[jira] [Created] (BIGTOP-4058) Replace Jenkins' Matrix reloaded plugin

["Luca Toscano (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Luca Toscano created BIGTOP-4058:
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             Summary: Replace Jenkins' Matrix reloaded plugin
                 Key: BIGTOP-4058
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-4058
             Project: Bigtop
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Luca Toscano


We are currently using Matrix reloaded (https://plugins.jenkins.io/matrix-reloaded/) as part of the build/release process to re-run selectively some builds. For example, this is a use case outlined by Masatake:

> We are using "Matrix Reloaded" to rerun the part of failed configurations.
> Since packaging and smoke-tests intermittently fails due to network
> issue and flaky test cases, it is crucial based on the experience of
> release process of Bigtop 3.2.1.

I started https://ci.bigtop.apache.org/job/pipeline-smoke-test/ as attempt to migrate the Smoke Test job to Jenkins Pipelines, that seems the best tool for the job. There are two options:

- Declarative pipelines
- Scripted pipelines

The former is more readable and better for simple jobs, but the latter gives us the possibility to write Groovy scripts. They offer a "matrix" statement, see these articles for more info:

https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2019/11/22/welcome-to-the-matrix/
https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2019/12/02/matrix-building-with-scripted-pipeline/

I took inspiration by the latter to create a prototype for the Smoke tests.




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