Pre-Requisites¶

1 running instance of NetApp Service Level Manager(NSLM).

Docker Engine 1.12.5. installation on atleast 2 Linux Nodes

NetAppDVP 1.13. installed and configured on all Linux Nodes with Docker-Engine

1 running instance of JFrog Artifactory

Note

All validation in this solution has been done with RHEL 7.3, the source files can run on any flavour of Linux.
Any number of nodes can be added in the swarm cluster, for demo purposes 2 node cluster considered in this validation.
Keep the following storage details handy:
1. Management LIF IP: ________________________
2. Data LIF IP: ________________________
3. Storage Virtual Machine(SVM) name: ________________________
4. SVM Username: ________________________
5. SVM Password: ________________________
6. Aggregate Name: ________________________
The tools in this framework use following ports, make sure following are open within your firewall:

Protocol Port Used By

TCP 2377 Docker Swarm

TCP and UDP 7946 Docker Swarm

TCP and UDP 4789 Docker Swarm

TCP 80 GitLab

TCP 1024 Jenkins

TCP 50000 Jenkins Slaves

Configuration¶

Adding ONTAP Storage system in NetApp Service Level Manager

1.1) Open a web browser and enter the URL “https://xx.xx.xx.xx:8443/admin/” where xx.xx.xx.xx is the IP address of the host machine where NetApp SLM is installed.

1.2) Enter your NSLM username and password when prompted.

1.3) Click on +Add and enter the details of your ONTAP Cluster.

1.4) Verify that the instance of ONTAP is added as shown in the screenshot.
Building a docker image for your environment
2.1) Get the source code from NetApp Jenkins Framework Github Repo.

2.2) Edit the /Jenkins_Master/ontap-nas.json file with appropiate values.

2.3) After the ontap-nas.json file is configured, build the Jenkins Master docker image using following command:
>>docker build -t image_name:tag
2.4) Once the build is complete, push the Docker image to a registry using following command:
>>docker push registry/imagename:tag
Setting up a Docker Swarm Cluster
3.1)Login into a Linux Node with Docker-Engine installed.

3.2)Initialize Swarm cluster using following command:
>>docker swarm init
Note

If there are multiple ethernet ports(eth0...ethn) configured on the host then “–advertise-addr” <IP-Address of Swarm Host> argument needs to be provided with swarm initialization.

This node will act as a Swarm manager and all swarm commands run only on the manager node.

3.3) Copy the swarm token generated by the aboce command and run it on a new Linux node. This new Linux node will join the swarm cluster as a swarm worker node.

Note

Any number of hosts can be added in your swarm cluster, this validation demonstrates use of a 2 node swarm cluster.

3.4)Verify the status of our Swarm cluster by running the command:
>>docker node ls
Both the nodes should be visible in the node list
Running NetAppDVP on the Docker-Engine Hosts
4.1) Make sure NetAppDVP is running on all the Linux nodes added in swarm cluster. A netappdvp process should be seen on the host
>>ps ax | grep netappdvp
Start the NetApp-Jenkins Docker Service
5.1) Start the NetApp-Jenkins-Master Docker Service using following command. Use the docker image built in step 3
>>docker service create --replicas 1
--mount "type=bind,source=/var/run/docker.sock,target=/var/run/docker.sock"
--constraint 'node.role==manager' --restart-condition on-failure
--mount "type=volume,source=Jenkins_home,volume-driver=netapp,target=/var/jenkins_home"
--publish 50000:50000
--publish 1024:8080
--name jenkins registry/imagename:tag
5.2)This command will create a docker service of a Jenkins instance with the Jenkins_Home directory mounted on a NetApp volume.To check if the Service is created successfully use the following command
>>docker service ps jenkins
Access Jenkins UI from a Web browser

6.1) Once the Jenkins Docker Service is up, Navigate to the URL: http://xx.xx.xx.xx:1024/ ,where xx.xx.xx.xx is Jenkins URL

Setting up environment variables and JFrog Artifactory in Jenkins

7.1) In Jenkins UI navigate to Manage Jenkins>Configure System (http://xx.xx.xx.xx:1024/configure), where xx.xx.xx.xx is Jenkins URL

7.2) Configure the following environment variables:

Variable Name Default Value What it does?

