GoCD Cookbook

This cookbook is here to help you setup Go servers and agents in an automated way.

Supported Platforms

This cookbook has been tested on the following platforms:

• Ubuntu >= 12.04
• Debian
• CentOS >= 6
• RedHat >= 6
• Windows - no support yet, but PRs welcome :)

1.0 release notes

This cookbook has gone major rewrite and has little to do with pre-1.0 versions.
If you have been using go-cookbook previously then please note that:

• cookbook has been renamed to gocd, just like root namespace of attributes.
• Windows support in on best-effort basis

Java

Please note that java 8 is recommended to run Go server and agents. This cookbook
sets node['java']['jdk_version'] at force_default level but it may not work properly
when you include java in node run_list before gocd cookbook. The safest approach
is to set java version in node attributes (in a role or environment).

Install method

Repository

By default installation source is done from apt or yum repositories from official sources at http://www.go.cd/download/.

The apt repository can be overriden by changing any these attributes:

• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['uri'] = 'https://download.go.cd/'
• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['components'] = [ '/' ]
• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['distribution'] = ''
• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['keyserver'] = 'pgp.mit.edu'
• node['gocd']['repository']['apt']['key'] = '0xd8843f288816c449'

The yum repository can be overriden by changing any these attributes:

• node['gocd']['repository']['yum']['baseurl'] = 'https://download.go.cd'
• node['gocd']['repository']['yum']['gpgcheck'] = true
• node['gocd']['repository']['yum']['gpgkey'] = 'https://download.go.cd/GOCD-GPG-KEY.asc'

Experimental channel

By default Go cookbook installs latest stable version.
You can install gocd from experimental channel by setting

node['gocd']['use_experimental'] = true

From remote file

Cookbook can skip adding repository and install Go server or agent by downloading a remote file and install it directly via dpkg or rpm.

Change install method to 'package_file':

node['gocd']['install_method'] = 'package_file'

And assign base url where packages are available for download

node['gocd']['package_file']['baseurl'] = 'http://my/custom/url'

The final download URL of file is built based on platform and node['gocd']['version'].
E.g. http://my/custom/url/go-agent-15.2.0-2520.deb

GoCD Server

gocd::server will install and start a GoCD server.

Go Server attributes

The cookbook provides the following attributes to configure the GoCD server:

• node['gocd']['server']['http_port'] - The server HTTP port. Defaults to 8153.
• node['gocd']['server']['https_port'] - The server HTTPS port. Defaults to 8154.
• node['gocd']['server']['max_mem'] - The server maximum JVM heap space. Defaults to 2048m.
• node['gocd']['server']['min_mem'] - The server mimimum JVM heap space. Defaults to 1024m.
• node['gocd']['server']['max_perm_gen'] - The server maximum JVM permgen space. Defaults to 400m.
• node['gocd']['server']['work_dir'] - The server working directory. Defaults to /var/lib/go-server.

Chef cookbook waits for server to become responsive after restarting service.
These attributes can be used to tune it:

• node['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retry_delay'] - pause in seconds between failed attempts.
• node['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retries'] - number of attempts before giving up. Set 0 to disable waiting at all. Defaults to 10

GoCD Agent

gocd::agent will install and start a GoCD agent.
You can change the number of agents in node['gocd']['agent']['count'] - first
agent is called go-agent, next ones are go-agent-#.

gocd::agent recipe uses GoCD agent LWRP internally.

Go Agent attributes

The cookbook provides the following attributes to configure the GoCD agent:

• node['gocd']['agent']['go_server_url'] - URL of Go server that agent should connect to. It must start with https:// and end with /go. For example https://localhost:8154/go.
• node['gocd']['agent']['daemon'] - Whether the agent should be daemonized. Defaults to true.
• node['gocd']['agent']['vnc']['enabled'] - Whether the agent should start with VNC. (Uses DISPLAY=:3). Defaults to false.
• node['gocd']['agent']['autoregister']['key'] - The agent autoregister key. If left alone, will be auto-detected. Defaults to nil.
• node['gocd']['agent']['autoregister']['environments'] - The environments for the agent. Defaults to [].
• node['gocd']['agent']['autoregister']['resources'] - The resources for the agent. Defaults to [].
• node['gocd']['agent']['autoregister']['hostname'] - The agent autoregister hostname. Defaults to node['fqdn'].
• node['gocd']['agent']['server_search_query'] - The chef search query to find a server node. Defaults to chef_environment:#{node.chef_environment} AND recipes:gocd\\:\\:server.

Beta

Attributes for elastic agents:

• node['gocd']['agent']['elastic']['plugin_id']
• node['gocd']['agent']['elastic']['agent_id']

Golang agent support

By default node['gocd']['agent']['type'] is set to java. Set it to golang
to install GoCD agent written in Go.
Note that this agent has quite a few limitations.

Depreciated

Please use node['gocd']['agent']['go_server_url'] instead of:

• node['gocd']['agent']['go_server_host'] - The hostname of the go server (if left alone, will be auto-detected). Defaults to nil.
• node['gocd']['agent']['go_server_port'] - The port of the go server. Defaults to 8153.

GoCD Agent LWRP (currently only works on linux)

If agent recipe + attributes is not flexible enough or if you prefer chef resources
then you can add go-agent services with gocd_agent LWRP.

Example agents

All resource attributes fall back to node attributes so agent can be defined
in just one line:

gocd_agent 'my-agent'

It would create my-agent service and if all node values are correct then it
would also autoregister.

A custom agent may look like this:
ruby
gocd_agent 'my-go-agent' do
go_server_host 'go.example.com'
go_server_port 80
daemon true
vnc true
autoregister_key 'bla-key'
autoregister_hostname 'my-lwrp-agent'
environments 'production'
resources ['java-8','ruby-2.2']
workspace '/mnt/big_drive'
end


GoCD autoregister file resource

If you want to setup agents your-way then this resource is helpful to only
generate a valid autoregister.properties file:

Example use:
ruby
gocd_agent_autoregister_file '/var/mygo/autoregister.properties' do
autoregister_key 'bla-key'
autoregister_hostname 'mygo-agent'
environments 'stage'
resources ['java-8','ruby']
end


Can be used to prepare elastic agents too:
ruby
gocd_agent_autoregister_file '/var/elastic/autoregister.properties' do
autoregister_key 'some-key'
autoregister_hostname 'elastic-agent'
environments 'testing'
resources ['java-8']
elastic_agent_id 'agent-id'
elastic_agent_plugin_id 'elastic-agent-plugin-id'
end


GoCD plugin LWRP

You can install Go server plugins with gocd_plugin LWRP like this

include_recipe 'gocd::server'

gocd_plugin 'github-pr-status' do
  plugin_uri 'https://github.com/gocd-contrib/gocd-build-status-notifier/releases/download/1.1/github-pr-status-1.1.jar'
end

Server Specification

When using the cookbook please refer to the server specification section of the go.cd website

License

Apache License, Version 2.0