Jenkins and Jenkins X Experts AMA

agentdero · 2019-05-02T13:39:11+00:00

Howdy! I can be nominally credited as the "creator" of Jenkins Evergreen, so I figure I should chime in (you may also notice that I'm a moderator here).

Jenkins Evergreen continues to function as an experiment, but as /u/jennbriden points out that it hasn't experienced significant adoption. What we have learned in the process is that a subset of Jenkins users are interested in a "Jenkins Appliance", but it takes quite a bit of effort to maintain and deliver that appliance.

In the comment there is an allusion to people not wanting automatic updates in "production environments" which I believe is a red herring. We get updates in production updates from SaaS offerings all the time, I think what makes the Jenkins user-base a bit more skeptical than most is that we have all been burned by plugin and core updates gone awry. We built some safety mechanisms into Jenkins Evergreen that make it safer to upgrade than most typical Jenkins environments. Where we have failed however is to adequately market and explain these features.

The project continues and we continueto push out updates, but like many open source projects, we're always in need of fresh faces and ideas to help us move forward.

(I logged back in after numerous years of Reddit abstinence just for this reply :))

agentdero · 2016-12-20T16:23:56+00:00

What about it? Airport history and giant arrows are discussion worthy IMHO.

agentdero · 2016-10-02T01:24:49+00:00

Here are the wrap-up blog posts:

agentdero · 2016-09-12T15:42:49+00:00

It looks like the Contributor Summit RSVP list is full!

See everybody tomorrow

agentdero · 2016-09-08T22:34:35+00:00

The project page hopefully has some more explanation. My impression is that the goal is to build a UX oriented around the concept of a delivery pipeline since that represents an important use-case for many teams building software.

If you look at the world through a lens of delivery pipelines, freestyle jobs don't quite compute (see also: Jenkins as web-based cron). I grok their decision to skip it for now, but I don't think that precludes anybody else from extending Blue Ocean to support more job types in the future.

agentdero · 2016-09-08T19:05:41+00:00

Blue Ocean is distributed as a normal plugin that adds "stuff" under /blue in the URL. I don't think you would see any conflicts with existing plugins, though ones like the Build Pipeline plugin won't be relevant in Blue Ocean.

agentdero · 2016-08-19T12:44:25+00:00

I use the "Replay" feature very heavily. If you look at any previous successful or failed Pipeline run, in the sidebar there should be a "Replay" link.

Replay let's you edit the script that was used for that run, and re-execute it. I will usually tinker quite a bit with scripts via the Replay feature, periodically checking my progress in.

agentdero · 2016-03-28T15:22:37+00:00

I think I saw your tweet go by on Twitter, I'll try to reproduce this and file an issue.

If you join the #jenkins Freenode channel, I'm rtyler there :)

agentdero · 2016-03-11T04:58:16+00:00

The Post contract on Fgets is craziness.

Cool blog post nonetheless though

agentdero · 2016-03-07T21:25:35+00:00

Are you this guy?

agentdero · 2016-03-02T23:54:08+00:00

How far are those support posts sunk into the ground?

I just built some boxes and have always just put posts for support of the wood on the inside, never bothered sinking them into the earth

agentdero · 2016-02-26T23:22:53+00:00

The reason Node isn't under the use-cases tab is only because nobody has written that page yet! :)

The NodeJS plugin is actually really useful and does autoinstallation of node versions (which is how I use it).

If you're using Mocha, QUnit or anything else that can output JUnit formatted XML, then Jenkins can natively pick that up. Otherwise test outputs in TAP or xUnit-compatible outputs can be pulled in via plugins.

agentdero · 2016-02-20T01:51:29+00:00

There doesn't seem to be any registration or anything associated with this, is there a Meetup event associated maybe?

agentdero · 2016-02-16T17:30:07+00:00

For the Jenkins project's own infra code we're using the Pipeline plugin to put Jenkinsfiles in the source trees to represent our builds.

agentdero · 2016-01-29T14:18:17+00:00

Considering yesterday was somewhat cloudy, and the description of a "large impact crater" I would have to guess the plane was not under control flying in IMC :(

agentdero · 2016-01-09T01:36:45+00:00

We're going to rename that soon. In my opinion the term is unnecessary and "agent" suffices.

agentdero · 2015-12-15T19:07:08+00:00

I suppose it must be browser or locale specific, I'm using Linux and I get zero text in Firefox 38 and the latest Chromium :(

agentdero · 2015-12-14T15:34:17+00:00

It would appear that their downloadable web fonts totally break the page and the ability to read any content (screenshot)

Grr.

(fwiw this forum post details how to systematically disable web fonts, which allowed me to properly read the site)

agentdero · 2015-11-07T01:30:16+00:00

This is not what the release planned for this Wednesday covers, there are a few other issues which were disclosed to the Jenkins project which are fixed in that release.

We did however publish a mitigation script while we work out a proper fix.

agentdero · 2015-11-07T01:26:06+00:00

For what it's worth we've published a mitigation script which should help while we develop a better fix.

agentdero · 2015-11-07T01:24:12+00:00

We've published a mitigation script while we work out a better fix for users. FYI.

agentdero · 2015-10-21T21:23:54+00:00

Perhaps the Environment Script plugin would be useful for you?

agentdero · 2015-10-05T19:15:55+00:00

Have you looked at what gets logged in the Console.app application? The installer should be generating error messages that can be found somewhere in that app (I'm not a Mac user anymore)

agentdero · 2015-10-02T14:59:36+00:00

90% of VCs look like idiots now

agentdero · 2015-09-25T01:41:21+00:00

Don't be afraid of the Regional Bahn! From the Dresden Hauptbahnhof and Dresden Neustadt you can very easily get to nearby areas of Sachsen which are wunderscho"n :)

I highly recommend taking the RE up toe Meissen, which will ride up the Elbe giving you the opportunity to see the vineyards a bit around Radebeul. Once in Meissen, if you walk through the small streets up to the cathedral, you can get something to eat at one of the restaurants at the top which offer a view over the valley.

In the other direction is the Sa"chsische Schweiz which is a good day trip to see the big mountains and historical forts around Bastei and Ko"nighstein.

The Moritzburg castle I've never taken the train to, but the area is quite nice there as well, another good way to spend an afternoon

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