APISERVER xx.xx.xx.xx:8443 URL of you NetApp Service Level Manager Installation

APIUSER admin Username of NSLM installation

APIPASS Password@123 Password of NSLM installation

SLAVE devopsnetapponaws/netapp-jenkins_slave:autodiscover Jenkins Slave Docker image name

GITLABIMAGE devopsnetapponaws/netapp-jenkins_gitlab SCM Docker Image name

VOLSIZE 4096 Size of volumes created in MB’s

VS lab2 Storage Tenant to create volumes

REPOUSERNAME admin Username for private docker registry

REPOPASSWORD password Password for private docker registry

ART_URL xx.xx.xx.xx:5001 URL of your private registry(IP:PORT)

ART_REPO docker-dev Repository name to push docker images and zip files

Sample configuration:

Setting Up Artifactory

8.1) In Jenkins UI navigate to Manage Jenkins>Configure System (http://xx.xx.xx.xx:1024/configure) , where xx.xx.xx.xx is Jenkins URL

8.2) Scroll down until the Artifactory section

8.3) Enter your SERVER ID (eg: 1)

8.4) Enter your Artifactory Server Link

8.5) Click Save

Note

Check if the Jenkins URL in Jenkins Location tab maps to the URL of the Linux node running the Jenkins Master Docker Service.

Configure Maven Home in Jenkins

9.1) In the Jenkins Slave Image we already have installed maven at the default location i.e /usr/share/maven

Note

As part of this validation, a Maven sample project is used, If the production environment has any other type of build, that needs to be configured here.

9.2) Navigate to Manage Jenkins > Global Tool Configuration (http://xx.xx.xx.xx:1024/configureTools/) , where xx.xx.xx.xx is Jenkins URL

9.3) Scroll down till the Maven Section

9.4) Click Add Maven

9.5) Enter Maven Installation name (eg: Maven)

9.6) Enter Maven Path as /usr/share/maven , as shown in below screenshot

Approving the NetApp Groovy Pipelines

10.1) In Jenkins UI navigate to Manage Jenkins>In-Process Script Approval (http://xx.xx.xx.xx:1024/configure) , where xx.xx.xx.xx is Jenkins URL

10.2) As per the latest Jenkins security update, any external script in Jenkins needs to be approved. Click Approve for the 4 NetApp Groovy Scripts

Workflow¶

The CI workflow is defined as following stages in this solution:

Source Code Management

Continuous Integration

Continous Integretion Environment Setup

Continuous Integration Build Setup

Developer Workspace Creation

Build Artifact Management

Predefined Pipelines and Jobs¶

As an example, following nomenclature for the Jenkins job names is used :

Job Task Default Name used:

SCM Setup JFrog_OSS_Repo

CI Environment Setup JFrog_2017_1

CI Build JFrog_CI_Build

Developer Workspace Name Dev1_JFrog_2017_1

Build Artifact Container Name Build_Artifacts_JFrog_2017

For purpose of explaining pipelines in this documentation, sample opensource scripts from JFrog are used to demonstrate a CI workflow.
https://github.com/JFrogDev/project-examples
This framework has following prefdefined pipelines and preconfigured jobs:

Predefined Pipelines

Pipelines Tasks Jobs Included in the Pipeline

Source Code Management 1)Spin up a GitLab Docker Container JFrog_OSS_Repo

Continous Integretion 1)Get the Local Git Repo URL
2)Spin up Container where CI Builds will Run
3)Pull the code from Gitlab to this container
4)Start the CI Build
5)Automatic Snapshot Creation for Every successful build. JFrog_2017_1
Create_Build_Checkpoints
List_Build_Checkpoints

