Build multiple projects

Question

I'm exploring the Jenkins world to see if it can fit my needs for this case. I need to build two git repositories (backend and frontend). For the backend, I would need:

• Choose the branch we want to build from a list
• Checkout the branch and build Docker image using the Dockerfile
• push to ECR
• release to a specific Kubernetes deployment
  

After backend build, we have to build the frontend by doing:

• Choose the branch we want to build from a list
• Checkout the branch and run npm script to build
• deploy to S3 folder

Build of the project should be triggered only manually, by the project owner (who is not a developer )

Is Jenkins the right way to go? And if yes, could you point me to how you would do it? Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, you can definitely implement what you need with Jenkins. There are different ways to implement each step. But here are some things you can consider using.

• For Branch listing, you can consider using a plugin like List Git Branches Plugin
• For Docker image Building and pushing you can use Jenkins Docker Steps.
• For K8S stuff you can probably use a Shell script or can use something like Kubecli
• For S3 stuff you can use S3 Publisher Plugin.