##DotCi - Jenkins github integration, .ci.yml. Brings ease of build configuration of cloud ci systems like travisci and ease of runtime environment configuration of docker to jenkins.

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• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• .ci.yml examples
• Extending DotCi
• Developer Setup
• Extras
• License

###Features

• Github Integration (both github.com and GHE)

  • Automatically sets up Github webhooks for pull requests and github pushes when a new job is setup.
  • Sets commit status during and after build run.
  • Projects are name-spaced under organization which allows creation of multiple projects with same names under different organizations.

• Build configuration through .ci.yml

  • Speed up builds by running builds in parallel.(Example)
  • Configure build environment (language/version/dbs etc). (Example)
  • Branch/pusher specific build customization through groovy templating.(Example)
  • Plugin configuration.(Example)
  • Notification configuration.
  • Skip Builds based on sha/branch/pusher/pull request etc.(Example)

• Docker Support

  • Having a Dockerfile in the repo will build an image and run tests against the image.
  • Or specify a docker image to run build against in .ci.yml. (Example)
  • Link against services like mysql, redis ect. (Example)

• Defaults for each language type (eg: mvn install for java), language is auto detected.

• Scaling Jenkins.

  • Backed by a mongodb database
  • No need to purge builds to improve startup time/performance.
  • Query build statistics by querying database.

• Build shortcuts for deploy/command line tools

  • Fetch builds by git sha (job/meow/23/sha?value=<sha>)
  • Or branch specific permalinks (lastSuccessfulMaster) .

• Extensible

  • Add new types of notifications/plugins supported in .ci.yml by writing plugins for DotCi.

• UI enhancements

  • Organization View

    

  • User builds view (This is the default view in our jenkins installation)

    

  • Build history by branch

    

###Setup See: Installation ###Usage See: Usage ###.ci.yml examples See: .ci.yml examples ###Extending DotCi See: Extending DotCi ###Developer Setup See: Developer Setup ###Extras

• Branch Specific build status badges using Embeddable Build Status Plugin. Add branch=<branch-name> param to build status url, eg https://ci.example.com/job/myorg/job/railsapp/badge/icon?branch=master

• Quick setup guide for digitalocean.

###License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014, Groupon, Inc.

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