Using a Jenkinsfile to configure the Jenkins build job for source code is great. Jenkins has a very nice Docker Pipeline plugin that makes it possible to execute docker commands nicely during the build.

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However, a lot of the examples at https://jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/docker/ keep it very simple. They start and stop in one pipeline stage, with methods like docker.inside or docker.withRun. For example, building a container, running it, executing commands in it and destroy it, all within one stage. For several use More >