certificates, logging and monitoring for your applications.

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes 1.12+
• Helm 3.1.0
• PV provisioner support in the underlying infrastructure
• ReadWriteMany volumes for deployment scaling

Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name my-release:

helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
helm install my-release bitnami/jenkins

These commands deploy Jenkins on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The Parameters section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.

Tip: List all releases using helm list

Uninstalling the Chart

To uninstall/delete the my-release deployment:

helm delete my-release

The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.

Parameters

The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Jenkins chart and their default values per section/component:

Global parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
global.imageRegistry	Global Docker image registry	nil
global.imagePullSecrets	Global Docker registry secret names as an array	[] (does not add image pull secrets to deployed pods)
global.storageClass	Global storage class for dynamic provisioning	nil

Common parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
nameOverride	String to partially override common.names.fullname template with a string (will prepend the release name)	nil
fullnameOverride	String to fully override common.names.fullname template with a string	nil
clusterDomain	Default Kubernetes cluster domain	cluster.local
commonLabels	Labels to add to all deployed objects	{}
commonAnnotations	Annotations to add to all deployed objects	{}
extraDeploy	Array of extra objects to deploy with the release	[] (evaluated as a template)
kubeVersion	Force target Kubernetes version (using Helm capabilities if not set)	nil

Jenkins parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
image.registry	Jenkins image registry	docker.io
image.repository	Jenkins Image name	bitnami/jenkins
image.tag	Jenkins Image tag	{TAG_NAME}
image.pullPolicy	Jenkins image pull policy	IfNotPresent
image.pullSecrets	Specify docker-registry secret names as an array	[] (does not add image pull secrets to deployed pods)
jenkinsUser	User of the application	user
jenkinsPassword	Application password	random 10 character alphanumeric string
jenkinsHome	Jenkins home directory	/opt/bitnami/jenkins/jenkins_home
disableInitialization	Allows to disable the initial Bitnami configuration for Jenkins	no
javaOpts	Customize JVM parameters	nil
command	Override default container command (useful when using custom images)	nil
args	Override default container args (useful when using custom images)	nil
extraEnvVars	Extra environment variables to be set on Jenkins container	{}
extraEnvVarsCM	Name of existing ConfigMap containing extra env vars	nil
extraEnvVarsSecret	Name of existing Secret containing extra env vars	nil

Jenkins deployment parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
podSecurityContext	Jenkins pods’ Security Context	Check values.yaml file
containerSecurityContext	Jenkins containers’ Security Context	Check values.yaml file
hostAliases	Add deployment host aliases	[]
resources.limits	The resources limits for the Jenkins container	{}
resources.requests	The requested resources for the Jenkins container	{ cpu: "300m", memory: "512Mi" }
livenessProbe	Liveness probe configuration for Jenkins	Check values.yaml file
readinessProbe	Readiness probe configuration for Jenkins	Check values.yaml file
customLivenessProbe	Override default liveness probe	nil
customReadinessProbe	Override default readiness probe	nil
updateStrategy	Strategy to use to update Pods	Check values.yaml file
podAffinityPreset	Pod affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard	""
podAntiAffinityPreset	Pod anti-affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard	soft
nodeAffinityPreset.type	Node affinity preset type. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard	""
nodeAffinityPreset.key	Node label key to match. Ignored if affinity is set.	""
nodeAffinityPreset.values	Node label values to match. Ignored if affinity is set.	[]
affinity	Affinity for pod assignment	{} (evaluated as a template)
nodeSelector	Node labels for pod assignment	{} (evaluated as a template)
tolerations	Tolerations for pod assignment	[] (evaluated as a template)
podLabels	Extra labels for Jenkins pods	{} (evaluated as a template)
podAnnotations	Annotations for Jenkins pods	{} (evaluated as a template)
extraVolumeMounts	Optionally specify extra list of additional volumeMounts for Jenkins container(s)	[]
extraVolumes	Optionally specify extra list of additional volumes for Jenkins pods	[]
initContainers	Add additional init containers to the Jenkins pods	{} (evaluated as a template)
sidecars	Add additional sidecar containers to the Jenkins pods	{} (evaluated as a template)
persistence.enabled	Enable persistence using PVC	true
persistence.storageClass	PVC Storage Class for Jenkins volume	nil (uses alpha storage class annotation)
persistence.accessMode	PVC Access Mode for Jenkins volume	ReadWriteOnce
persistence.size	PVC Storage Request for Jenkins volume	8Gi
persistence.annotations	Persistence annotations	{}