Developer Workspace 1)Create prepackaged workspaces (containers) from snapshots UserWorkspaces
SCM_Checkpoints
List_SCM_Checkpoints

Build_Artifact_Management 1)Spin up a container to archive builds
2)Zip a Build Environment and push it to artifactory
3)Create a Docker image of Build environment and push it to a repo Build_Artifacts_JFrog_2017
Zip_And_Copy
Create_Docker_Image

Preconfigured Jobs

Job Name Tasks Scripts Included

JFrog_OSS_Repo 1)Create 3 NetApp Volumes
2)Spin up a GitLab Container with its Logs,Data and configuration stored on NetApp Volumes scmconfig2.py

JFrog_2017_1 1)Create a NetApp Volume
2)Create a Docker Service
3)Mount a NetApp Volume inside the Docker Service CI_dev_bracbh_create2.py
Jenkins_slave_create2.py

UserWorkspace 1)Create a FlexClone from a Build Snapshot
2)Create a Docker Service
3)Mount NetApp Clone inside the Docker Service userworkspace_creation1.py
Jenkins_slave_create2.py

Build_Artifacts_JFrog2017 1)Create a NetApp volume to store zip archives
2)Zip a Build Environment and push it to artifactory
Volume_create.py
Build_Artifact_create.py

ZipandCopy
This jobs should always run after the Artifacts volume is created and should always run on a Jenkins Slave

1)Zip the contents of a clone volume
2)Move this zip to Artifact Volume
3)Push the zip to Artifactory 4)Delete the clone
build_artifact_exec.py
clone_purge.py

CreateDockerImage
This job should always run on Jenkins Slave

1)Get container id from Docker Service Name
2)Commit the container
3)Build Docker Image of the container
4)Push the image to a private repo
dockerimagecreate.py

CreateBuildCheckpoints 1)Create a NetApp Snapshot
2)Tag build name and number to snapshot name
3)Write snapshot name to properties file so that extensible choice parameter plugin can read and display it in a dropdown menu snapshot_create_write.py

SCMCheckpoints
This job is supposed to run by a Git WebHook for successful push

1)Tag a SHA number to name of a Snapshot
2)Create a netapp snapshot
scmcheckpoint_create.py

List_Build_Checkpoints 1)Display Snapshots for CI Build Volume
snap_show.py

List_SCM_Checkpoints 1)Display Snapshots for SCM Volume snap_show.py

Purge Policy
This job is supposed to run on a cron schedule

Find Free and Busy Snapshots

Delete Free snapshots above a predefined number

If Number of busy snapshots exceed a certain predefined value display and alert

purge.py

1. Source Code Management Setup¶

This pipeline will setup a GitLab container which acts as a SCM tool in this solution.

1.1) Click on the Source_Code_Management > Build Now

1.2) A Jenkins Stage named GIT Repository is started when the Source_Code_Management pipeline is built.

1.3) The GitLab Container can be seen on the Linux Host by running a “docker ps” command.:
>> docker ps
Note

It takes about 2-5 minutes for GitLab to start.

1.4) Configuring Gitlab Navigate to http://<<RHEL-VM-IP>>/ in your browser and and set a root password for GitLab

1.5) After you set a password, Login into Gitlab using the recently set password on the same page.

1.6) Once logged into GitLab, Create a New Project

1.7) Import code repo into the local GitLab instance. For this validation Sample Hello world codes from JFrog’s GitHub Repo are used:
https://github.com/JFrogDev/project-examples.git
1.8) When the code import is complete, Note the Local Git URL
1.9) Adding a WebHook for automatic SCM Checkpoint Creation.
To add a webhook in Jenkins, Click the Settings button at right corner of the GitLab project and select Integrations
Add a the following Jenkins Job WebHook URL
http://<<Jenkins-Master-IP>>:1024/job/SCMCheckpoints/buildWithParameters?token=secret&VOL=<<SCM_Project_Name>>
Add the Secret Token as “secret”

Click Add WebHook
This WebHook will automatically trigger a Jenkins Job(SCMCheckpoints) to create snapshot for every git push made in the SCM

Note

If you change your SCM Job name in Jenkins , use the same job name in this WebHook, as this will trigger a snapshot of your SCM volume.

