WARNING: Jenkins X version 2.x is unmaintained. Do not use it.

Please refer to thev3 documentation for the latest supported version.

Build Packs

Build Packs & Pod Templates

In Jenkins X aBuild Pack allows you to transform source code into a applications which can be deployed on Kubernetes. Build Packs are based ondraft, and will automatically add:

• Dockerfile to turn the code into an immutable docker image for running on kubernetes
• Jenkinsfile to define the declarative Jenkins pipeline to define the CI/CD steps for the application
• helm chart in thecharts folder to generate the kubernetes resources to run the application on kubernetes
• apreview chart in thecharts/preview folder to define any dependencies for deploying a preview environment on a Pull Request

If you need to add support for different languages or build tools then you will need to create a newPod Template. A pod template defines the pod used to run the build, and consists of:

• one or more build containers for running commands inside (e.g. your build tools likemvn ornpm along with tools we use for other parts of the pipeline likegit,jx,helm,kubectl etc)
• volumes for persistence
• environment variables
• secrets so the pipeline can write to git repositories, docker registries, maven/npm/helm repositories and so forth

Read more aboutcreating build packs andcreating pod templates.

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