Validate Jenkins
That’s it! You’ve now deployed and configured a local Jenkins instance.
We’re going to run through a couple quick steps to ensure that the deployed Jenkins can launch containers as part of the pipeline.
Create a Pipeline Job
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From the Jenkins home page, select New Item in the lefthand navigation menu.
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Enter a name for the job. "validate" will do.
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Select the Pipeline job type.
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Click ok at the bottom of the screen.
Configure a Pipeline
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Scroll down to the Pipeline configuration section
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The Definition drop down should already be set to Jenkins Templating Engine
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This confirms that JTE has been installed successfully |
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Check the box "Provide a pipeline template (Jenkinsfile)"
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In the Pipeline Template text box, enter:
docker.image("maven").inside{
sh "mvn -v"
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The pipeline configured pulls the latest This will validate that the local Jenkins can pull container images, run them, and then execute pipeline commands inside the launched container. |
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Click Save at the bottom of the screen.
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This will redirect you back to the job’s main page. Click Build Now in the lefthand navigation menu.
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Under Build History select #1 to navigate to the build page
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In the lefthand navigation menu, select Console Output to read the build logs
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Confirm that the pipeline successfully pulled the
mavencontainer image -
Confirm that the command
mvn -vexecuted successfully and shows the maven version -
Validate that the build finished successfully.
If all went well, the console output should show something like:
