A Terraform module to provision a scalable Jenkins CI server on AWS ECS with automated backups.
ECS-Powered Jenkins is a Terraform module that provisions and manages a Jenkins CI server on AWS ECS. It automates the deployment of Jenkins as a containerized service, enabling scalable and cost-efficient CI/CD pipelines. The module includes features like automated backups to S3 and integration with the Jenkins ECS plugin for dynamic agent provisioning.
DevOps engineers and infrastructure teams who want to deploy Jenkins on AWS using infrastructure-as-code practices. It's ideal for organizations running CI/CD workloads on AWS ECS.
It provides a production-ready, scalable Jenkins setup on AWS with Terraform, reducing manual configuration and ensuring reproducibility. The automated backups and ECR image building add reliability and customization options.
Provisions Jenkins on AWS ECS using Terraform
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Deploys Jenkins as a scalable containerized service on AWS ECS, integrating with the Jenkins ECS plugin for dynamic agent provisioning as highlighted in the blog post reference.
Uses Terraform to define all AWS resources as code, ensuring reproducible infrastructure with remote state stored in S3 for team collaboration, as detailed in the README.
Configures cron jobs on EC2 instances to automatically back up Jenkins data to an S3 bucket, enhancing data durability without manual oversight.
Includes Terraform configuration to build and push custom Jenkins Docker images to AWS ECR, allowing tailored plugin sets via modification of plugins.txt.
The README admits the restore_backup feature doesn't work yet; restoration requires manual docker commands and ECS task restarts, compromising reliability.
Tightly coupled with AWS ECS and related services, making it unsuitable for multi-cloud deployments or alternatives like Kubernetes without major changes.
Requires setting multiple environment variables and modifying Terraform variables and the Makefile, which can be error-prone and time-consuming for initial setup.