Implementing a DevSecOps CI/CD Pipeline with Jenkins, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and Security Scanners

In the modern era of large‑scale application development, security threats are rising, prompting the author to build a DevSecOps pipeline that integrates CI/CD, software composition analysis, static application security testing, container scanning, and automated deployment.

The pipeline relies on Jenkins as the CI/CD platform, Dependency‑Track for SCA, SonarQube for SAST, Trivy for container image scanning, and DefectDojo for centralized reporting. The underlying infrastructure uses Kubernetes for orchestration, Harbor as a private container registry, and ArgoCD for continuous deployment.

Clone Repository stage

stage('Clone Repository') {
    steps {
        script {
            sourceCodeDir = sh(script: 'pwd', returnStdout: true).trim()
            git branch: 'staging', url: 'https://github.com/gilangvperdana/react-code.git'
            env.CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA = sh(script: "git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1", returnStdout: true).trim()
        }
    }
}

Generate SBOM stage

stage('Generate SBOM') {
      steps {
          dir(sourceCodeDir) {
            sh "cdxgen"
          }
      }
}

Send SBOM to Dependency‑Track & DefectDojo stage

stage('Send to Dependency Track & Defect Dojo') {
      steps {
        script {
          def projectVersion = "${env.BUILD_NUMBER}"
          dir(sourceCodeDir) {
            sh '''
            curl -X "POST" "$DEPTRACK_URL:8081/api/v1/bom" -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -H "X-Api-Key: $DEPTRACK_API_KEY" -F "autoCreate=true" -F "projectName=website" -F "projectVersion=''' + projectVersion + '''" -F "[email protected]"
            '''
            sh '''
            docker run --rm -e "DD_URL=$DD_URL" -e "DD_API_KEY=$DD_API_KEY" -e "DD_PRODUCT_TYPE_NAME=Research and Development" -e "DD_PRODUCT_NAME=website" -e "DD_ENGAGEMENT_NAME=Dependency Track" -e "DD_TEST_NAME=dependency-track" -e "DD_TEST_TYPE_NAME=Dependency Track Finding Packaging Format (FPF) Export" -e "DD_FILE_NAME=website/bom.json" -v "${WORKSPACE}:/usr/local/dd-import/website" maibornwolff/dd-import:latest dd-reimport-findings.sh
            '''
          }
        }
      }
}

SonarQube SAST stage

stage('SonarQube - SAST') {
      steps {
        withSonarQubeEnv('SonarQube') {
          dir(sourceCodeDir) {
            sh "sonar-scanner -Dsonar.projectKey=website -Dsonar.host.url=$SONAR_URL -Dsonar.login=${SONARQUBE_SECRET}"
          }
        }
        timeout(time: 2, unit: 'MINUTES') {
          script {
            waitForQualityGate abortPipeline: true
          }
        }
      }
}

Send SonarQube results to DefectDojo stage

stage('Send Sonarqube to DefectDojo') {
      steps {
        sh '''
        sonar-report --sonarurl="$SONAR_URL" --sonartoken ${SONAR_TOKEN} --sonarcomponent="website" --sonarorganization="website" --project="website" --application="website" --release="1.0.0" --branch="main" --output="sonarreport.html"
        '''
        sh '''
        docker run --rm -e "DD_URL=$DD_URL" -e "DD_API_KEY=${DD_API_KEY}" -e "DD_PRODUCT_TYPE_NAME=Research and Development" -e "DD_PRODUCT_NAME=website" -e "DD_ENGAGEMENT_NAME=Sonar Qube" -e "DD_TEST_NAME=sonar-qube" -e "DD_TEST_TYPE_NAME=SonarQube Scan detailed" -e "DD_FILE_NAME=website/sonarreport.html" -v "${WORKSPACE}:/usr/local/dd-import/website" maibornwolff/dd-import:latest dd-reimport-findings.sh
        '''
      }
}

Docker Build stage

stage('Docker Build') {
    steps {
        sh '''
          docker build -t $HARBOR_URL/temp/research:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA} .
        '''
    }
}

Trivy Scan Image stage

stage('Trivy Scan Image') {
    steps {
        sh 'trivy image --exit-code 0 --no-progress --severity HIGH,CRITICAL -f json -o trivy_report.json $HARBOR_URL/temp/research'
    }
}

Send Trivy report to DefectDojo stage

stage('Send Trivy Report to Defectdojo') {
      steps {
          sh '''
          docker run --rm -e "DD_URL=$DD_URL" -e "DD_API_KEY=$DD_API_KEY" -e "DD_PRODUCT_TYPE_NAME=Research and Development" -e "DD_PRODUCT_NAME=website" -e "DD_ENGAGEMENT_NAME=Trivy" -e "DD_TEST_NAME=trivy" -e "DD_TEST_TYPE_NAME=Trivy Scan" -e "DD_FILE_NAME=website/trivy_report.json" -v "${WORKSPACE}:/usr/local/dd-import/website" maibornwolff/dd-import:latest dd-reimport-findings.sh
          '''
      }
}

Push Image stage

stage('Push Image'){
        steps {
            sh 'docker push $HARBOR_URL/temp/research:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}'
            sh 'docker rmi $HARBOR_URL/temp/research:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}'
        }
}

