Creating a Tekton pipeline from scratch
In this section, we will create a Tekton pipeline from scratch so that we can learn from it. We are going to use a sample from our GitHub repository: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/OpenShift-Multi-Cluster-Management-Handbook. To practice the concepts we will cover here, fork this repository to your GitHub account and follow the instructions provided in this chapter.
The pipeline that we will work on is simple but helpful. It will consist of the following tasks:
Figure 9.9 – Build and deploy pipeline
In the next few sections, you will learn how to use Tasks, TaksRuns, Pipelines, and PipelineRuns, which are Tekton’s main objects.
Tasks
To create this pipeline, you need to understand the foundational concept of a task. As we mentioned previously, a task provides a set of structured steps for performing a certain action, such as cloning a GitHub repository or building source code. Now, let’...