Exposure parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
service.type	Kubernetes Service type	LoadBalancer
service.port	Service HTTP port	80
service.httpsPort	Service HTTPS port	443
service.nodePorts.http	Kubernetes http node port	""
service.nodePorts.https	Kubernetes https node port	""
service.externalTrafficPolicy	Enable client source IP preservation	Cluster
service.loadBalancerIP	LoadBalancer service IP address	""
service.annotations	Service annotations	{}
ingress.enabled	Enable ingress controller resource	false
ingress.certManager	Add annotations for cert-manager	false
ingress.hostname	Default host for the ingress resource	jenkins.local
ingress.path	Default path for the ingress resource	/
ingress.apiVersion	Force Ingress API version (automatically detected if not set)	“
ingress.pathType	Ingress path type	ImplementationSpecific
ingress.tls	Create TLS Secret	false
ingress.annotations	Ingress annotations	[] (evaluated as a template)
ingress.extraHosts[0].name	Additional hostnames to be covered	nil
ingress.extraHosts[0].path	Additional hostnames to be covered	nil
ingress.extraPaths	Additional arbitrary path/backend objects	nil
ingress.extraTls[0].hosts[0]	TLS configuration for additional hostnames to be covered	nil
ingress.extraTls[0].secretName	TLS configuration for additional hostnames to be covered	nil
ingress.secrets[0].name	TLS Secret Name	nil
ingress.secrets[0].certificate	TLS Secret Certificate	nil
ingress.secrets[0].key	TLS Secret Key	nil

Volume Permissions parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
volumePermissions.enabled	Enable init container that changes the owner and group of the persistent volume(s) mountpoint to runAsUser:fsGroup	false
volumePermissions.image.registry	Init container volume-permissions image registry	docker.io
volumePermissions.image.repository	Init container volume-permissions image name	bitnami/minideb
volumePermissions.image.tag	Init container volume-permissions image tag	buster
volumePermissions.image.pullPolicy	Init container volume-permissions image pull policy	Always
volumePermissions.image.pullSecrets	Specify docker-registry secret names as an array	[] (does not add image pull secrets to deployed pods)
volumePermissions.resources.limits	Init container volume-permissions resource limits	{}
volumePermissions.resources.requests	Init container volume-permissions resource requests	{}

Metrics parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
metrics.enabled	Start a side-car Jenkins Prometheus exporter	false
metrics.image.registry	Jenkins Prometheus exporter image registry	docker.io
metrics.image.repository	Jenkins Prometheus exporter image name	bitnami/jenkins-exporter
metrics.image.tag	Jenkins Prometheus exporter image tag	{TAG_NAME}
metrics.image.pullPolicy	Image pull policy	IfNotPresent
metrics.image.pullSecrets	Specify docker-registry secret names as an array	[] (does not add image pull secrets to deployed pods)
metrics.podAnnotations	Additional annotations for Metrics exporter pod	{}
metrics.resources.limits	Jenkins Prometheus exporter resource limits	{}
metrics.resources.requests	Jenkins Prometheus exporter resource requests	{}
metrics.service.type	Kubernetes service type (ClusterIP, NodePort or LoadBalancer)	ClusterIP
metrics.service.port	Jenkins Prometheus exporter service port	9122
metrics.service.nodePort	Kubernetes node port	""
metrics.service.annotations	Annotations for Jenkins Prometheus exporter service	{prometheus.io/scrape: "true", prometheus.io/port: "9118"}
metrics.service.loadBalancerIP	loadBalancerIP if service type is LoadBalancer	nil
metrics.serviceMonitor.enabled	if true, creates a Prometheus Operator ServiceMonitor (also requires metrics.enabled to be true)	false
metrics.serviceMonitor.namespace	Namespace in which Prometheus is running	nil
metrics.serviceMonitor.interval	Interval at which metrics should be scraped.	nil (Prometheus Operator default value)
metrics.serviceMonitor.scrapeTimeout	Timeout after which the scrape is ended	nil (Prometheus Operator default value)
metrics.serviceMonitor.selector	Prometheus instance selector labels	{}

The above parameters map to the env variables defined in bitnami/jenkins. For more information please refer to the bitnami/jenkins image documentation.

Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,

$ helm install my-release \
  --set jenkinsUser=admin,jenkinsPassword=password \
    bitnami/jenkins

The above command sets the Jenkins administrator account username and password to admin and password respectively.

NOTE: Once this chart is deployed, it is not possible to change the application’s access credentials, such as usernames or passwords, using Helm. To change these application credentials after deployment, delete any persistent volumes (PVs) used by the chart and re-deploy it, or use the application’s built-in administrative tools if available.

Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the above parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,

helm install my-release -f values.yaml bitnami/jenkins

Tip: You can use the default values.yaml

Configuration and installation details

Rolling VS Immutable tags

It is strongly recommended to use immutable tags in a production environment. This ensures your deployment does not change automatically if the same tag is updated with a different image.

Bitnami will release a new chart updating its containers if a new version of the main container, significant changes, or critical vulnerabilities exist.

Ingress

This chart provides support for ingress resources. If you have an ingress controller installed on your cluster, such as nginx-ingress-controller or contour you can utilize the ingress controller to serve your application.

To enable ingress integration, please set ingress.enabled to true.

Hosts

Most likely you will only want to have one hostname that maps to this Jenkins installation. If that’s your case, the property ingress.hostname will set it. However, it is possible to have more than one host. To facilitate this, the ingress.extraHosts object can be specified as an array. You can also use ingress.extraTLS to add the TLS configuration for extra hosts.

For each host indicated at ingress.extraHosts, please indicate a name, path, and any annotations that you may want the ingress controller to know about.

For annotations, please see this document. Not all annotations are supported by all ingress controllers, but this document does a good job of indicating which annotation is supported by many popular ingress controllers.

TLS Secrets

This chart will facilitate the creation of TLS secrets for use with the ingress controller, however, this is not required. There are three common use cases:

• Helm generates/manages certificate secrets.
• User generates/manages certificates separately.
• An additional tool (like cert-manager) manages the secrets for the application.

In the first two cases, it’s needed a certificate and a key. We would expect them to look like this:

• certificate files should look like (and there can be more than one certificate if there is a certificate chain)

  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
  MIID6TCCAtGgAwIBAgIJAIaCwivkeB5EMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMFYxCzAJBgNV
  ...
  jScrvkiBO65F46KioCL9h5tDvomdU1aqpI/CBzhvZn1c0ZTf87tGQR8NK7v7
  -----END CERTIFICATE-----
  

  • keys should look like: console -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIEogIBAAKCAQEAvLYcyu8f3skuRyUgeeNpeDvYBCDcgq+LsWap6zbX5f8oLqp4 ... wrj2wDbCDCFmfqnSJ+dKI3vFLlEz44sAV8jX/kd4Y6ZTQhlLbYc= -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

If you are going to use Helm to manage the certificates, please copy these values into the certificate and key values for a given ingress.secrets entry.

If you are going to manage TLS secrets outside of Helm, please know that you can create a TLS secret (named jenkins.local-tls for example).

Adding extra environment variables

In case you want to add extra environment variables (useful for advanced operations like custom init scripts), you can use the extraEnvVars property.

extraEnvVars:
  - name: LOG_LEVEL
    value: DEBUG

Alternatively, you can use a ConfigMap or a Secret with the environment variables. To do so, use the extraEnvVarsCM or the extraEnvVarsSecret values.

Sidecars and Init Containers

If you have a need for additional containers to run within the same pod as the Jenkins app (e.g. an additional metrics or logging exporter), you can do so via the sidecars config parameter. Simply define your container according to the Kubernetes container spec.

sidecars:
  - name: your-image-name
    image: your-image
    imagePullPolicy: Always
    ports:
      - name: portname
       containerPort: 1234

Similarly, you can add extra init containers using the initContainers parameter.

initContainers:
  - name: your-image-name
    image: your-image
    imagePullPolicy: Always
    ports:
      - name: portname
        containerPort: 1234

Deploying extra resources

There are cases where you may want to deploy extra objects, such a ConfigMap containing your app’s configuration or some extra deployment with a micro service used by your app. For covering this case, the chart allows adding the full specification of other objects using the extraDeploy parameter.

