Jenkins from zero to advanced

Explore Jenkins fundamentals, from installation on diverse operating systems and Docker to pipelines, plugins, credentials, and nodes and agents, with DevOps, continuous integration, and continuous delivery insights.

Explore the DevOps philosophy, continuous integration and deployment, and how automation and collaboration with tools like Jenkins enable faster, more reliable software delivery.

Explore how DevOps unites development and operations through the software life cycle. Apply continuous integration, delivery, and deployment with Jenkins, guiding planning, coding, building, testing, and monitoring.

Explore the Jenkins master server architecture, its core, plugins, and jobs, and learn how slave nodes, agents, and cloud environments connect via SSH, Jnlp, or cloud APIs to run tasks.

Explore Jenkins installation options across Linux, Ubuntu, Windows, and standalone deployments, including Tomcat WAR files, Java web apps, and Docker, with environment setup and hands-on practices and examples.

Install Jenkins using Docker-based setups and other options. Learn to use the jenkins.io docs and downloads to compare stable and regular releases across supported systems.

Choose between Docker containers or virtual machines to take this course, with Docker offering simpler setup and scalable Jenkins infrastructure.

Download and import the pre-installed Ubuntu Jenkins virtual machine in VirtualBox, featuring Docker, Maven, Java, and Git, then access Jenkins at localhost:8080.

Install Jenkins on Ubuntu by adding the repository, updating the system, installing fontconfig and OpenJDK, and accessing it on port 8080 after retrieving the initial admin password from Jenkins secrets.

Install Jenkins on Windows using the download and wizard, run as a service on port 8080, ensure a suitable Java version, and retrieve the admin password from ProgramData Jenkins Secrets.

install from a war file to run Jenkins directly via java, enabling multiple instances in a chosen directory, with docker as an alternative, and access the password at localhost 8080.

Install and run Jenkins in a Docker container, wiring a dedicated network and persistent data folder, expose port 8080, and retrieve the initial password from the secrets directory.

Begin Jenkins setup by installing the suggested plugins, including the folders, pipelines, git, LDAP, amp, and Gradle plugins, then create the first admin user and configure the Jenkins URL.

Explore the web console and the core job types—freestyle, pipeline, and matrix—that you’ll use throughout the Jenkins from zero to advanced course.

Explore the Jenkins web console, review warnings, and configure user properties and theme; navigate the dashboard, create jobs, manage people, and monitor builds and queues.

Explore Jenkins item types, from freestyle projects to pipelines, multi-configuration projects, folders, and multi-branch pipelines, plus organization folder for automating multiple repositories.

Change the Jenkins URL from localhost to a valid IP or DNS name by opening manage Jenkins and selecting system. Save to apply the new URL and avoid localhost issues.

Explore how plugins extend Jenkins with functionalities installed as components, libraries, or modules. Learn how to install, update, delete, and manage plugins from the repository and your own plugins.

Explore how Jenkins plugins extend the core system, and learn to view, install, activate, deactivate, and uninstall plugins, while managing updates and dependencies.

Explore the Jenkins plugin repository at Jenkins.io, search and filter plugins by categories, platforms, or source code management, and review health score and security issues.

Install a plugin in Jenkins, handle dependencies, and restart the server to apply changes, then verify the plugin is installed and explore its post-build reporting features.

Deactivate and delete plugins from the Jenkins web console, then restart Jenkins to apply changes. Plugins are stored in the plugins directory, with an installation file and a plugin directory.

Explore alternative plugin installation methods in Jenkins, including the plugin CLI, direct file upload, and URL deployment, demonstrated with the HTML publisher plugin, with emphasis on offline environments and verification.

Check the updates panel in Jenkins, then select the plugin and click update to download it. Restart Jenkins to activate the update and verify no pending updates after reboot.

Install the Mercurial plugin in Jenkins via manage Jenkins, verify it is installed, and confirm its dependency JS cache is also installed; learn how to adopt plugins when needed.

Explore Jenkins by building and running freestyle jobs, learn workspace management, builds, and post-build options, and prepare for pipelines with hands-on practice using Git, Docker, and common languages.

Create your first freestyle Jenkins job named project one and configure basic options. Add a simple execute shell build step that echoes a message to the console.

Launch a project build in Jenkins, view its console output, and interpret build status, history, and workspace details to verify successful runs.

