jenkinsci/configuration-as-code-plugin
Configuration As Code Plugin
The configuration-as-code plugin for Jenkins translates automation server settings and plugin parameters into human-readable YAML files, enabling reproducible server environments and version-controlled infrastructure management. It replaces manual web interface setup tasks with declarative text-based definitions for administrative settings, authentication backends, and access control.
The system features dynamic data-binding capabilities that map text definitions directly to component properties using reflection and type inspection, alongside dynamic schema generation that produces validation models based on installed plugins. It supports configuration file merging from multiple sources, variable interpolation with environment values, and legacy syntax compatibility. For security, the tool handles external secret injection from third-party providers at runtime, strict resolution error handling, and sensitive data masking during generation.
Additional operational capabilities include hot-reloading via secured endpoints or command lines without service restarts, live state exporting for backup and migration, schema validation before deployment, and the execution of custom setup scripts during startup.
Features
- Configuration as Code - Maps administrative settings and authentication backends into human-readable text files for reproducible server environments.
- YAML Configuration Files - Translates server settings and plugin parameters into human-readable YAML files for automated, declarative server provisioning.
- Plain-Text Persistence - Defines server settings and administrative parameters using human-readable plain text files for version-controlled and reproducible server environments.
- External Secret Resolution - Fetches confidential values from external secret providers during configuration loading and aborts processing if resolution fails.
- Secret Management Providers - Injects confidential credentials and manages authentication securely from external secret providers at runtime.
- Configuration Variable Interpolations - Replaces placeholders in configuration files with environment variables or default fallback values during processing.
- Configuration Plugins - Translates server settings and plugin parameters into version-controlled text files as a dedicated system configuration plugin.
- Server Automations - Configures and maintains server settings automatically using human-readable files instead of manual web interface clicks.
- Recursive Object Key Mergers - Combines multiple configuration files or directory structures into a single unified setup based on deterministic loading orders.
- Schema Validators - Checks definition files against generated schemas to ensure syntax correctness before applying changes.
- Configuration State Exporters - Extracts current server settings and component data into structured text formats for backup, migration, and compatibility testing.
- Configuration Merging - Combines several configuration files or directories of YAML files into a single unified setup.
- Infrastructure Automation Tools - Automates environment deployment and reproducibility through declarative configuration schemas and server provisioning utilities.
- Plugin Extensibility - Integrates third-party plugins and modules into the configuration schema to extend application capabilities dynamically.
- JSON Schema Generators - Produces dynamic JSON schema endpoints reflecting installed plugins and configurations to validate setup files.
- Text-Based Management - Replaces UI-based access control and authentication setups with text-based configuration entries.
- Runtime Schema Generation - Inspects installed components and plugins at runtime to dynamically generate validation schemas ensuring syntax correctness before deployment.
- Modular Extension Architectures - Integrates third-party plugins and modules into the central configuration definition schema through extension points.
- Typed Data Binding - Maps text definitions directly to strongly-typed component properties using reflection and type inspection during runtime configuration loading.
- Configuration Hot-Reloading - Applies system setting modifications dynamically via secured endpoints or command line interfaces without requiring service restarts.
- Dynamic Configuration Reloading - Applies system setting modifications dynamically via secured endpoints or command lines without requiring service restarts.
- Configuration Exports - Extracts current server settings, credentials, and user data into a readable text format for backup and migration.