Setting Pod’s affinity

This chart allows you to set your custom affinity using the affinity parameter. Find more information about Pod’s affinity in the kubernetes documentation.

As an alternative, you can use of the preset configurations for pod affinity, pod anti-affinity, and node affinity available at the bitnami/common chart. To do so, set the podAffinityPreset, podAntiAffinityPreset, or nodeAffinityPreset parameters.

Persistence

The Bitnami Jenkins image stores the Jenkins data and configurations at the /bitnami/jenkins path of the container.

Persistent Volume Claims are used to keep the data across deployments. This is known to work in GCE, AWS, and minikube. See the Parameters section to configure the PVC or to disable persistence.

Troubleshooting

Find more information about how to deal with common errors related to Bitnami’s Helm charts in this troubleshooting guide.

Upgrading

To 7.0.0

Chart labels were adapted to follow the Helm charts standard labels.

Consequences:

• Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed. However, you can easily workaround this issue by removing Jenkins deployment before upgrading (the following example assumes that the release name is jenkins):

$ export JENKINS_PASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret --namespace default jenkins -o jsonpath="{.data.jenkins-password}" | base64 --decode)
$ kubectl delete deployments.apps jenkins
$ helm upgrade jenkins bitnami/jenkins --set jenkinsPassword=$JENKINS_PASSWORD

To 6.1.0

This version also introduces bitnami/common, a library chart as a dependency. More documentation about this new utility could be found here. Please, make sure that you have updated the chart dependencies before executing any upgrade.

To 6.0.0

On November 13, 2020, Helm v2 support was formally finished, this major version is the result of the required changes applied to the Helm Chart to be able to incorporate the different features added in Helm v3 and to be consistent with the Helm project itself regarding the Helm v2 EOL.

What changes were introduced in this major version?

• Previous versions of this Helm Chart use apiVersion: v1 (installable by both Helm 2 and 3), this Helm Chart was updated to apiVersion: v2 (installable by Helm 3 only). Here you can find more information about the apiVersion field.
• The different fields present in the Chart.yaml file has been ordered alphabetically in a homogeneous way for all the Bitnami Helm Charts

Considerations when upgrading to this version

• If you want to upgrade to this version from a previous one installed with Helm v3, you shouldn’t face any issues
• If you want to upgrade to this version using Helm v2, this scenario is not supported as this version doesn’t support Helm v2 anymore
• If you installed the previous version with Helm v2 and wants to upgrade to this version with Helm v3, please refer to the official Helm documentation about migrating from Helm v2 to v3

Useful links

• https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/resolve-helm2-helm3-post-migration-issues/
• https://helm.sh/docs/topics/v2_v3_migration/
• https://helm.sh/blog/migrate-from-helm-v2-to-helm-v3/

To 5.0.0

The Bitnami Jenkins image was migrated to a “non-root” user approach. Previously the container ran as the root user and the Jenkins service was started as the jenkins user. From now on, both the container and the Jenkins service run as user jenkins (uid=1001). You can revert this behavior by setting the parameters securityContext.runAsUser, and securityContext.fsGroup to root. Ingress configuration was also adapted to follow the Helm charts best practices.

Consequences:

• No “privileged” actions are allowed anymore.
• Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed when persistence is enabled.

To upgrade to 5.0.0, install a new Jenkins chart, and migrate your Jenkins data ensuring the jenkins user has the appropriate permissions.

4.0.0

Helm performs a lookup for the object based on its group (apps), version (v1), and kind (Deployment). Also known as its GroupVersionKind, or GVK. Changing the GVK is considered a compatibility breaker from Kubernetes’ point of view, so you cannot “upgrade” those objects to the new GVK in-place. Earlier versions of Helm 3 did not perform the lookup correctly which has since been fixed to match the spec.

In 4dfac075aacf74405e31ae5b27df4369e84eb0b0 the apiVersion of the deployment resources was updated to apps/v1 in tune with the api’s deprecated, resulting in compatibility breakage.

This major version signifies this change.

1.0.0

Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed unless you modify the labels used on the chart’s deployments. Use the workaround below to upgrade from versions previous to 1.0.0. The following example assumes that the release name is jenkins:

kubectl patch deployment jenkins --type=json -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/selector/matchLabels/chart"}]'