Documents about integration of Hyper.sh and Jenkins

• Introduction
• Comparison
• Usage
  • Prerequisites
  • Run Jenkins Server in Hyper.sh Cloud
  • Use customized image
• User Cases

Introduction

Hyper.sh Slaves Plugin allows to execute a jenkins job inside Hyper.sh container.

When Jenkins Master build a Jenkins job, it will start a Hyper.sh container as a Jenkins Slave node, The Slave agent connects to Jenkins Master via JNLP.

The Hyper.sh container will be destroyed after Jenkins job is finished.

Comparison

Compare Hyper.sh Slaves Plugin with Amazon EC2 Plugin and DigitalOcean Plugin.

Hyper.sh Slaves Plugin can optimize performance and cost:

• Startup Slave Node faster: 3~10 seconds
• Cheaper to run Hyper.sh container: per second billing

To view the detail, please click here.

Usage

Prerequisites

1. Jenkins Server 2.7.4 LTS/2.19.3 LTS:

• install tool: hyper client
• install plugin: Hyper.sh Slaves Plugin
• assign IP Address: Jenkins Server requires a public IP, so Jenkins Agent can connect to it.

2. Hyper.sh Credential: Generate API Credential
3. Docker image: (build environment)

• jenkinsci/slave
• oracle/openjdk:8
• openjdk:8-jdk

Run Jenkins Server in Hyper.sh Cloud

hyperhq/hykins is a pre-built docker image,

It's based on jenkins, the following contents has been installed:

• hyper client
• Hyper.sh Slaves Plugin

To Run Jenkins Server in Hyper.sh Cloud, please click here.

Use customized image

Here are some examples:

• hyperhq/jenkins-slave-centos
  • based on centos:7.2.1511, Dockerfile
• hyperhq/jenkins-slave-golang
  • for build golang project Dockerfile
• jenkins-slave-python
  • for build python project Dockerfile
• jenkins-slave-php
  • for build php project Dockerfile

To find all example images, please see this

User Cases

• Build Github Pull Request
• Call Remote Access API to trigger build