Running Jenkins is trivial task, But configuring it.. Well that can be lil daunting. But as every cloud project now evolved to.. Yay.. Kubernetes!!!

Running Jenkins in Kubernetes⌗

  1. Create a kubernetes cluster. If you want to use k3d, follow this guide.
  2. Install Helm. Refer this guide Download Helm section.
  3. Installing Jenkins in kubernetes 
    helm repo add jenkins https://charts.jenkins.io
helm repo update
helm install jenkins/jenkins
  4. Accessing Jenkins 
    # Get jenkins password
kubectl exec -it svc/jenkins -c jenkins -- /bin/cat /run/secrets/chart-admin-password && echo
# Accessing Jenkins
kubectl port-forward svc/jenkins 8080:8080
    Goto your browser, open http://localhost:8080 🎉🎉🎉🎉

You have Jenkins running in Kubernetes now. This is just a simple installation. I’ll post another article on customizing jenkins using code.