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CommentsWhat is Jenkins X?
Jenkins X is a CI/CD solution for modern cloud applications on Kubernetes
Jenkins X is a tool in the Continuous Integration category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Automated CI and CD - Rather than having to have deep knowledge of the internals of Jenkins Pipeline, Jenkins X will default awesome pipelines for your projects that implements fully CI and CDEnvironment Promotion via GitOps - Each team gets a set of Environments. Jenkins X then automates the management of the Environments and the Promotion of new versions of Applications between Environments via GitOpsPull Request Preview Environments - Jenkins X automatically spins up Preview Environments for your Pull Requests so you can get fast feedback before changes are merged to masterFeedback on Issues and Pull Requests - Jenkins X automatically comments on your Commits, Issues and Pull Requests with feedback as code is ready to be previewed, is promoted to environments or if Pull Requests are generated automatically to upgrade versions
Jenkins X Pros & Cons
Pros of Jenkins X
- ✓Kubernetes integration
- ✓Scripted Pipelines
- ✓GitOps
Cons of Jenkins X
- ✗Complexity
Jenkins X Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Jenkins X?
Jenkins
In a nutshell Jenkins CI is the leading open-source continuous integration server. Built with Java, it provides over 300 plugins to support building and testing virtually any project.
GitHub Actions
It makes it easy to automate all your software workflows, now with world-class CI/CD. Build, test, and deploy your code right from GitHub. Make code reviews, branch management, and issue triaging work the way you want.
Travis CI
Free for open source projects, our CI environment provides multiple runtimes (e.g. Node.js or PHP versions), data stores and so on. Because of this, hosting your project on travis-ci.com means you can effortlessly test your library or applications against multiple runtimes and data stores without even having all of them installed locally.
