Jenkins JNLP Slave

Install Jenkins JNLP slave on Linux.

Requirements

• Ansible 2.2 or higher.
• Linux with systemd.
  Tested:
  • Ubuntu
    • 16.04 (xenial)
    • 18.04 (bionic)
  • CentOS
    • 7
• Create user and install Java to run Jenkins on slave machine.
• Create node on Jenkins master.

Role Variables

• required
  • jenkins_master
    URL of Jenkins server to connect to.
  • jenkins_slave_secret
    Secret key to access Jenkins server as the node.
• defaults
  • jenkins_slave_user
    User to run Jenkins slave. Default value is jenkins.
  • jenkins_slave_group
    Group to run Jenkins slave. Default value is jenkins.
  • jenkins_slave_name
    Node name of Jenkins slave. Default value is {{ ansible_hostname }}.
  • jenkins_slave_home
    Root directory of Jenkins slave. Default value is /var/lib/jenkins.
  • jenkins_slave_java Java binary path. Default value is /usr/bin/java.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

    - hosts: servers
      roles:
         - { role: kobanyan.jenkins-jnlp-slave,
             jenkins_master: http://jenkins_master,
             jenkins_slave_secret: secret }

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

kobanyan