Jenkins : Nutanix Calm Plugin

Nutanix Calm Jenkins plugin allows you to launch Nutanix Calm blueprint, provision infrastructure, and services in a multi cloud environment and subsequently run actions/tasks on those applications.

Changelog 

Version 1.2 (January 03 2019)

• Ability to reference the Jenkins Environment variables in the run time variables section of blueprint launch and application action run in the Jenkins Calm Plugin. 
• Calm Service IP application variable is exposed as a Jenkins environment variable.
• This release also includes two minor bug fixes.

Known Issues

• Slight performance lag observed in the plugin when used in Windows OS chrome browser

Version 1.1 (November 03 2018)

• In this release Plugin can be used with Jenkins Freestyle projects and Pipeline.
  Launch Calm Blueprints and run application actions from the Jenkins build steps.
  
• The Prism Central credentials are handled by the credentials plugin as prescribed by Jenkins.
• By default, the PC IP/URL expects an SSL certificate. There is an exclusive option to override the same.

License:

• All source code is licensed under the MIT license.

Supported Versions:

• Jenkins versions: 2.107.2 and later
• Nutanix Calm versions: 5.7.1 and later
• Google Chrome version:  69.0.3497.100 (Official Build) (64-bit) 

Plugin Installation:

• Navigate to Manage Jenkins→ Manage Plugin → Available.  Search for Nutanix Calm
  
• To verify that the Nutanix Calm plug-in is successfully installed, click Manage Jenkins→ Manage Plugins→ Installed, search for Nutanix Calm plugin. 
  
  

Plugin Configuration:

• To configure the plugin first Navigate to Manage Jenkins -> Configure System -> Nutanix Calm Plugin Configuration. Provide the Prism Central IP/DNS Name, Username and Password.
  

Jenkins Freestyle job Setup:

• Click on New Item. Select Freestyle project. Enter an item name. Click OK.
  
  
  
  
• Click on Add Build step. Select Nutanix Calm Blueprint Launch. 
  
  
  
• In the section
  • Select the Calm project.
  • Select the Blueprint to launch. Blueprint description is fetched and displayed. 
  • Select the Application profile.
  • Modify the values for runtime variables available for that application profile. 
  • Provide an application name. BUILD_ID is appended by default to the application name to uniquely identify it in Calm. 
  • Select the option if you want Jenkins job to wait for blueprint launch to complete before proceeding to the next step.
    
    
    
• To invoke actions defined in the Calm blueprint/ application, click on Add Build Step. Select Nutanix Calm Application Action Run. 
  
  
  
• In the section 
  • Select the application name. 
  • Select the application actions available. 
  • If necessary, modify the values for the runtime variables available.
    
    
    
  • Click on Apply and then Save.
  • Click on Build Now to run these build steps. 
    

Jenkins Pipeline:

• Click on New Item. Select Pipeline. Enter an item name. Click OK.
  
  
  
  
  
• Select pipeline script in Pipeline Definition section and to generate the pipeline syntax click on the Pipeline Syntax at the bottom. 
  
  
  
• In the Pipeline Syntax window, select the General build Step in the Sample step dropdown. 
• Select Nutanix Calm Blueprint Launch in Build Step
• In the section
  • Select the Calm project.
  • Select the Blueprint to launch. Blueprint description is fetched and displayed. 
  • Select the Application profile.
  • Modify the values for runtime variables available for that application profile. 
  • Provide an application name. BUILD_ID is appended by default to the application name to uniquely identify it in Calm. 
  • Select the option if you want Jenkins job to wait for blueprint launch to complete before proceeding to the next step.
• Click on Generate Pipeline Script.
   
  
  
• Copy and paste the text in the box below into the pipeline script box in {} under node. 
  
  
  
• Follow same steps to generate the pipeline syntax for Nutanix Calm Application Action Run.
  
  
  
• Copy and paste the text in the box below into the pipeline script box in {} under node. 
  
  

• Click on Apply and then Save.

• CNow we can click on Build Now to run these build steps. 
  
  

  
  

• Pipeline scripts can also be invoked from SCM in Pipeline Definition section