Navigate to SCMCheckpoints job on Jenkins UI . (http://xx.xx.xx.xx:1024/view/All/job/SCMCheckpoints/configure) , where xx.xx.xx.xx is the IP of your RHEL VM running the Jenkins OSS Container.

The build trigger in Authentication Token field should correspond to secret key set in GitLab WebHook

Make sure the SCM Section has the Git URL of the project as it collects the SHA ID from here.

2. CI Environment Setup¶

This pipeline will build a Continuous Integration Environment where a CI Build will run for the project

2.1) The Continuous Integration (Integrated Builds) stage will build a Docker Container named JFrog_2017_1 which acts as our CI-Environment with a NetApp Volume named JFrog_2017_1 mounted on it.

2.2) The CI Environment runs as a docker service on one of the swarm node. This can be verified by listing all docekr services on Swarm Manager node.:
>>docker service ls
2.3) To check where the service is running , use the command
>>docker service ps <<CI-Environment-Job-Name>
2.4) A NetApp volume mount can be verified on the linux host by going inside the context of the container
>>docker ps
>>docker exec -it <<Container-ID>> bash
>>df

3. CI Build Setup¶

3.1) Create a Maven Job named “JFrog_CI_Build” in Jenkins by going to New Item > Create Maven Job

Note

For this validation a sample Hello-World maven code from JFrog_Repo is used.

3.2) Configuring the JFrog_CI_Build Maven Job
Following sections need to be configured in the Maven Job:

Restrict the project to run in the previously created CI-Environment Enter the label : “JFrog_2017_1”

Add Local Gitlab URL in the SCM section
In Build Triggers select the option POLL SCM and set per minute polling schedule:
* * * * *
In Build Environment Section, select Resolve Artifacts from Artifactory. Click Refresh Repositories Select the repositories to resolve the artifacts from Artifactory
In the Build Section, enter relative path of the pom.xml file and set the install goal
ROOT POM:     “maven-example/pom.xml”
Goals:        “install -DskipTests”
Select Use private Maven Repository checkbox and point it to use Local to Workspace. This ensures all the artifacts stay on a NetApp workspace.
Click the Advanced tab and select use Custom Workspace, Enter the workspace as:
/workspace/<<CI-Environment-Name>>
This ensures that the project is being built on a NetApp workspace.
Note

Fill in these values as per your environment/code structure

The custom workspace field should be in the format “/workspace/ <<Your-CI-Environment-Job-Name>>
3.3) Configuring automatic creation of snapshots of successful builds.

Navigate to All Jenkins Jobs

Select the job “Create_Build_Checkpoints”

Select Configure

Configure the folloeing sections of CreateBuildCheckpoints job:

In the general section, Select this project is parameterized option and set the default value as your <<CI-Environment-Name>>

In the Build Trigger section, Enter the name of CI Build Name. Select trigger only if build is stable.

Note

Note on Multiple CI Builds

4. Developer Workspaces¶

This Pipeline Job will Create User Workspaces for Private Builds on NetApp FlexClones

4.1) Select Developer Workspace Pipeline and Click Build Now

4.2) This pipeline requires following inputs:

Input Default What it does

UID 301 UID for the Developer

GID 300 GID for the Developer

CI Dev Branch Name JFrog_2017_1 Name of CI Environment

Workspace Name Dev1 Name of workspace to create

4.3) Click Proceed and Hover over the Pipeline stage to select build checkpoint to create a workspace and click Proceed.

