Complete Jenkins Tutorial For Beginners | TestMu AI

Moss guides beginners through how to install and configure Jenkins in this tutorial video, covering the essential steps to set up Jenkins.

Explore Jenkins installation methods, including war file, docker container from a docker image, Windows executable, Mac OS, and Linux distributions such as RedHat.

Run Jenkins from a war file to achieve platform and operating system independence, and apply the same setup steps on Mac, Windows, or Linux.

Ensure a supported Java runtime is installed on your machine; Jenkins supports Java 8 and 11, while 9, 10 and 12 are not supported, then begin the installation.

Verify java is installed, download Jenkins war file, start the server with java -jar, unlock with admin password, install pipeline and git plugins, and use the Jenkins dashboard and jobs.

Explore how to configure a Jenkins instance, from executors and home directory to plugins and global security, including authentication, credentials, and parallel builds. Monitor resources and perform admin tasks.

Install and configure the Maven plugin on your Jenkins server, building on your understanding of Jenkins and its interface.

Explore the open source Maven Jenkins plugin, which supports Maven 2 and Maven 3 and adds a Maven project job for advanced integration between Maven and Jenkins.

Use the Maven plugin to simplify Jenkins Maven projects, enabling post-build artifact deployment and graphical test reports. It supports incremental and parallel builds and triggers downstream jobs via POM dependencies.

Install the Maven plugin on a Jenkins server by adding a Maven installation in global tool configuration, enabling automatic installation with Maven integration via managed plugins and without restart.

Create a Jenkins Maven project, set the pom location and goals like clean, compile, and test, and enable snapshot build triggers. Prepare to integrate with GitHub to clone and build.

Conclude the Jenkins tutorial for beginners by summarizing key points, invite readers to the blog and community, and highlight the option to earn resume-worthy Selenium certifications.

Explore how to extend a Jenkins instance by installing the Maven integration and Jenkins plugin, then begin building additional automation as an introduction for beginners.

Integrate Jenkins with GitHub to automatically trigger builds, clone repositories, and publish build results back to GitHub, using a sample Maven project on the Jenkins server.

Navigate to your GitHub profile, open settings, go to developer settings, and select personal access tokens to manage access credentials.

Configure source code management for Maven Jenkins job by enabling GitHub integration, ensuring Jenkins has a public IP unless on premise, and creating a Jenkins token with public repository scopes.

Select the public repo scope to grant the token access to public repositories in the Jenkins Maven project, and leave all other scopes unchecked.

Configure Jenkins to authenticate with GitHub by generating a personal access token, adding credentials, testing the connection, and setting up webhooks, plus use SSH keys for cloning repositories.

Set up secure GitHub access by copying your private key and configuring Jenkins credentials, including adding an SSH username with private key named 'GitHub private key'.

Build a Jenkins job for a Maven project and verify the build content while pasting a private key with no passphrase and leaving the username blank.

Add the private key to Jenkins and configure a freestyle test job to clone a GitHub repository via that key, enabling builds from the repository URL.

Configure Jenkins to clone a GitHub repo via SSH, manage credentials with a private key, select the main branch, and enable the GitHub hook trigger for automated builds on pushes.

Learn to configure Jenkins post-build actions to publish GitHub commit statuses and pull request checks, set up a GitHub webhook, and view build links from Jenkins in GitHub.

Advance your Jenkins basics by building on GitHub integration and the Maven integration plugin setup, preparing you for the next topic in this beginner tutorial.

Discover how to create a Jenkins job for a Maven project and explore the Maven project job type, with the MAVEN integration plugin offering reduced configuration and test reporting.

Explore a sample maven project built in a jenkins server, generated by the maven quickstart archetype, with a simple java app that prints hello world and a passing JUnit test.

Navigate to Jenkins and create a new Maven project called Test Maven Project, selecting the Maven project job type and clicking okay to set up the code base in Jenkins.

Set up source code management by entering the SSA URL from the GitHub repository. Resolve the permission denied error by selecting the SSA private key.

Update the branch specifier in the Jenkins job for a Maven project to use the main branch.

Configure Jenkins build triggers to respond to snapshot dependencies, enable GitHub hook triggers, schedule builds with cron, and avoid polling for a Maven project.

Set up the Maven build configuration in a Jenkins job by specifying the root pom, choosing goals like clean install, and optionally deploy to a remote repository.

Add the GitHub webhook to the Jenkins server by configuring the payload URL, selecting push events, and confirming a successful delivery in recent deliveries.

