Buildkite

Buildkite is a continuous integration and delivery platform that enablers users to run fast, secure, and scalable pipelines on their own infrastructure.

Integrating Buildkite with Cortex allows you to:

• Pull in metrics about your builds and pipelines

• Create Scorecards that track progress and drive alignment on projects involving your Buildkite pipelines

How to configure Buildkite with Cortex

Prerequisites

Before getting started:

• Create a Buildkite API access token with read-only permissions for pipelines and builds.

  • You must be a member of a Buildkite organization to generate and use an access token for it.

Configure the integration in Cortex

1. In Cortex, navigate to the Buildkite settings page:

   1. In Cortex, click your avatar in the lower left corner, then click Settings.

   2. Under "Integrations," click Buildkite.

2. Configure the Buildkite integration form:

   • API token: Enter your Buildkite API token.

   • Organizational slug: Enter the slug for your Buildkite organization.

     • This can be found in your organization's Buildkite settings, or at the end of your Buildkite URL after navigating to Pipelines.

3. Click Save.

How to connect Cortex entities to Buildkite

Discovery

By default, Cortex will use the entity tag (e.g. my-entity) for your Buildkite pipeline. For example, if your entity tag is my-pipeline, then the corresponding pipeline tag in Buildkite should also be my-pipeline.

Cortex will also use the the GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or Azure DevOps repository to connect entities to Buildkite pipelines. For example, if the GitHub repo associated with your Buildkite pipeline is my-org/repo, then entities in Cortex that also live in my-org/repo will populate with details from that pipeline.

Editing the entity descriptor

You can add Buildkite pipelines to an entity by defining the pipeline slug or tags with one of the following blocks in the entity descriptor:

x-cortex-ci-cd:
  buildkite:
    pipelines:
    - slug: my-buildkite-pipeline-slug-1
    - slug: my-buildkite-pipeline-slug-2

Field	Description	Required
slug	Slug for the Buildkite pipeline	✓

x-cortex-ci-cd:
  buildkite:
    tags:
    - tag: my-buildkite-tag-1
    - tag: my-buildkite-tag-2

Field	Description	Required
tag	Tag for the Buildkite pipeline	✓

The slug for your pipeline can be found in the Buildkite URL for a given pipeline (e.g., https://buildkite.com//).

Expected results

Entity pages

Once the Buildkite integration is established, Cortex will automatically pull in pipeline data to an entity's page. You can access this data from the CI/CD page in the entity's side panel.

You can find a list of pipeline runs for each pipeline linked to a given entity on this page:

• Pipeline slug/tag

• Action (e.g. "scheduled build")

• Timestamp

• Branch

• State

The state for a build will appear as a tag next to the pipeline slug/tag (e.g. canceled, passed, or failed).

Scorecards and CQL

With the Buildkite integration, you can create Scorecard rules and write CQL queries based on Buildkite pipelines.

See more examples in the CQL Explorer in Cortex.

Check if Buildkite pipeline(s) are set

Check if entity has registered Buildkite pipelines in its entity descriptor.

Definition: buildkite (==/!=) null

Example

For a Scorecard focused on production readiness, you can pull in data from Buildkite to make sure that entities belong to a CI/CD pipeline.

buildkite != null

Get Buildkite build(s)

Gets pipelines and builds that meet given filter criteria.

• Build criteria:

  • Branch

  • Commit

  • Created at

  • ID

  • Message

  • Number

  • Pipeline

  • State

• Pipeline criteria:

  • Description

  • Git repository

  • ID

  • Name

  • Slug

  • Tags

States include CANCELED, PASSED, and FAILED.

Definition: buildkite.builds()

Example

If you're building a Scorecard with an emphasis on operational maturity, you could set a rule to make sure not only that entities belong to a pipeline, but that the pipeline is functioning as expected.

buildkite.builds(states["passed"]).length >=1

Get Buildkite pipelines

Get all Buildkite pipelines associated with the entity: Description, Git repository, ID, Name, Slug, Tags.

Definition: buildkite.pipelines()

Example

A production readiness Scorecard can use this expression in a rule confirming that there are pipelines linked to a specific repository:

buildkite.pipelines().any((pipeline) => pipeline.gitRepository = )

Still need help?​

The following options are available to get assistance from the Cortex Customer Engineering team:

• Email: [e-mail], or open a support ticket in the in app Resource Center
• Chat: Available in the Resource Center

• Slack: Users with a connected Slack channel will have a workflow added to their account. From here, you can either @CortexTechnicalSupport or add a :ticket: reaction to a question in Slack, and the team will respond directly.

Don’t have a Slack channel? Talk with your Customer Success Manager.