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GSoC Building Jenkins.io with alternative tools

This blog showcases all the work done in the project Building Jenkins.io with Alternative Tools during Google Summer of Code 2023. Table of Contents About Project Coding Phase 1 Coding Phase 2 Future Improvements Acknowledgments Useful Links About Project The Jenkins documentation site is generated as a static website using Awestruct from AsciiDoc sources. One of the drawbacks of the current build method is that the technical documentation is not...

Vandit Singh September 24, 2023
Incremental Build Detection Probe

Introduction The Incremental Build Detection Probe was developed as a part of Google Summer of Code 2023 for the plugin health scoring system project. Incremental builds aid in continuous delivery of plugins, deploying only the modules affected by new commits [1]. Jenkins core and plugins can be deployed incrementally, rather than waiting for the developer to manually deploy the release [2]. This probe identifies...

Jagruti Tiwari September 22, 2023
Renovate Probe

Introduction Bots are used to automate tasks in a plugin. The Plugin Health Scoring System tracks usage of two bots - Dependabot and Renovate. Dependabot looks for dependencies that are outdated in a plugin. It can also raise a security alert if a security breach is found, like when the code depends on an insecure package. Renovate provides automated dependency updates. It can also schedule PRs...

Jagruti Tiwari September 20, 2023
Detecting deprecated JSR-305 imports Probe

Introduction This blog post describes the latest addition to the plugin health scoring system developed as part of my Google summer of Code Project: a probe that detects usages of the JSR-305 framework in plugins. The JSR-305 framework provides annotations to detect software defects. Its executive committee voted it as dormant since May 2012. It is important to stop using the framework for the...

Jagruti Tiwari September 9, 2023
Number of Open Issues Probe

Introduction An alarming number of issues in a plugin may signify that the plugin is outdated, in need of a new maintainer, or in need of a complete revamp. Open issues might also mean that there are a lot of new feature requests, which in turn means the plugin has quite a number of active users. The number of open issue probe counts...

Jagruti Tiwari August 28, 2023
Docker-based Jenkins quick start examples

Table of Contents About the Project Phase 1 Phase 2 Next Steps Acknowledgments Useful Links About the Project The aim of my project was to tackle the challenges and intricacies that users frequently encounter when configuring Jenkins with Docker. The current process comprises numerous daunting steps associated with security risks. My objective was to resolve this issue using Docker Compose by crafting a Docker Compose file and conducting regular testing. Furthermore,...

Ashutosh Saxena August 24, 2023
GSoC GitLab Plugin Modernization Project

The goal of this blog is to showcase the work done on GitLab Plugin during the Google Summer of Code 2023. For a detailed description of the project, please refer to the project page. Overview About Project Coding Phase 1 Coding Phase 2 Future Improvements Acknowledgments Useful Links About Project Plugins grow old and become difficult to maintain with time. GitLab Plugin was one such plugin that needed some love and...

Harsh Pratap Singh August 24, 2023
Jenkins in Google Summer of Code Midterm Recap

The Jenkins in GSoC program recently reached its midterm milestone for GSoC 2023. This milestone served to assess performance, and precipitate pass/fail decisions. Taking time to evaluate the progress and workflow of the project provides an opportunity to correct course and address underlying issues. Earlier this month, on the Jenkins Online Meetup, GSoC contributors presented midterm status and progress for their projects, below...

Ashutosh Saxena
Harsh Pratap Singh
Jagruti Tiwari
Vandit Singh July 22, 2023
Third Party Repository Detection Probe

Introduction A third-party repository is a repository that is not hosted at https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/. The Jenkins Infra team was concerned about the dependencies used by third-party repositories. These repositories are a concern, not just for security reasons, but also for reliability. The third-party repository detection probe ensures that plugins are built only from trusted and reliable Maven repositories. Importance of the probe This probe was requested by...

Jagruti Tiwari July 20, 2023