This document outlines the steps to connect Kubernetes and Jenkins on a Linux (Ubuntu) machine with Minikube running. 🖥 🖥️ 📡

Prerequisites: 📜

• Jenkins installed on a Linux (Ubuntu) machine.

• Minikube running on the same machine.

Required Plugins:

• Docker

• Docker Pipeline

• Kubernetes

Creating a Service Account and Secret for Kubernetes Plugin in Minikube 🏗️🛠️

• Create a file named account.yaml with the following content:

for file file

• Run the following command:

kubectl apply -f account.yaml

Save the secret token data for configuring Kubernetes credentials in Jenkins:

• Run kubectl get secrets to list secrets.

• Run kubectl describe secrets/jenkins-token to get the token data .

• Copy the token and store it securely.

Adding Kubernetes Credentials to Jenkins

• Open Jenkins and navigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Credentials.

• Click “Secret Text” and paste the copied token into the field.

• Create a Kubernetes ID named “my_kubernetes” with the token as credentials.

Adding DockerHub Credentials to Jenkins 📇

• Navigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Credentials.

• Click “Username and Password” and provide your DockerHub credentials.

Configuring Kubernetes Plugin in Jenkins 🔲 🔲 🔲

• Navigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Nodes & Clouds.

• Scroll to the bottom and click “Add a new cloud”. Select “Kubernetes”.

Convert the Minikube CA certificate to Base64 encoding:

Bash cat /home/devyan/.minikube/ca.crt | base64 -w 0; echo

• Use Kubernetes Id(my_kubernetes) which was crated earlier.

• Paste the encoded certificate into the “Kubernetes server certificate key” field.

• Save the configuration.

• Verification and Next Steps