GoCD Cookbook

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This cookbook is here to help you setup GoCD servers and agents in an automated way.

Scope

• This cookbook can be used for installing and configuring a GoCD server and multiple GoCD agents.
• On linux machines, the recipes used for installing the GoCD server and agents use the yum and apt repositories to install from. Zip installations are not supported.

Requirements

• chef >= 12.6

Certain resource properties are broken in Chef 13. Check the deprecations in the changelog for more details.

Dependencies

• apt
• java
• yum
• windows (requires chef >= 12.6; for chef < 12.6 please use these additional dependency version constraints for compatibility with Chef 11: cookbook 'windows', '< 2.0')

Supported Platforms

This cookbook has been tested on the following platforms:

• Ubuntu >= 12.04
• Debian
• CentOS >= 6
• RedHat >= 6
• Windows - no support yet, but PRs welcome :)

Usage

1. Add this cookbook to your Chef Server, either by installing with knife or by adding it to your Berksfile: cookbook 'gocd', '~>1.3.2'

2. Change the default configuration [attributes](# Go Server attributes) by overriding the node attributes:

• via a role, or
• by declaring it in another cookbook at a higher precedence levels

3. Run the recipes on the specific nodes as:

• chef-client --runlist 'recipe[gocd]' - This will install the GoCD server and agent on the same machine
• chef-client --runlist 'recipe[gocd::server]' - This will install the GoCD server with specified configuration
• chef-client --runlist 'recipe[gocd::agent]' - This will install the GoCD agent with specified configuration.

OR

Associate the recipes with the desired roles. Here's an example role with default recipes:

  name 'demo'
  description 'Sample role for using the go-cookbook'

  default_attributes(
    'gocd' => {
      'version' => '17.3.0-4669',
      'use_experimental' => true
    }
  )

  run_list %w(
    recipe[gocd]
  )

1.0 release notes

This cookbook has undergone a major rewrite and has little to do with pre-1.0 versions. If you have been using go-cookbook previously then please note that:

• cookbook has been renamed to gocd, just like root namespace of attributes.
• Windows support in on best-effort basis

Java

Please note that java 8 is recommended to run Go server and agents. This cookbook sets node['java']['jdk_version'] at force_default level but it may not work properly when you include java in node run_list before gocd cookbook. The safest approach is to set java version in node attributes (in a role or environment).

Install method

Repository

By default installation source is done from apt or yum repositories from official sources at https://www.gocd.org/download/.

The apt repository can be overridden by changing any these attributes:

• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['uri'] = 'https://download.gocd.org/'
• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['components'] = [ '/' ]
• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['distribution'] = ''
• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['keyserver'] = 'pgp.mit.edu'
• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['key'] = 'https://download.gocd.org/GOCD-GPG-KEY.asc'

The yum repository can be overridden by changing any these attributes:

• node['gocd']['repository']['yum']['baseurl'] = 'https://download.gocd.org'
• node['gocd']['repository']['yum']['gpgcheck'] = true
• node['gocd']['repository']['yum']['gpgkey'] = 'https://download.gocd.org/GOCD-GPG-KEY.asc'

Experimental channel

By default the GoCD cookbook installs latest stable version. You can install gocd from the experimental channel by setting the node['gocd']['use_experimental'] attribute to true

From remote file

The cookbook can skip adding a package repository and instead install a GoCD server or agent by downloading a remote file and installing it directly via dpkg or rpm. To use this method, set node['gocd']['install_method'] to 'package_file' and set node['gocd']['package_file']['baseurl'] to point to the remote file (e.g. 'http://my/custom/url')

The final download URL of file is built based on platform and node['gocd']['version'] (e.g. using the example baseurl above, http://my/custom/url/go-agent-15.2.0-2520.deb)

GoCD Server

gocd::server will install and start a GoCD server.

