Jenkins X is an open source tool that provides an opinionated software delivery process for Kubernetes. It integrates best of breed CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Helm, Skaffold, Knative and Docker out of the box. Jenkins X allows each team to have their own staging and production environments. It also provides developer pods and GitOps promotion of software versions for easy configuration and auditing.

1. Michael Neale
Co-Founder CloudBees
mneale@cloudbees.com
Jenkins X: Opinionated Software
Delivery for Kubernetes

2. Step Back
Why CI/CD matters
• You can “act your way to a better culture”
• CD is a key feature of “elite performers”
• Elites 1.5 X more likely to reach org goals

3. Key Findings
Elite Performers
46 times more
2,555 times faster
7 times lower
2,604 times faster

4. JENKINS X

5. Out of the Box
Integrations with
Best of Breed Tools
Use the latest could
Native technologies
Kubernetes
HelmSkaffold
Docker
ChartMuseum
Cloud
Ksync
Jenkins
No plugins to install!
Don’t need to be expert in all these!
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Knative
Jenkins X

6. Installing Jenkins X
Install the jx binary:
https://jenkins-x.io/getting-started/install/
Create a new k8s cluster on GKE
$ jx create cluster gke
Install Jenkins X on an existing cluster
$ jx install —provider=...

7. Multi Cloud

8. What does
that give me?
Each team gets their own
Staging Environment
Development Tools Environment
• Build Service
• Elastic pool of Kubernetes build pods
• Nexus + Monocular (helm application store)
• Build packs and pre-made delivery pipelines
Production Environment
Security scanning and probing tools
Preview environments
Developer Pods

12. Jenkins X language
packs (Quickstarts)
Enable users to
build, configure
and deploy
Save time & money
Developers can start immediately
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14. Jenkins X
on Pull Request
Compiles + runs tests
Creates preview docker image + helm chart
Creates a Preview Environment and comments
on the PR with a link to the app

16. Robots!

17. Auto merge

18. Jenkins X: more pull request confidence
Owasp ZapAnchore Engine
+

19. Jenkins X
Promotion
via GitOps
Each environment stores its
configuration as helm charts in a git repository
• Configuration as code
• All changes audited and easy to revert
• Reuse the Pull Request workflow for changes
To promote a version to, say,
Production Jenkins X submits a Pull Request
• The Promote step waits for the Pull Request CI build to
complete, merge and for the environments pipeline to
complete applying the change

20. Jenkins X
Under the
covers data
structures

22. Jenkins X
DevPods for local
developer experience
• Maintaining desktop devtool
environment is a time sink
• Use command `jx create devpod`
to reuse generated Dockerfile etc.
• Cost of upgrade cycle for
laptops/desktops can be high
200
150
100
50
0
iMac
Pro
Google
GKE
GKE
preemptible
GKE
work day
GKE
work day+pre

23. Jenkins X
DevPods for local
developer experience
• Maintaining desktop devtool
environment is a time sink
• Use command `jx create devpod`
to reuse generated Dockerfile etc.
• Cost of upgrade cycle for
laptops/desktops can be high
200
150
100
50
0
iMac
Pro
Google
GKE
GKE
preemptible
GKE
work day
GKE
work day+pre

24. Want to
learn more?
?Google “dailymotion Jenkins X”
Join the community
• https://jenkins-x.io/community/
CloudBees
• https://goo.gl/bCXnVM
@michaelneale on twitter
Keep an eye out for on-prem GKE beta!

25. Thank You