NINEJKH.jenkins

An (opinionated) Ansible role that installs Jenkins (LTS) on Debian-like systems.

It is recommended to run it on localhost and have a webserver (nginx) run in front of it, which configuration is not part of this role.

Local test

$ ./test.sh -i 192.168.1.159 -u vbox

Todos

• delete admin user if jenkins_admin_username != admin (https://stackoverflow.com/a/41255658/567193)

Requirements

none

Role Variables

jenkins_http_listen_address: 127.0.0.1

jenkins_url: http://{{ jenkins_http_listen_address }}:8080

jenkins_memory_max: "{{ (ansible_memtotal_mb * 0.5) | round | int }}m"

jenkins_admin_username: admin

jenkins_admin_password: admin

jenkins_num_executors: 0

jenkins_plugins: []

jenkins_agent_port:

jenkins_java_args:
  - -server
  - -Djava.awt.headless=true
  - -Xms{{ jenkins_memory_max }}
  - -Xmx{{ jenkins_memory_max }}
  - -Djenkins.install.runSetupWizard=false
  # https://www.cloudbees.com/blog/joining-big-leagues-tuning-jenkins-gc-responsiveness-and-stability
  - -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch
  - -XX:+UseG1GC
  - -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent
  - -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled
  - -XX:+UseStringDeduplication
  - -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions
  - -XX:G1SummarizeRSetStatsPeriod=1

Dependencies

• lifeofguenter.oracle-java

Example Playbook

- hosts: jenkins
  roles:
    - { role: NINEJKH.jenkins }

Acknowledgements

• geerlingguy.jenkins

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Author Information

9JKH (Pty) Ltd.