Compare Local Installation CI/CD Tools

Requirements (in order of priority)

• Installation is compatible with RHEL
  • Prefer robust patching and update cycles, ideally aligned with RHEL patching
• Actively developed with a large community and plenty of documentation
• Integrates with current ecosystem
  • Rich plugin and integration marketplace
• Easier learning curve
• Option for enterprise-class premium support
• Compatible with cloud and/or container ecosystems

CI / CD Tools

Selected Tools

• Jenkins
• JetBrains TeamCity

Removed from Comparison

• GitLab CICD
• Atlassian Bamboo
• CircleCI
• GoCD
• Azure DevOps Server
• Oracle Container Pipelines

Ecosystem

RHEL 8

• https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2020/03/24/red-hat-universal-base-images-for-docker-users/
• https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/new-year-new-red-hat-enterprise-linux-programs-easier-ways-access-rhel
• https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ubi8/5c647760bed8bd28d0e38f9f

Windows Server

• Will exclude from demo

Ansible

• Will replace provisioning with Docker and Docker Compose
• Will exclude from demo
• https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/integrating-ansible-jenkins-cicd-process
• https://github.com/ricardozanini/soccer-stats/blob/master/Jenkinsfile Satellite intended to be a layer over RPMs in Nexus

Subversion

• https://subversion.apache.org/packages.html#redhat
• Repositories:
  • movie-service
  • movie-web
  • pipeline

Nexus

• https://www.sonatype.com/nexus/free-developer-tools
• https://hub.docker.com/r/sonatype/nexus3

JBOSS

• https://docs.jboss.org/wildfly/plugins/maven/latest/deploy-mojo.html
• https://hub.docker.com/r/jboss/wildfly

RPM

• Will exclude from demo
• https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-an-rpm-package
• https://rpm-packaging-guide.github.io/

Active Directory

• Will exclude from demo

Sybase

• Will use image previously built - https://github.com/annagapuz/docker-sap-ase-express

MSSQL

• Will exclude from demo

Veracode

• Will replace with Sonarqube
• https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/setup/get-started-2-minutes/
• https://hub.docker.com/_/sonarqube/

CAST

• Will exclude from demo

Jenkins

• https://hub.docker.com/r/jenkins/jenkins
• http://vgaidarji.me/blog/2018/07/30/working-with-jenkinsfile-in-intellij-idea/
• https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/blueocean/getting-started/

TeamCity

• https://hub.docker.com/r/jetbrains/teamcity-server
• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/teamcity/predefined-build-parameters.html#Detecting+Java+on+Agent

GitLab

• Will exclude from demo
• https://hub.docker.com/r/gitlab/gitlab-ce
• https://hub.docker.com/r/gitlab/gitlab-runner
• https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/register/index.html#docker

Tasks

• RHEL Docker containers (w/ Compose)
  • CICD (1 per tool)
  • Subversion
  • SonarQube
  • Nexus and OSS Scan
  • Sybase
  • JBOSS
  • Box for scripts? RESTful client? Reporting?
• Create simple CRUD RESTful service
• Create simple UI to call GET
• Poll Subversion
• Run maven build
  • Run static code analysis
    • PMD, FindBugs, SonarQube, EclEmma (JaCoCo)
• Deploy all artifacts to Nexus
• Deploy war files to JBOSS server