Projects

The open source projects used by Jenkins X

Jenkins X stands on the shoulders of many open source giants…

Command Line Tools

helm a package manager for kubernetes
helmfile a tool for installing, upgrading and configuring helm charts
kaniko creates container images on kubernetes using the familiar dockerfile
kapp is a tool for applying changes to kubernetes resources safely with dependency tracking
kpt provides tools for sharing and configuring YAML files across git repositories
kubectl a command line tool for interacting with kubernetes clusters
kustomize a tool for configuring and modifying kubernetes resources
mink a command line tool for building container images and resolving the image digest in JSON/YAML files for local development or for use inside pipelines (we use the mink plugin for this
octant an awesome kubernetes console with plugins which we use for the Jenkins X Console
skaffold a tool for incremental development of container images and deployments
tekton cli the CLI tool for working with tekton pipelines
terraform a tool managing infrastructure as code

CNCF build packs for packaging source code as container images. Or you can use kaniko which uses a familiar dockerfile to package container images
cert-manager for managing certificates for TLS and DNS
external-dns for managing certificates for TLS and DNS
knative a framework for building auto scaling (to zero) serverless style applications on kubernetes
kuberhealthy for health reporting of Kubernetes itself, Jenkins X and other microservices
kubernetes external secrets for managing secrets via Hashicorp Vault or the cloud native secret managers on Alibaba, Amazon, Azure, Google etc
jenkins the most popular build automation server which can be setup via GitOps with Jenkins X and a fellow CDF founding project
jenkinsfile runner a way of running a jenkins pipeline in a container
lighthouse our strategic solution for webhooks and ChatOps for multiple git providers
push-wave for automatically performing rolling upgrades when secrets are rotated in your secret store
tekton pipelines cloud native pipeline engine for kubernetes and a fellow CDF founding project
tekton catalog a catalog of reusable tekton pipelines which can be used easily with Jenkins
vault a secret store
vault operator an operator for installing and unsealing vault

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