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Simple CI/CD with Tekton and the Tekton webhooks extension

Adam Roberts, IBM

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Disclaimer!

What we’re working on is a big work in progress – come and contribute!

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What’s in store for you today?

Install Tekton Dashboard and Webhooks Extension

Import Tekton Task and Pipeline Definitions

Create secrets

Push code

Observe results via the Tekton Dashboard

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Installing the Tekton Dashboard

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Installing the Webhooks Extension

Warning: this part is still experimental!

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  • Only supports certain Pipelines
  • We’ll create Tekton resources for you
  • HTTPS through OpenShift or your own certificates on a laptop*

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  • Check the latest docs for instructions/limitations – use on your own laptop first and I’m using a VPN for simplicity!

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Tekton Dashboard benefits

Monitoring

    • Tekton Pipelines, PipelineRuns,Tasks, TaskRuns and PipelineResources (Images, Git)

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Creating

    • Create and rebuild PipelineRuns
    • Import resources from repository
    • Create secrets
      • Docker and Git for use in Pipelines
        • We handle annotations
        • We patch service accounts

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Easy to install and set up

Tested on

      • OpenShift 3.11
      • Minishift
      • Docker Desktop

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Active development

    • Come and get involved!

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What kind of Pipelines can we run with webhooks?

Resource name restrictions apply

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Git source named: git-source

Docker image named: docker-image

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Tekton secrets made easy

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Webhook creation

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Importing access tokens

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A webhook triggered simple pipeline

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Resources created

  • PipelineRun* (uniquely named)
  • PipelineRunBindings referencing:
    • PipelineResource: webhook name-docker-image-timestamp
    • PipelineResource: webhook name-git-source-timestamp

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* In a namespace of your choice, running under a service account of your choosing

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Demo!

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What’s next?

Dashboard

    • Filtering and sorting by label
    • Visual representation of Pipelines and their runs, Tasks and their runs
    • Run any Pipeline (configurable parameters)

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Webhooks extension

    • Remove our Go sink in favour of tektoncd/triggers (backend)
    • Work with any Pipeline
    • Operator install alongside the dashboard, optionally when you install Tekton pipelines

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Bonus slide

Come and get involved!

aroberts@uk.ibm.com

tektoncd.slack.com

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