Go Server attributes

The cookbook provides the following attributes to configure the GoCD server:

• node['gocd']['server']['http_port'] - The server HTTP port. Defaults to 8153.
• node['gocd']['server']['https_port'] - The server HTTPS port. Defaults to 8154.
• node['gocd']['server']['max_mem'] - The server maximum JVM heap space. Defaults to 2048m.
• node['gocd']['server']['min_mem'] - The server mimimum JVM heap space. Defaults to 1024m.
• node['gocd']['server']['max_perm_gen'] - The server maximum JVM permgen space. Defaults to 400m.
• node['gocd']['server']['work_dir'] - The server working directory. Defaults to /var/lib/go-server on linux, C:\GoServer on Windows.

Chef cookbook waits for the server to become responsive after restarting the service. These attributes can be used to tune it:

• node['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retry_delay'] - pause in seconds between failed attempts.
• node['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retries'] - number of attempts before giving up. Set 0 to disable waiting at all. Defaults to 10

GoCD Agent

gocd::agent will install and start a GoCD agent. You can change the number of agents in node['gocd']['agent']['count']. The first agent is called go-agent, next ones are go-agent-#.

gocd::agent recipe uses the GoCD agent LWRP internally.

Go Agent attributes

The cookbook provides the following attributes to configure the GoCD agent:

• node['gocd']['agent']['go_server_url'] - URL of Go server that agent should connect to. It must start with https:// and end with /go. For example https://localhost:8154/go.
• node['gocd']['agent']['daemon'] - Whether the agent should be daemonized. Defaults to true.
• node['gocd']['agent']['vnc']['enabled'] - Whether the agent should start with VNC. (Uses DISPLAY=:3). Defaults to false.
• node['gocd']['agent']['autoregister']['key'] - The agent autoregister key. If left alone, will be auto-detected. Defaults to nil.
• node['gocd']['agent']['autoregister']['environments'] - The environments for the agent. Defaults to [].
• node['gocd']['agent']['autoregister']['resources'] - The resources for the agent. Defaults to [].
• node['gocd']['agent']['autoregister']['hostname'] - The agent autoregister hostname. Defaults to node['fqdn'].
• node['gocd']['agent']['server_search_query'] - The chef search query to find a server node. Defaults to chef_environment:#{node.chef_environment} AND recipes:gocd\\:\\:server.

Custom Resources

1. gocd_agent

• Actions:

  • :create
  • :delete

• Attributes:

Attribute Name	Default	Description
agent_name	create	Name of the resource to be created or deleted.
service_action	enable, start	The GoCD agent service supports :status, :enable, :start, :restart, :stop
user	go	The user that can start and configure the GoCD agents.
group	go	The group of users that can configure the GoCD agents.
go_server_url	nil	The url of the GoCD server that the agent has to connect to. It should begin with https, should connect to the GO_SERVER_SSL_PORT, and end with /go. If this isn't set, then the go server ip is detected (provided go server is also installed using chef). The fallback option is https://localhost:8154/go
daemon	true	Whether to start the GoCD agent as a daemon process.
autoregister_key	nil	The autoregister key can be used to directly register the agent with the GoCD server without manual intervention.
autoregister_hostname	nil	The name by which the agent will be known to the GoCD server
autoregister_environments	nil	The GoCD environments to which the agent must belong to.
environments	nil	The GoCD environments to which the agent must belong to. This is DEPRECATED.
autoregister_resources	nil	The resources available on the gocd agent node which can be used with specific pipeline(s).
resources	nil	The resources available on the gocd agent node which can be used with specific pipeline(s). This is DEPRECATED.
elastic_agent_id	nil	The elastic agent id used to set the autoregister property agent.auto.register.elasticAgent.agentId.
elastic_agent_plugin_id	nil	The elastic agent plugin id. This is used to set the autoregister property agent.auto.register.elasticAgent.pluginId

Note: All of the above attributes are optional.

2. gocd_agent_autoregister_file

This resource will create a file called autoregister.properties in the gocd agent's config directory. This is done so that the agent can directly register with the gocd server without manual intervention.

