800574 - store ci.mozilla.org Jenkins configs in github, sync via Jenkins SCM Sync plugin

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Infrastructure & Operations Graveyard :: WebOps: Other, task, P4)

Description

[Jared Hirsch [:jhirsch] (he/him) (Needinfo please)]

The Jenkins SCM sync plugin[1] claims to sync Jenkins config.xml files with svn or git repos. 

It would be cool to keep those config.xml files under version control.

I'm not sure what would happen to secrets injected via 'password inject using environment variables' plugin, but still wanted to float the idea.

[1] https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/SCM+Sync+configuration+plugin

Comment 1

[Jake Maul [:jakem]]

This sounds like it might be easy to do, but has a lot of implications to doing it...

1) Secrets (passwords, etc)

2) Who manages the repo

3) if the repo is updated via SCM manually, does jenkins pull in the changes?

4) if the config is updated via the web interface, does jenkins commit to the repo?

5) what happens if the repo and jenkins get out of sync?

6) In the roadmap: "Provide new SCM connection implementations : cvs, git, others?" Sounds like it only supports SVN currently, or at least the documentation is out of date.

7) "Once initialized, every time you'll submit a configuration view that can be sync'ed by the SCM Sync Configuration plugin, you'll be prompted for a comment that will be put on the commit message on your SCM Repository." Sounds like a usability hassle.

Comment 2

[Jared Hirsch [:jhirsch] (he/him) (Needinfo please)]

yeah, if you look at the changelogs, it's supported git for a while.

I'm cool with closing this as "meh, wontfix", just wanted to mention the existence of this plugin.