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Pipeline Automation Scripts

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Pipeline Automation Scripts

Overview

Pipeline automation creates VM environments on-demand. Useful for CI/CD, testing, and development workflows.

Basic Pipeline

Create Pipeline

#!/bin/bash
# create-env.sh - Create test environment
 
VM_NAME=$1
VM_TEMPLATE=${2:-ubuntu-template}
 
# Create VM
VUID=900
qm create $VUID \
  --name "$VM_NAME" \
  --clone "$VM_TEMPLATE" \
  --full 1
 
# Configure
qm set $VUID --memory 4096 --cores 2
 
# Start
qm start $VUID
 
echo "Created VM: $VUID"

Destroy Pipeline

#!/bin/bash
# destroy-env.sh - Destroy test environment
 
VMID=$1
 
# Stop
qm stop $VMID --forceStop 1 || true
 
# Wait for stop
sleep 5
 
# Destroy
qm destroy $VMID
 
echo "Destroyed VM: $VMID"

Build Pipeline

Full CI/CD Pipeline

#!/bin/bash
# build-pipeline.sh - Full pipeline
 
set -e
 
VM_NAME="build-$RANDOM"
TEMPLATE="ubuntu-template"
VUID=910
 
echo "Creating build VM..."
 
# Create and start
qm clone $TEMPLATE $VUID --name "$VM_NAME" --full 1
qm start $VUID
 
# Wait for network
sleep 30
 
# Deploy application
echo "Deploying application..."
 
# Build
echo "Running build..."
 
# Test
echo "Running tests..."
 
# Cleanup
qm destroy $VUID
 
echo "Pipeline complete"

GitLab CI Integration

# .gitlab-ci.yml
variables:
  PVE_HOST: pve.example.com
  VM_TEMPLATE: ubuntu-template
 
.create:
  script:
    - ./create-vm.sh $CI_PIPELINE_ID $VM_TEMPLATE
 
.test:
  script:
    - ./run-tests.sh $VM_ID
 
build:
  stage: create
  script:
    - ./create-vm.sh ${CI_PIPELINE_ID}
 
cleanup:
  stage: cleanup
  script:
    - ./destroy-vm.sh $VM_ID

Jenkins Pipeline

// Jenkinsfile
pipeline {
    agent any
    
    stages {
        stage('Create VM') {
            steps {
                sh './create-vm.sh'
            }
        }
        stage('Deploy') {
            steps {
                sh './deploy.sh'
            }
        }
        stage('Test') {
            steps {
                sh './test.sh'
            }
        }
        stage('Cleanup') {
            steps {
                sh './destroy-vm.sh'
            }
        }
    }
}

Kubernetes Integration

Scale on Demand

#!/bin/bash
# k8s-integration.sh
 
# Scale K8s -> Proxmox
for i in $(seq 1 $1); do
    qm clone template-$i vm-$i --full 1
    qm start vm-$i
done

Keywords

pipeline cicd automation deployment ci

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