• Actions

  • :create
  • :delete

• Attributes

Attribute Name	Default	Description
owner	go	owner of the autoregister.properties file
group	go	group for the autoregister.properties file
autoregister_key	nil	The autogregister key from the go server config that can be used to register the agent
autoregister_hostname	nil	The name by which the agent will be known to the GoCD server
autoregister_environments	nil	The GoCD environments to which the agent must belong to.
environments	nil	The GoCD environments to which the agent must belong to. This is DEPRECATED.
autoregister_resources	nil	The resources available on the gocd agent node which can be used with specific pipeline(s).
resources	nil	The resources available on the gocd agent node which can be used with specific pipeline(s). This is DEPRECATED.
elastic_agent_id	nil	The elastic agent id used to set the autoregister property agent.auto.register.elasticAgent.agentId.
elastic_agent_plugin_id	nil	The elastic agent plugin id. This is used to set the autoregister property agent.auto.register.elasticAgent.pluginId

3. gocd_plugin

Attribute Name	Default	Required	Description
plugin_name	nil	true	Name of the plugin
plugin_uri	nil	true	Location of the plugin jar on the workstation.
server_work_dir	/var/lib/go-server	false	The working directory of the go server to where the plguin jar needs to be copied to.

Beta

Attributes for elastic agents:

• node['gocd']['agent']['elastic']['plugin_id'] - The elastic agent plugin id. This is used to set the autoregister property agent.auto.register.elasticAgent.pluginId
• node['gocd']['agent']['elastic']['agent_id'] - The elastic agent id used to set the autoregister property agent.auto.register.elasticAgent.agentId.

Deprecated

Please use node['gocd']['agent']['go_server_url'] instead of the following deprecated attributes:

• node['gocd']['agent']['go_server_host'] - The hostname of the go server (if left alone, will be auto-detected). Defaults to nil.
• node['gocd']['agent']['go_server_port'] - The port of the go server. Defaults to 8153.

GoCD Agent LWRP (currently only works on linux)

If the agent recipe + attributes is not flexible enough or if you prefer chef resources then you can add go-agent services with the gocd_agent LWRP.

Example agents

All resource attributes fall back to node attributes so agent can be defined in just one line:

gocd_agent 'my-agent'

It would create my-agent service and if all node values are correct then it would also autoregister.

A custom agent may look like this:

gocd_agent 'my-go-agent' do
  go_server_host 'go.example.com'
  go_server_port 80
  daemon true
  vnc    true
  autoregister_key 'bla-key'
  autoregister_hostname 'my-lwrp-agent'
  autoregister_environments 'production'
  autoregister_resources     ['java-8','ruby-2.2']
  workspace     '/mnt/big_drive'
end

GoCD autoregister file resource

If you want to set up agents your-way then this resource is helpful to only generate a valid autoregister.properties file:

Example use:

gocd_agent_autoregister_file '/var/mygo/autoregister.properties' do
  autoregister_key 'bla-key'
  autoregister_hostname 'mygo-agent'
  autoregister_environments 'stage'
  autoregister_resources     ['java-8','ruby']
end

Can be used to prepare elastic agents too:

gocd_agent_autoregister_file '/var/elastic/autoregister.properties' do
  autoregister_key 'some-key'
  autoregister_hostname 'elastic-agent'
  autoregister_environments 'testing'
  autoregister_resources     ['java-8']
  elastic_agent_id 'agent-id'
  elastic_agent_plugin_id 'elastic-agent-plugin-id'
end

GoCD plugin LWRP

You can install Go server plugins with the gocd_plugin LWRP like this

include_recipe 'gocd::server'

gocd_plugin 'github-pr-status' do
  plugin_uri 'https://github.com/gocd-contrib/gocd-build-status-notifier/releases/download/1.1/github-pr-status-1.1.jar'
end

Server Specification

When using the cookbook please refer to the server specification section of the GoCD documentation.

License

Apache License, Version 2.0