I've personally used one GoCD instance per team and eventually combined them into one a few years later. There are few pros / cons with both, but may be that's for another day.
For getting started the very first time, just setup things via UI. From there on use the backup at periodic intervals (we use nightly) and use that to restore and do one click deployment at a later point in time. Think of each backup as a Snapshot of the system. You can do a fresh install of GoCD and then resotre the latest backup and you're good to go. On Sun, May 9, 2021, 11:19 AM HUSSEIN KADIRI <[email protected]> wrote: > Or am I just using GoCD wrong? I know there's the concept of environments. > Maybe we should have one GoCD server with an environment for each team > instead of a GoCD servers for a team. > > On Sat, May 8, 2021, 10:44 PM HUSSEIN KADIRI <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ok got it. This approach works if you're managing a few goCD servers but >> it doesn't really scale if you have to manage a lot of GoCD servers. We >> have a setup where each team has their own CI system. It would be quite >> painful managing each system this way. Also we aim to have one touch push >> button deployments. Having to interact with the UI to set things up won't >> quite work there. >> >> On Sat, May 8, 2021, 10:37 PM Marques Lee <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Certainly possible that I misinterpreted your question. If it was more >>> about “how do I get started to configure GoCD and learn to how make changes >>> thereafter” I’d just start with the vanilla settings that the UI creates. >>> There’s an option in the admin menu to view the current effective config >>> xml and even edit it right there (validating any changes before saving). >>> Making bulk changes in the UI is inefficient so sometimes we configure >>> something once, open the config xml view/edit page, copy the xml our >>> favorite code editor (eg, sublime, vscode) and use the editor’s advance >>> text manipulation facilities to replicate config blocks to however many we >>> need and then paste it back into config xml GoCD page to validate/save. >>> >>> On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 10:25 PM Marques Lee < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hmm, well you could always keep your cruise config in source control of >>>> course, just like you might do with any other service config. >>>> >>>> However, what we do internally for build.gocd.org is to utilize the >>>> backup feature of GoCD — it’s not just the server config that you’ll want >>>> to track, but also your data in the database that keeps track of pipeline >>>> history and such. The backup feature will save all of that for you to an >>>> archive. We persist them nightly to S3 IIRC. Our config folder and >>>> flyweight folders, etc are all bind-mounted into the container at >>>> provisioning. >>>> >>>> Is that the kind of info you're looking for? >>>> >>>> -Marques >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 10:07 PM HUSSEIN KADIRI <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Marques. >>>>> Curious what's the best/common/recommended practice on configs around >>>>> configuring from scratch and making incremental changes? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 7, 2021, 5:40 PM Marques Lee <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think that has been talked about for a long time (actually, in the >>>>>> context of doing doing full server config as code) but hasn’t >>>>>> materialized >>>>>> unfortunately :(. Probably won’t happen for a long time until someone >>>>>> gets >>>>>> enough time on their hands (and maybe an external committer at that — >>>>>> that’s actually how we initially gained support for pipelines as config). >>>>>> >>>>>> So while I’d love to tell you “yes we’re working on it” the reality >>>>>> is nobody’s taken the time to truly explore it since XML does work and is >>>>>> doing “good enough.” 🤷🏻♂️ >>>>>> >>>>>> -Marques >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:36 PM HUSSEIN KADIRI <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Yeah XML is a bummer :( Any plans of replacing it with yaml :)? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, May 7, 2021, 5:33 PM Marques Lee < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What you can do is configure things in the UI and then copy the >>>>>>>> resulting XML file. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We also document all of this configuration here: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://docs.gocd.org/current/configuration/configuration_reference.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:31 PM Marques Lee < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Oh I see, so server config. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You can just create the cruise-config.xml file and provision that >>>>>>>>> in the server config dir. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Yes, I know it’s XML (yuck) and not something nicer, but it works. >>>>>>>>> That’s where GoCD keeps its canonical configuration (the UI changes >>>>>>>>> result >>>>>>>>> in direct changes to this xml file) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -Marques >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:27 PM HUSSEIN KADIRI <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> not referring to configuring pipelines. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> All the examples in the yaml plugin point to configure pipelines. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I want to configure the GoCD server itself in preferably >>>>>>>>>> yaml.format. Like configuring the elastic agent profiles. Etc. Are >>>>>>>>>> there >>>>>>>>>> examples of those? >>>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 7, 2021, 5:20 PM Marques Lee < >>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Yes! We have several plugins to do pipelines as code. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Officially, we support Groovy DSL, YAML, and JSON. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> The JSON and YAML plugins are built in, but groovy needs to be >>>>>>>>>>> downloaded and copied into the plugins dir. the Groovy plugin >>>>>>>>>>> offers the >>>>>>>>>>> most flexibility since you have a general purpose programming >>>>>>>>>>> language, but >>>>>>>>>>> YAML and JSON are still quite capable for most. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Docs/Source code: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> YAML: >>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/tomzo/gocd-yaml-config-plugin >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> JSON: >>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/tomzo/gocd-json-config-plugin >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Groovy DSL: >>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/gocd-contrib/gocd-groovy-dsl-config-plugin >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -Marques >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:14 PM HUSSEIN KADIRI < >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> https://docs.gocd.org/current/advanced_usage/pipelines_as_code.html >>>>>>>>>>>> talks about configuring pipeline configuration repo via the UI. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Can the configuration be done programatically? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe by updating the helm chart or some API? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>>>>>>>> Google Groups "go-cd" group. >>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >>>>>>>>>>>> it, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/4039487e-ccef-46b1-af80-cb8466b50600n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/4039487e-ccef-46b1-af80-cb8466b50600n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic >>>>>>>>>>> in the Google Groups "go-cd" group. >>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/go-cd/kvs4Gd0BCKg/unsubscribe. >>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email >>>>>>>>>>> to [email protected]. >>>>>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAPKX9jY1YmFsBMOHRK3nLx3Oj6VvfTw7R_eROPSQHYqtEgNBWA%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAPKX9jY1YmFsBMOHRK3nLx3Oj6VvfTw7R_eROPSQHYqtEgNBWA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>>>>>> Google Groups "go-cd" group. >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAFD%2B7Dn%3Dz1%3D3s77EJHnTtP_C-11OCkqZGHFpn-ezY8M6-6-AfQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAFD%2B7Dn%3Dz1%3D3s77EJHnTtP_C-11OCkqZGHFpn-ezY8M6-6-AfQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>>>>> the Google Groups "go-cd" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/go-cd/kvs4Gd0BCKg/unsubscribe. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAPKX9jYw20_mrN5Q6%2BogxpLcfqrKUACzYvZ79i2p02WkniheLA%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAPKX9jYw20_mrN5Q6%2BogxpLcfqrKUACzYvZ79i2p02WkniheLA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "go-cd" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAFD%2B7D%3DJ6D75Dq_ZPkAfGDtUEciyxh-yqiQGs94BGZ0HqRSBew%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAFD%2B7D%3DJ6D75Dq_ZPkAfGDtUEciyxh-yqiQGs94BGZ0HqRSBew%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>>> the Google Groups "go-cd" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/go-cd/kvs4Gd0BCKg/unsubscribe. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAPKX9jZeeq%3Dh%3DR43Z9swp2JFQ%2BKhZRPBwYKm9tnQjPXyJP6fhA%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAPKX9jZeeq%3Dh%3DR43Z9swp2JFQ%2BKhZRPBwYKm9tnQjPXyJP6fhA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "go-cd" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAFD%2B7DnSo2FfkGDdA2Wt38unR9_JV9SWij7Pjn9aqcbcet-%3DHQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAFD%2B7DnSo2FfkGDdA2Wt38unR9_JV9SWij7Pjn9aqcbcet-%3DHQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "go-cd" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/go-cd/kvs4Gd0BCKg/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAPKX9jbiE_A-behXj4uQkPknmOoY%2Bu02iDnnEZfJrb4DGBeeSQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAPKX9jbiE_A-behXj4uQkPknmOoY%2Bu02iDnnEZfJrb4DGBeeSQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "go-cd" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAFD%2B7D%3Db-4OWDBe7s0Kufoet1mkvzry9_SkF_CyW9xPGk%3DAfrQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAFD%2B7D%3Db-4OWDBe7s0Kufoet1mkvzry9_SkF_CyW9xPGk%3DAfrQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "go-cd" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAD9m7CxWSQwYY%2BETih8V6xkPnWoZA7j-fm-vQBt5xhQXGB1trw%40mail.gmail.com.
