Glossary

Below are some terms that would be seen across all Wiki pages for POET.

Term	Definition
Agent	An agent is typically a machine, or container, which connects to a Jenkins master and executes tasks when directed by the master.
Artifact	An immutable file generated during a Build or Pipeline run which is archived onto the Jenkins Master for later retrieval by users.
Bootstrapping	To get started with, mainly to make something up & running.
Build	Result of a single execution of a Project.
CI/CD	Continuous Integration/Continuous Development
Commit	A single point in the Git history; the entire history of a project is represented as a set of interrelated commits.
Container	A runtime-instance of a docker image.
Credentials	Mainly a token or authentication used to access an external/internal services like Slack, SCCS, etc.
Deploy	To host an artifact or application itself onto platforms like on-prem or cloud.
Docker	A platform for developers and sysadmins to develop, ship, and run applications.
Docker Compose	A tool for defining and running complex applications with Docker, mainly for multi-container application in a single file.
Environment	The tag under which all the Environment variables are to be defined for a Pipeline, for a Step or Global level.
Jenkinsfile	This is what bootstraps Jenkins to run POET pipeline code
Pipeline	A user-defined model of a continuous delivery pipeline, for more read the Pipeline chapter in this handbook.
PipelineState	The basic information about the execution status, steps involved, commands and images involved for a Pipeline.
pipeline.yml	This is the pipeline definition file for POET.
Pipeline Engine	Mainly the CI/CD tool used for setting up the pipeline, mostly Jenkins (in case of POET).
Pipeline header	Mandatory header required for every pipeline.yml file.
Plugin	Mainly a container/package that comes out of the box from Docker Registry used,for steps like Build, Deploy, etc. without needing to make any tweaks. Interchangeably used with Step-Container
Repository	Code-base for a pipeline or templates mainly on GitHub
SCCS	Spring Cloud Config Server that provides server and client-side support for externalized configuration in a distributed system.
Schema	A representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model.
secrets	Interchangeably used with Credentials
Stage	stage is part of Pipeline, and used for defining a conceptually distinct subset of the entire Pipeline, for example: "Build", "Test", and "Deploy", which is used by many plugins to visualize or present Jenkins Pipeline status/progress.
Step	A single task; fundamentally steps tell Pipeline Engine what to do inside of aPipeline or Project.
Step-Container	Interchangeably used with Plugin
Template	A yaml with pre-defined step or collection of steps grouped together, mostly for reusability.
Vault	Secure storage for access to tokens, passwords,certificates, encryption keys for protecting secrets.
Webhook	A mechanism where by a,server-side application can notify a client-side application when a new,event (that the client-side application might be interested in) has,occurred on the server.
Workspace	A disposable directory on the file system of a Node, where work can be done by a Pipeline or Project.