pushing a image to Openshift with a Jenkins file

Question

I do have images in my registry but now I want to validate my docker builds with a Jenkins file and later do blue green deployments. However I am getting the following error:

error: The server uses a certificate signed by unknown authority. You 
may need to use the --certificate-authority flag to provide the path to 
a certificate file for the certificate authority, or --insecure-skip-
tls-verify to bypass the certificate check and use insecure 
connections.

Jenkins file:

node {

    stage('Checkout source control') {
      checkout scm
    }

    stage('connect') {
       sh "oc login <my URL> --token=<my token>"
    }

    stage('build api container') {
        sh "oc new-build --name=api --binary=true"
        sh "oc start-build api --from-dir=docker/api --follow"
    }

}

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have thought of ways but this one seems to fit my needs the best.

I am also not using minishift, I am just wanting to pull multiple repositories and check the build.

When I remove the login I get the following error:

[workspace] Running shell script

+ oc new-build --name=api --binary=true

Unable to connect to the server: Service Unavailable

script returned exit code 1

Answer 1

Each sh call has its own "context". Your connection is lost already in the second sh . Try multiline call:

   sh("""
       oc login <my URL> --token=<my token>
       oc new-build --name=api --binary=true
       oc start-build api --from-dir=docker/api --follow
   """)

To avoid errors with certificates add --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true or --certificate-authority with path to ca.crt to login command. I think it's better to use --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true for a simpler understanding and maintainability of your pipeline.