4.4) A new docker service with a Private workspace for the Developer will be available on the Linux host. This can be checked by running following command on the host.
>>docker service ls
>>docker service ps <<Service_Name>>
4.5) The contents of this docker service can be verified by going inside the context of the container.
>> docker exec -it <<Service Container ID>> bash
4.6) All the source files and artifacts will be present at
/workspace/<<Developer-Workspace-Name>>
4.7) Developer can make changes to the code and then commit them.
Set the git username and email for the Developer.
>> git config –global user.name “Dev1”

>> git config –global user.email “Dev1@netapp.com”
4.8) For this validation we will make changes to the master branch
>> git checkout master
4.9) As a example, a small Hello World to Hello NetApp code change is shown as example.
>> vi maven-example/multi3/src/main/java/artifactory/test/Multi3.java
4.10) Commit the changes.:
>> git commit –all
4.11) If the changes pass the pre-push hook, then developer can go ahead and push the code to SCM.

4.12) This recent push will reflect in GitLab UI.
>> http://<<Jenkins-Host-IP/>>
4.13) After the Git Push, the CI job will be triggered automatically as there was a change in SCM and the polling is done for every minute.

5. Build Artifact Management Pipeline¶

This pipeline will:

Create a Build Artifact Container

Create Zip of all the volume contents

Create Docker Image of running CI Environment

5.1) Select Build Artifact Management Pipeline and click build now

5.2) This pipeline requires following inputs:

Input	Default	What it does
CI Dev Branch to be Artifact	JFrog_2017_1	Name of CI Build Environment to Artifact
Build Artifact Container	Build_Artifact_JFrog_2017_1	This container will store
Name of Zip File to Create	JFrog_2017_1.zip	A Zip file containing all contents of volumes is created.
Docker Image Name to Create	<<Artifactory-IP:PORT>>/image1:version1	Creates docker image of build environment with this name.
Checkpoint	Select from a DropDown	Creates a temporary clone from this checkpoint.

5.3) Build the Pipeline

5.4) If the build is successful, a docker image will be pushed to the docker-dev repo in Artifactory.

5.5) To restore your Build Environment using the docker image, login to any linux host and use the following command

docker run  -t -d -e masterip=http://<<jenkins-master-ip>>:1024 -e slavename=JFrog_2017_1_copy --name JFrog_2017_1_copy <<Artifactory-Server-URL:Port>>/image1:version1

5.6) All the build data is stored as a timestamped zip file in Artifactory in the same docker repo. This zip can be downloaded/curl/wget to your backed up container.

Pre-Packaged Plugins¶

The NetApp Jenkins Master Docker Image is pre-packaged with following Jenkins Plugins:
1. Swarm. : 2.1
  
  This plugin enables slaves to auto-discover nearby Jenkins master and join it automatically
2. Pipeline. : 2.5
  
  Pipeline plugin(workflow-aggregator) is a suite of plugins used create Pipeline Jobs in Jenkins
3. Git. : 2.2.0
  
  Git plugin is used to conduct GIT operations with Jenkins
4. Extended Choice Parameter Plugin. :0.76
  
  This plugin provides an option of having DropDown input sections in pipelines
5. Artifactory. :2.12.1
  
  Artifactory plugin resolves the build artifacts from local instance of JFrog Artifactory
6. MultiJob Plugin. :1.24
  
  MultiJob plugin lets you have multiple types of job configurations in a single job
To Bundle more plugins in the Jenkins-Master Docker image :-
1. Open the Dockerfile in any text editor
2. Find the line with plugin install script
  RUN /usr/local/bin/install-plugins.sh workflow-aggregator:2.5
3. Append your plugin-id:plugin-version to the the above line, e.g if you wish to package the blueocean plugin in Jenkins Master
  RUN /usr/local/bin/install-plugins.sh workflow-aggregator:2.5 blueocean:1.0
4. Save the Dockerfile
5. Build a new Docker image.

Protocol	Port	Used By
TCP	2377	Docker Swarm
TCP and UDP	7946	Docker Swarm
TCP and UDP	4789	Docker Swarm
TCP	80	GitLab
TCP	1024	Jenkins
TCP	50000	Jenkins Slaves