Change Image Tag on GitHub (Staging) stage

stage('Change Image Tag on Github'){
    steps {
        script{
            env.GIT_URL = sh (
                script: 'echo @github.com/gilangvperdana/EXAMPLE.git'>https://oauth2:${access_token_PSW}@github.com/gilangvperdana/EXAMPLE.git',
                returnStdout: true
            ).trim()
        }
        dir('react-manifest-staging'){
            git branch: 'main', credentialsId: 'github_access_token', url: "$GIT_URL"
            sh 'git config user.email [email protected] && git config user.name ci-bot'
            sh 'sed -i "s+$HARBOR_URL/temp/research:.*+$HARBOR_URL/temp/research:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}+g" infra/staging/deployment.yaml'
            sh 'git add . && git commit -m "update staging research image tag to ${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"'
            sh 'git push origin main'
        }
    }
}

ArgoCD Sync Staging stage

stage('ArgoCD Sync Staging'){
        steps {
            withCredentials([string(credentialsId: "ARGOCD_TOKEN", variable: 'ARGOCD_TOKEN')]) {
                dir('react-manifest-staging'){
                    git branch: 'main', credentialsId: 'github_access_token', url: "https://github.com/gilangvperdana/EXAMPLE.git"
                    sh 'ARGOCD_SERVER=$ARGOCD_URL argocd --grpc-web app create research-service-staging --project default --repo https://github.com/gilangvperdana/EXAMPLE.git --path ./infra/staging/ --revision main --dest-namespace staging --dest-server https://kubernetes.default.svc --upsert'
                    sh 'argocd --grpc-web app sync research-service-staging --force'
                }
            }
        }
}

Send Approval Deploy to Prod stage

stage('Send Approval Deploy to Prod'){
    steps{
        script{
            sh """
            curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage -d chat_id=$TELEGRAM_CHATID -d parse_mode=markdown -d text=\"Dear team : 
*Approve* to Continue Deploy CICD Pipeline *${env.JOB_NAME}* 
for *Release* Website 

Please Approve at: ${env.RUN_DISPLAY_URL}\""""
            input message: 'Approve to continue', submitter: "[email protected]", submitterParameter: "[email protected]"
        }
    }
}

Change Image Tag on GitHub (Production) stage

stage('Change Image Tag on Github'){
    steps {
        script{
            env.GIT_URL = sh (
                script: 'echo @github.com/gilangvperdana/EXAMPLEPROD.git'>https://oauth2:${access_token_PSW}@github.com/gilangvperdana/EXAMPLEPROD.git',
                returnStdout: true
            ).trim()
        }
        dir('react-manifest-production'){
            git branch: 'main', credentialsId: 'github_access_token', url: "$GIT_URL"
            sh 'git config user.email [email protected] && git config user.name ci-bot'
            sh 'sed -i "s+$HARBOR_URL/temp/research:.*+$HARBOR_URL/temp/research:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}+g" infra/production/deployment.yaml'
            sh 'git add . && git commit -m "update production research image tag to ${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"'
            sh 'git push origin main'
        }
    }
}

ArgoCD Sync Production stage

stage('ArgoCD Sync Production'){
    steps {
        withCredentials([string(credentialsId: "ARGOCD_TOKEN", variable: 'ARGOCD_TOKEN')]) {
            dir('react-manifest-production'){
                git branch: 'main', credentialsId: 'github_access_token', url: "https://github.com/gilangvperdana/EXAMPLEPROD.git"
                sh 'ARGOCD_SERVER=$ARGOCD_URL argocd --grpc-web app create research-service-production --project default --repo https://github.com/gilangvperdana/EXAMPLEPROD.git --path ./infra/production/ --revision main --dest-namespace production --dest-server https://kubernetes.default.svc --upsert'
                sh 'argocd --grpc-web app sync research-service-production --force'
            }
        }
    }
}

Post actions (cleanup and notifications)

post {
        always {
            deleteDir()
            dir("${workspace}@tmp") { deleteDir() }
            dir("${workspace}@script") { deleteDir() }
        }
        success {
            sh """
            curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage -d chat_id=$TELEGRAM_CHATID -d parse_mode=markdown -d text=\" Dear team : 
CICD Pipeline *${env.JOB_NAME}* 
Branch : *${env.BRANCH_NAME}* 
Status job : *Success* 
Total Time : *${currentBuild.durationString}* 

*More info* at : ${env.RUN_DISPLAY_URL}\"
            """
        }
        aborted {
            sh """
            curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage -d chat_id=$TELEGRAM_CHATID -d parse_mode=markdown -d text=\" Dear team : 
CICD Pipeline *${env.JOB_NAME}* 
Branch : *${env.BRANCH_NAME}* 
Status job : *Aborted* 
Total Time : *${currentBuild.durationString}* 

*More info* at : ${env.RUN_DISPLAY_URL}\"
            """
        }
        failure {
            sh """
            curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage -d chat_id=$TELEGRAM_CHATID -d parse_mode=markdown -d text=\" Dear team : 
CICD Pipeline *${env.JOB_NAME}* 
Branch : *${env.BRANCH_NAME}* 
Status job : *Failed* 
Total Time : *${currentBuild.durationString}* 

*More info* at:  ${env.RUN_DISPLAY_URL}\"
            """
        }
    }
}