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Jenkins helm installation does not remove plugins

I perform an installation og jenkins on GKE, using the official helm chart.

I initially pass a list of plugins to the corresponding key 

- plugin1
- plugin2
- plugin3
- plugin4

and perform helm upgrade --recreate-pods --force --tls --install

I then take out some of the plugins from the above list and run the same helm command again, e,g, with

- plugin1
- plugin2

However jenkins keeps all the plugins from the initial list.

Is this the expected behavior?

Solution

  • Yes, it is an expected behavior.

    To change this behavior you should set the parameter master.overwritePlugins to true.

    Example:

    helm upgrade --set master.overwritePlugins=true --recreate-pods --force --install

    From Helm chart documentation:

    | master.overwritePlugins | Overwrite installed plugins on start. | false |