# Introduction

This guide describes how to deploy Jenkins on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service with Helm and proper basic configuration.

## Prerequisites

* You should have a standard kubernetes cluster from IBM Cloud. <https://cloud.ibm.com/kubernetes/catalog/about>
* You should have [ibmcloud cli](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cli?topic=cli-getting-started) and [helm](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/) installed on your workspace or you are using [IBM Cloud Shell](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/cloud-shell).

## Notes

This workshop is tested with the following technologies and versions.

| Technology                   | Version          |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------- |
| IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service | 1.18.8\_1525     |
| Helm                         | v2.16.7 (client) |
| kubectl                      | 1.16.2 (client)  |
| ibmcloud cli                 | 1.2.1+29ade2b    |
| volaka/ibm-cloud-cli         | 1.2.1            |
| jenkins (helm-chart)         | 2.5.4            |

## Contribution

If you found errors, please create an issue to <https://github.com/volaka/jenkins-workshop-gitbook> repo.

Thank you!


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