You're reading from Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins An end-to-end guide to creating operational, secure, resilient, and cost-effective CI/CD processes

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835087732

Length 396 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Jenkins

Concepts

Continuous Integration

Author (1):

Nikhil Pathania

Preface

1. Part 1: The Concepts FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: The What, How, and Why of Continuous Integration

3. Part 2: Engineering the CI Ecosystem

4. Chapter 2: Planning, Deploying, and Maintaining Jenkins

5. Chapter 3: Securing Jenkins

6. Chapter 4: Extending Jenkins

7. Chapter 5: Scaling Jenkins

8. Part 3: Crafting the CI Pipeline

9. Chapter 6: Enhancing Jenkins Pipeline Vocabulary

10. Chapter 7: Crafting AI-Powered Pipeline Code

11. Chapter 8: Setting the Stage for Writing Your First CI Pipeline

12. Chapter 9: Writing Your First CI Pipeline

13. Part 4: Crafting the CD Pipeline

14. Chapter 10: Planning for Continuous Deployment

15. Chapter 11: Writing Your First CD Pipeline

16. Chapter 12: Enhancing Your CI/CD Pipelines

17. Index

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Answers

Correct answer: D
Explanation:
While the master–agent model improves scalability, flexibility, and fault tolerance, it does not inherently guarantee high availability, especially regarding the master node.
Correct answer: B
Explanation:
Kubernetes-based agents can be spun up quickly when needed and decommissioned when not, optimizing resource usage much more effectively than fixed VM-based agents, which typically have static resource allocation and less flexibility in scaling.
Correct answer: True
Explanation:
VMs provide a more traditional and isolated environment, offering the full functionality of an OS. This makes them more suitable for legacy applications that require specific configurations or are not yet optimized for containerization.
Correct answer: True
Explanation:
Jenkins has the capability to be configured to connect with multiple Kubernetes clusters.
Correct answer: B
Explanation of incorrect answer choices:
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