Create a New Job

In Devtron, jobs can be created in two ways:

Blank Job: This allows you to create a new job from scratch by manually defining all configurations.
Clone Job: This allows you to create a new job by reusing the configuration of an existing job.

Create a Blank Job

Users need to have the Admin role or the Super Admin role. Refer the User permissions.

To create a new Blank Job in Devtron, follow these steps:

Navigate to Devtron Dashboard → Jobs.
Figure 1: Job's Page
Click Create button in the top-right corner and select Job from the drop-down list.
Figure 2: Selecting Job
The Create Job page opens. From the left panel, select Blank job, then enter the required details as listed in the table below.
Fields
Description
Project
Select the project from the dropdown.
Job Name
User-defined name for the job in Devtron.
Description
Enter the description for the job.
Tags
Key-value pairs used for identifying and organizing the application and can be propagated as Kubernetes labels. To learn more refer Tags section.
Figure 3: Creating Blank Job
Click Create Job. The job will be created, and you will be automatically redirected to the Configurations page to continue setting up the job pipeline.

Users need to have Admin role or above (along with access to the environment and applications) to perform environment override.

To create a new Clone Job in Devtron, follow these steps:

From the Devtron Dashboard, navigate to Jobs.
Click the Create button in the top-right corner and select Job from the drop-down list.
Figure 4: Selecting Job
The Create Job page opens. From the left panel, select Clone Job, then enter the required details as listed in the table below.
Fields
Description
Project
Select the project from the dropdown.
Job Name
User-defined name for the job in Devtron.
Description
Enter the description of a job.
Tags
Key-value pairs used for identifying and organizing the application and can be propagated as Kubernetes labels. To learn more refer Tags section.
Figure 5: Creating Clone Job
Click Create Job. The Clone job will be created, and you will be automatically redirected to the Configurations page, where the configuration will be pre-populated based on the selected source job. You may review and modify these settings as required.

Users need to have the Admin role or the Super Admin role. Refer the User permissions.

To delete a job, you have to first delete any configured pipelines in that job workflow.

Navigate to Jobs → Select the job → Configurations → Workflow Editor.
Select the job pipeline you wish to delete, and an edit job pipeline modal window will appear.
Figure 6: Selecting Job Pipeline
Select Delete Pipeline at the bottom left corner of the edit job pipeline modal window to delete the job pipeline.
Figure 7: Deleting Job Pipeline
A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm the Delete Pipeline action.
Figure 8: Confirming Delete Job Pipeline
After deleting any configured pipelines in a job workflow, select Delete Job to delete the job.
Figure 9: Deleting Job
A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm the Delete Job action.
Figure 10: Confirming Delete Job

After creating a job, the next step is to configure the job. Refer to the Configurations section to configure the job.