Modify a Jenkins project by adding a new build step, using execute shell for linux or windows, and configure post-build actions to customize artifacts and notifications.

Visualize errors in a Jenkins job by adding a failing step, review the console output, and use the dashboard to see last success and last failure before fixing and rerunning.

Install the subversion plugin in Jenkins, understand its dependencies, and observe how it adds subversion to the source code management options in a job that previously defaulted to git.

Create a two-step Jenkins freestyle job that lists a directory and filters files containing pa, saving results to files.txt, then view the file contents.

Learn how Jenkins executes jobs on the installed server by requiring Python and other tools on the target node, and why installing dependencies prevents errors.

Learn how to configure a Jenkins freestyle job to clone a GitHub repository, compile a Java program with javac, and run it, using git and the JDK as prerequisites.

Discover how Jenkins uses a workspace to store files downloaded from a git repository for each project and how to clean it with wipe out current workspace.

Learn to implement continuous integration and delivery with Jenkins using a Python project on GitHub, installing dependencies via pip, running unit tests with unittest, and executing the pandas-based data processor.

Build a docker image from an ubuntu-based dockerfile with nginx to deploy a web app, then use git and a Jenkins freestyle job to build, run, and test at localhost:9090.

Discover post-build actions in Jenkins, including deleting the workspace and docker containers after builds, with plugin options and patterns for selective cleanup.

Explore Jenkins build management with practical options such as build history and trend visuals, discard policy by days or max builds, artifact retention, throttling, and concurrent builds to optimize performance.

Explore Jenkins triggers, including remote, chain, and webhook types, and learn how to fire them from GitHub or GitLab when commits occur.

Explore build triggers and their types, including automatic remote triggers, triggers after another project, pull scm triggers, periodic builds, and GitHub hook triggers; future videos will show examples.

Trigger Jenkins builds remotely using a token-based URL, test with a browser or curl, and manage authentication to initiate builds and view console output.

Demonstrates build triggers and chaining in Jenkins by linking a father project (project seven) to a child project (project eight), using build after projects are built and exploring build history.

Learn how to configure a build trigger that checks a Git repository for new commits and auto-launches a Jenkins build, using GitHub as source and a cron-like schedule.

Explore Jenkins triggers: schedule builds periodically with cron-like syntax and trigger builds via GitHub webhooks, including configuring a freestyle project and testing in a local network.

Create a hands-on lab to trigger Jenkins jobs from a GitHub webhook by provisioning an AWS EC2 Ubuntu VM, configuring access and security groups, and testing the integration.

Configure AWS security groups to expose Jenkins on port 8080, install Jenkins on Ubuntu EC2 with Java, and prepare for GitHub webhook integration.

Discover how parameters and variables make Jenkins jobs dynamic by passing values to pipelines, including types like string, boolean, and file, and global and environmental variables.

Learn how to create and use parameters in Jenkins freestyle projects, including string and boolean options, default values, and passing them to build steps with echo commands.

Set up a Jenkins freestyle project with a git repository and a string parameter to compile and run Java, passing the parameter as the first argument to show your name.

Explore diverse Jenkins parameter types, including string, boolean, choice, file, multiline, password, and run parameters, and learn how to reference them in freestyle and pipeline steps.

Discover how predefined environment variables in Jenkins power build steps and pipelines, using values like job name and build number with shell commands.

Learn to configure a Jenkins freestyle job to build a Maven project from GitHub, run Maven targets like clean install, and set up Maven and JDK tools in Jenkins.

Learn to configure tools in Jenkins for Maven projects, install Maven automatically, invoke Maven targets, build from Git, and run a Java class that adds 10 and 20 to 30.

Discover how folders and views organize Jenkins by storing jobs and pipelines in folders, and visualize filtered job sets with general or global views and user-specific views.

Create and organize folders in Jenkins to group jobs, set display names and descriptions. Manage folder security, build history, and shareable libraries, and ensure the folders plugin is installed.

Create new jobs and subfolders in Jenkins to organize items in a folder, forming a hierarchical structure. Move projects between folders; note that multiple folders can’t be moved at once.

Explore global views in Jenkins to organize and visualize jobs using filters, queue, executors, and regex, and customize columns and descriptions for tailored development views.

Explore how to manage user views in Jenkins, including creating, editing, and including global views, and viewing build history.