Final component of the Continuous Integration and Deployment process using Capistrano and Jenkins, is …Jenkins. Jenkins is an open source Continuous Integration services tool, that allows users to define a set of tasks to be run either manually, or triggered by 3rd party applications.
This page presents how to integrate Jenkins and Capistrano 3; in order to trigger Capistrano recipes defined here. The assumptions are that Capistrano and Jenkins are installed on the same server, and recipes are stored in a git repository outside the application repository.
Prepare Jenkins for Git based deployment
Prior to creating jobs, a few settings must be applied to Jenkins, for cloning a Git repository.
Step 1: Open the Plugin Manager page, in Jenkins:
Click Manage Jenkins, on the left hand-side menu, followed by Manage Plugins on the center view.
Step 2: Select the Git plugins:
Click Available tab, and select the following:
Step 3: Install:
Click Install without Restart at the bottom of the page:
Create a Jenkins Staging deploy job
This job facilitates deployment of code.
Step 1: Create a New Item:
Navigate back to the main Jenkins page, and click Item, on the left hand-side menu.
Step 2: Fill in the form, as per below, and click Ok:
Start editing this job:
Step 1: Configure source code management, to fetch the Capistrano Recipe repository:
NOTE: Add repository credentials, by clicking Add, below Credentials.
Step 2: Add a build step, to trigger the Capistrano deploy task:
Scroll at the bottom of the page, and select the following:
Input:
cd $WORKSPACE/citest/ && cap staging deploy
In the following field:
Step 4: Click Save.
Test your Staging deployment job:
By clicking back to Dashboard, you show now see the newly created job:
NOTE: The image above depicts a last successful build, with a couple of failed builds. A new task would not the display the two icons, and time indicators.
Click staging-deploy, followed by Build Now. Progress can be checked here:
Console output can be viewed by clicking the link on the image above, followed by Console Output.
Create a Jenkins Staging test job
This job facilitates deployment, and execution of tests.
Once a task has been created, it can be cloned and parameters changed.
Click New Item, and select the following:
Click OK, and add edit the shell command to execute:
cd $WORKSPACE/citest/ && cap staging deploy:test
Click save.
Create a Jenkins Staging rollback job
This facilitates the rollback of deployed code.
Similarly to above, clone a job into staging-rollback, and add the following code:
cd $WORKSPACE/citest/ && cap staging deploy:rollback
Create Jenkins Production deploy and rollback jobs
This shows how to replicate the staging deployment jobs for a production environment.
Repeat the clone process, for task production-deploy and production-rollback, and add one line for each:
cd $WORKSPACE/citest/ && cap production deploy
cd $WORKSPACE/citest/ && cap production deploy:rollback
Optional: Create a Jenkins Production / Staging application restart job
Optionally, you can create jobs for restarting applications on production and staging environments.
Clone your production deploy job, and add the following:
cd $WORKSPACE/citest/ && cap production deploy:restart