Builds the Maven project in Jenkins for the first time by running Maven clean, compiling, executing the app test class, installing, and archiving the snapshot jar in the local repository.

Explore Jenkins test result trends and test reports to view test durations by build, inspect per-test pass/fail status, and access stack traces directly from the test interface.

Access and download Jenkins build artifacts, such as snapshot jar or snapshot palm, for manual testing after automated runs and review test failures with the stack trace.

Learn how to mitigate resource usage on a Jenkins server when many jobs run in parallel in a corporate environment.

Configure a Jenkins controller and agent nodes to scale across Windows, Mac, OS, and Linux, solving single-server limits by enabling controller-agent setups.

Explore Jenkins controller and agent architecture to enable multi-platform builds and scalable distributed testing. Learn how to add agent nodes (Windows, Linux) and schedule builds via job configuration.

Generate an SSA key pair in git bash, store private key in Jenkins credentials, and copy public key to Azure VM authorized_keys to configure it as a Jenkins agent.

Add a new permanent Windows agent node in Jenkins, named Windows Agent, with one executor, label Windows, and remote root Jenkins Agent Data, using launch by connecting to the master.

Enable inbound agent connections by configuring Jenkins global security, setting a fixed tcp port, then download the agent jar and run the connect command to link the Windows agent.

Shows testing the Jenkins controller/agent setup on Windows by creating a freestyle project, using a Windows label, and echoing hello world to verify the workspace.

Explore how to mitigate resource usage in Jenkins when many jobs run in parallel, addressing challenges in corporate environments and optimizing server performance.

Discover the purpose of a Jenkins agent and how controller and agent nodes enable scaling to build and test across Windows, Mac, OS, and Linux.

Learn how Jenkins agents enable multi-platform builds and distributed testing by delegating tasks from the controller to Linux, Windows, and other agent nodes, enabling scaling and scheduled builds.

Explore a cloud-agnostic Jenkins environment with a controller and Azure agents plus a Windows PC agent, featuring public APIs and port 22, suitable for on premise or single-machine setups.

Create an ssh key pair and add it as a Jenkins agent credential. Authorize the public key on the Azure VM to set up Jenkins controller and agent node.

Add two additional nodes to Jenkins, starting with an Azure agent, configured as a permanent agent with one executor to enable parallel builds.

Create a Jenkins agent directory named Jenkins Agent Data under the Azure user home, assign a Linux label, and launch the agent via Sage to connect to the controller.

Log into the VM to verify the echo command by inspecting the Jenkins agent workspace and confirming the helloworld file in the Test Azure agent job.

Moss introduces Jenkins beyond freestyle and maven jobs, showing how to define complex build and release processes in Groovy code.

Explore the advantages of Jenkins pipelines and how the Jenkins file, written in groovy, enables version control, traceability, server independence, and extensibility with shared libraries, plugins, and conditionals.

Discover key pipeline terminology in Jenkins, including a pipeline, node, stage, and steps, and see how a build, test, and release process is modeled and executed.

Explore the two Jenkins pipeline types: declarative pipelines with a richer syntax and easier to read and write compared to scripted pipelines.

Install the Pipeline Maven Integration Plugin on your Jenkins server to enable Maven support in pipelines; open Manage Jenkins, Manage Plugins, search Pipeline Maven, download, and restart to apply.

Navigate to the dashboard and create your first pipeline job by selecting new item, naming it test pipeline job, and choosing the pipeline item.

Define a Jenkins pipeline script using the pipeline syntax tool, generating code with the snippet and declarative directive generators to create build, test, and deploy stages.

Build and debug a Jenkins pipeline by fixing a missing closing bracket, then run again to see a passing build and stage-by-stage logs from build, test, and deploy.

Create a new Jenkins pipeline for a Maven project by pulling the script from SCM and using the root Jenkins file in Git, then run mvn clean install.

Explore Jenkins pipelines with the Lambda Test plug-in for cross browser testing, embedding results, and tunnel support for locally hosted sites, using a Python Selenium script.

Install the Lambda Test Jenkins plugin, add global credentials, and configure the LTE hub URL as an environment variable to enable automated tests within Jenkins.

Create a Jenkins freestyle job linked to a GitHub repo, configure Lambda Test with Selenium capabilities and local tunnel, run a Python test script, and generate a Lambda Test report.

Learn how to run the Lambda Test Tunnel from a Jenkins pipeline to connect to the Lambda Test platform, install and run the tunnel, and execute tests from the pipeline.