GitOps-Driven Jenkins Pipeline for Complete Production Environment

This repository houses a GitOps-driven Jenkins pipeline designed to automate end-to-end deployments in a complete production environment. The pipeline orchestrates several critical stages, including application building, testing, SonarQube analysis, Docker image creation and push, artifact scanning using Trivy, email notifications, and triggering a Continuous Deployment (CD) pipeline.

Azure VMs Used

The GitOps-driven Jenkins pipeline operates in an environment with the following Azure VMs:

1. jenkins-ui: Hosts the Jenkins user interface for pipeline configuration and management.
2. jenkins-agent: Acts as an agent for Jenkins, executing pipeline stages and tasks.
3. argocd-cluster: Used for ArgoCD operations and cluster management.
4. app-cluster: Hosts the application clusters and manages deployments.
5. sonarqube: Used to perform SonarQube analysis for code quality checks.

Associated GitOps Repository

The associated GitOps repository utilized by this pipeline is available at GitOps Repository - saqlaink/gitops-complete-production-e2e-pipeline. This repository serves as the central hub for GitOps-based deployment strategies and configurations.

Pipeline Overview

The Jenkins pipeline performs the following stages:

• Cleanup Workspace: Initializes a clean workspace to start the deployment process.
• Checkout from SCM: Retrieves the latest codebase from the associated GitOps repository.
• Build Application: Executes the necessary steps to build the application.
• Test Application: Runs tests to ensure application stability.
• SonarQube Analysis: Conducts code analysis using SonarQube for enhanced code quality.
• Quality Gate: Enforces quality standards and awaits quality gate status.
• Build & Push Docker Image: Builds and pushes the Docker image to the specified registry.
• Trivy Artifact Scan: Performs security scanning using Trivy on the Docker image.
• Send Email with Trivy Scan Report: Emails the Trivy scan report to a specified recipient.
• Trigger CD Pipeline: Triggers the Continuous Deployment (CD) pipeline for the application.

Usage and Setup

1. Azure VM Configuration: Set up the mentioned Azure VMs to operate in the specified roles.
2. Configure Jenkins Pipeline: Integrate and configure this pipeline in the Jenkins instance hosted on the jenkins-ui VM.
3. Associate GitOps Repository: Ensure proper association and access to the GitOps repository.

Contribution and Enhancements

Contributions and enhancements to this GitOps-driven Jenkins pipeline are welcome. Feel free to propose improvements or additional functionality to streamline deployment processes or enhance automation.

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