The Jenkins X project tries to modernize the CI/CD platform that has fallen on hard times Credit: Getty Images The popular but troubled Jenkins CI/CD system is being reworked to support cloud-native applications on the Kubernetes container-orchestration platform. The Jenkins X project is a response to user concerns that Jenkins had lost its luster and had developed configuration and stability issues. Jenkins X is intended for Kubernetes users who want to adopt CI/CD or who want CI/CD and are moving to the cloud, without necessarily knowing anything about Kubernetes. Jenkins X builds on Jenkins with open source tools, promoting a Git branching and a repository model. A Jenkins distribution is used as the core CI/CD engine. Other features planned for the Jenkins X project include: Automation, with Jenkins defaulting to CI/CD pipelines for projects. Pull-request preview environments, to get feedback before changes are merged to the master version of a piece of software. Feedback is provided by Jenkins X as code is ready to be previewed. A set of environments for each team, with Jenkins X automating the management of environments and the promotion of new versions. More integrations with Git providers. Right now, Jenkins X supports GitHub but integrations are under consideration for Bitbucket and Gerrit Code Review. Jenkins X is a project of the newly formed Continuous Delivery Foundation, a Linux Foundation effort dedicated to continuous delivery and promoting an ecosystem of interoperable tools for software delivery. You can download the Jenkins X source code from the project’s GitHub page. Build AutomationSoftware DevelopmentDevelopment ToolsCloud Computing