Extracted the downloads dir to 'JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR' variable and exposed it as env var for later use by pipelines.

Author: faisalazam

docker/jenkins/.env

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ JENKINS_MEMORY_RESERVATION=1G
 JENKINS_AGENT_REMOTEFS=/home/jenkins/agent
 JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR=${JENKINS_AGENT_REMOTEFS}/workspace
 JENKINS_AGENT_SHARED_METADATA_DIR=/home/jenkins/shared-metadata
+JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR=${JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR}/downloads
 
 ######################### Externally Injected Variables Start ###############################
 # These vars are passed through the `docker compose up` command externally,

docker/jenkins/casc_configs/05-clouds-docker-agents.yml

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ jenkins:
                 # to the dind container’s filesystem.
                 #                - "type=bind,src=${JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR}/SymbioDeployHub,dst=${JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR}/SymbioDeployHub"
                 - "type=bind,src=${DOCKER_CERT_PATH},dst=${DOCKER_CERT_PATH},readonly"
+                - "type=bind,src=${JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR},dst=${JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR}"
                 - "type=bind,src=${JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR},dst=${JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR}"
               environment:
                 # This tells Docker CLI commands running inside the agent container where to find the Docker daemon.

docker/jenkins/casc_configs/dsl/jobs/seed-ansible-playbook-jobs.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           }
 
           environmentVariables {
+            env('JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR', "${JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR}")
             env('JENKINS_AGENT_SHARED_METADATA_DIR', "${JENKINS_AGENT_SHARED_METADATA_DIR}")
           }
 

docker/jenkins/docker-compose.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ services:
       - JENKINS_SLAVE_AGENT_PORT=${JENKINS_SLAVE_AGENT_PORT}
       - JENKINS_JCASC_SECRETS_DIR=${JENKINS_JCASC_SECRETS_DIR}
       - JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR=${JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR}
+      - JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR=${JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR}
       - JENKINS_DOCKER_AGENT_IMAGE_PATH=${JENKINS_DOCKER_AGENT_IMAGE_PATH}
       - JENKINS_AGENT_SHARED_METADATA_DIR=${JENKINS_AGENT_SHARED_METADATA_DIR}
     volumes:
@@ -95,10 +96,11 @@ services:
       # Mounting the tomcat_downloads folder containing the tomcat upgrade zip files
       # The zip file will be copied manually to the jenkins server
       # scp -r -i ~/.ssh/remote_servers_rsa_pri ~/Downloads/tomcat_downloads muhammad.faisal@172.31.0.73:/tmp
-      - /tmp/tomcat_downloads:${JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR}/tomcat_downloads
+      # But remember, if you recreate the /tmp/tomcat_downloads dir, the container won't see the new folder until restarted.
+      - /tmp/tomcat_downloads:${JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR}
       - ./certs/registry.crt:/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/registry.crt:ro
     # chown to ensure Jenkins agent can write to shared volume (owned by UID 1000, i.e. the Jenkins user)
-    command: sh -c "update-ca-certificates && chown -R 1000:1000 ${JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR} ${JENKINS_AGENT_SHARED_METADATA_DIR} && dockerd-entrypoint.sh"
+    command: sh -c "update-ca-certificates && chown -R 1000:1000 ${JENKINS_AGENT_DOWNLOADS_DIR} ${JENKINS_AGENT_WORKSPACE_DIR} ${JENKINS_AGENT_SHARED_METADATA_DIR} && dockerd-entrypoint.sh"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "sh", "-c", "docker version --format '{{.Server.Version}}' || exit 1"]
       interval: 5s