Continuous Delivery with Docker and Jenkins

Jenkinsfile

All the time, so far, we created the pipeline code directly in Jenkins. This is, however, not the only option. We can also put the pipeline definition inside a file called Jenkinsfile and commit it to the repository together with the source code. This method is even more consistent because the way your pipeline looks is strictly related to the project itself.

For example, if you don't need the code compilation because your programming language is interpreted (and not compiled), then you won't have the Compile stage. The tools you use also differ depending on the environment. We used Gradle/Maven because we've built the Java project; however, in the case of a project written in Python, you could use PyBuilder. It leads to the idea ...