Company
Date Published
Author
Nic Raboy, Developer Advocate, Couchbase
Word count
3051
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The text provides a detailed tutorial on setting up a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline for a Golang application using Jenkins, focusing on integrating with a Couchbase NoSQL database. Initially, the author discusses a previous setup with Travis CI, recommending it as a useful reference. The tutorial walks through the development of a basic Go application that interacts with Couchbase, establishing unit tests, and ensuring that the application is ready for deployment. The text explains creating mock scenarios for testing, using interfaces to separate real and mock functionalities, and outlines the creation of a Docker-based Jenkins environment to manage the CI/CD process. The Jenkins setup involves configuring necessary plugins for Go and SSH, setting up global tools, and defining a workflow to automate testing, building, and deployment of the application. The tutorial emphasizes using Docker containers for both Jenkins and the target server, demonstrating sending the application binary to a remote server and executing it with appropriate environment variables. The guide concludes by encouraging exploration of additional resources on Jenkins and Couchbase for further learning.