Synchronizing parallel delivery flowsin Jenkins using Groovy, BuildFlow

and a bit of black magic

Andrey Devyatkin, Automation Nights v15.09-STHLM

Andrey Devyatkin, @andrey9kin● Continuous Deliverer (CoDe:er with

DevOps at heart)● Coach● Open Source enthusiast● Traveler, runner, martial artist

Recent noticeable projects

● Continuous delivery pipeline setup for Ericsson new generation radio products

● ClearCase -> Git migration for 1000+ employees, 5-sites, 100 MLOC, 10 years legacy project

Problem

How to secure delivery order in the long-running-delivery-pipeline as well as enable concurrent pipelines executions?

Example:● SCM check out can run concurrently, but the changelog computation

requires that the check out of the earlier build has completed● Sending out an e-mail with test results requires info about the

previous build, so that we can decide an e-mail is necessary or not● Rolling out database schema updates● Delivering incremental changes to users

Image source: http://desigeek.com/blog/amit/2010/08/08/race-conditions-explained/

Problem

3

4

2

1

Build

Build

Build

Build

Pack

Pack

Pack

Test Test

Test

Test Test Deploy

We are heading to the trouble here!

Idea

Use Jenkins CheckPoint API in order to sync pipelines implemented using Groovy and BuildFlow (potentially WorkFlow)

Image source: http://delivervalue.blogspot.se/2013/06/more-advanced-build-flows-with-jenkins.html

Tools

● Docker

● Jenkins

● JobDSL

● Groovy

● BuildFlow

Image source: http://365psd.com/psd/drawing-tools-icon-psd-53148

Setup

https://github.com/Andrey9kin/jenkins-checkpoints-demo

Thank you!