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+/* helm-api-test pipeline */
+
+pipeline {
+
+  /* no label, executor is determined by JJB */
+  agent {
+    label ''
+  }
+
+  stages {
+
+    stage('prep') {
+      parallel {
+
+        stage('images') {
+          steps {
+            sh 'cd cord/build; ./scripts/imagebuilder.py -f helm-charts/examples/test-images.yaml'
+
+          }
+        }
+
+        stage('minikube') {
+          steps {
+            /* see https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/#linux-continuous-integration-without-vm-support */
+            sh '''
+               export MINIKUBE_WANTUPDATENOTIFICATION=false;
+               export MINIKUBE_WANTREPORTERRORPROMPT=false;
+               export CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER=true;
+               export MINIKUBE_HOME=$HOME;
+               mkdir -p $HOME/.kube || true;
+               touch $HOME/.kube/config;
+               export KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config;
+               sudo -E minikube start --vm-driver=none;
+
+               sudo chown -R $USER $HOME/.minikube;
+               sudo chgrp -R $(id -g) $HOME/.minikube;
+
+               for i in {1..150}; do # timeout for 5 minutes
+                   ./kubectl get po &> /dev/null
+                   if [ $? -ne 1 ]; then
+                      break
+                  fi
+                  sleep 2
+               done
+               '''
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    stage('helm') {
+      steps {
+        sh 'helm init && sleep 60'
+      }
+    }
+
+    stage('xos') {
+      steps {
+        sh '''
+           cd cord/build/helm-charts;
+           helm dep up xos-core;
+           helm install -f examples/test-values.yaml -f examples/candidate-tag-values.yaml xos-core -n xos-core;
+           sleep 60
+           '''
+      }
+    }
+
+    stage('test'){
+      steps {
+        sh 'helm test xos-core'
+        sh 'kubectl logs xos-core-api-test'
+      }
+      post {
+        always {
+          archive '/tmp/helm_test_xos_core_logs_*/**'
+
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  post {
+    always {
+      sh 'kubectl delete pod xos-core-api-test'
+      sh 'helm delete --purge xos-core'
+      deleteDir()
+    }
+  }
+}