Helm and Minikube

Let's try setting up some CI/CD with other tools, so we can experiment with the newest offerings in the Kubernetes ecosystem. First, let's explore how easy it is to install Jenkins with Helm.

First, open the Minikube dashboard so you can see what happens when we install various things. Do this with the following command:

$ minikube dashboard

Let's create a namespace for the Jenkins environment, as follows:

$ kubectl get namespaces
NAME          STATUS AGE
default       Active 3d
kube-public   Active 3d
kube-system   Active 3d

Now, let's create a template:

$ mkdir -p ~/gsw-k8s-helm && cd ~/gsw-k8s-helm
$ cat <<K8s >> namespace-jenkins.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
 name: gsw-k8s-jenkins
K8s

Now, you can create the namespace as follows:

kubectl create -f namespace-jenkins.yaml
namespace "gsw-k8s-jenkins" created

There are two ways to verify that it was actually created. First, you can take a look at the dashboard with the minikube dashboard command...