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Jenkins

Jenkins is self-contained, open source automation server, used for CI/CD Pipeline . Jenkins is an automation server for supporting practically every tool as a part of the delivery pipelines.

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Prepare​

When referring to this document to use Jenkins, please read and ensure the following points:

  • This application is installed by Websoft9 console.

  • The purpose of this application complies with the MIT open source license agreement.

  • Configure the domain name or server security group opens external network ports for application access.

Getting started​

Initial setup​

  1. When completed installation of Jenkins at Websoft9 console, get the applicaiton's overview and access information from My Apps

  2. Access the initialization page, Jenkins prompts to unlock

  3. Access jenkins container, and run below command to get unlock password

    cat /var/jenkins_home/secrets/initialAdminPassword

  4. After successful login, complete the following steps: installing plugins, creating administrators, etc

  5. Go to Jenkins Console and start using it

Github + Jenkins automatic construction​

The following is a task to help users quickly get started by using Jenkins to automatically build and deploy projects on Github:

  1. Set Personal access tokens in GitHub for Jenkins connection

  2. Ensure that the Github plugin is installed and enabled in Jenkins

  3. Create a job at Jenkins, set the source code from Github, and set the triggering strategy

Configuration options​

  • Install and manage plugins: Manage Jenkin > Plugins

  • Multilingual(✅)

  • SMTP: Install Jenkins plugin Email Extension, then Manage Jenkins > Configure System

  • Jenkins CLI

    java -jar jenkins-cli.jar [-s JENKINS_URL] [global options...] command [command options...] [arguments...]

  • REST API

    curl JENKINS_URL/job/JOB_NAME/buildWithParameters --user USER:TOKEN --data id=123 --data verbosity=high

  • Online upgrade(✅): When there is an update, the backend will prompt and you can update and upgrade online through the backend

Administer​

  • Backup and Recovery: Backup plugin provides backup and recovery capabilities for Jenkins.

Troubleshooting​