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Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins: A beginner's guide to implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using Jenkins 2 , Second Edition

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Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins

Installing Jenkins

This chapter is all about installing Jenkins across various platforms, and more. After completing this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

  • Run Jenkins on a servlet container (Apache Tomcat)
  • Run Jenkins as a standalone application on Windows/Ubuntu/Red Hat Linux/Fedora
  • Run Jenkins behind a reverse proxy server (Nginx)
  • Run Jenkins with Docker
  • Leverage the advantages of Docker data volumes
  • Run development, staging, and production instance of Jenkins using Docker

Running Jenkins inside a servlet container

Jenkins is available on the following servlet containers:

  • Apache Geronimo 3.0
  • GlassFish
  • IBM WebSphere
  • JBoss
  • Jetty
  • Jonas
  • Liberty profile
  • Tomcat
  • WebLogic

In this section, you will learn how to install Jenkins on an Apache Tomcat server. Installing Jenkins as a service on Apache Tomcat is quite simple. Either you can choose to run Jenkins along with the other services already present on the Apache Tomcat server, or you can use the Apache Tomcat server solely for running Jenkins.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following things ready:

  • You need a system with at least 4 GB of memory and a Multi-core processor.
  • Depending on how you manage the infrastructure in your...

Installing a standalone Jenkins server on Windows

Installing Jenkins on Windows is quite simple. Before performing the steps to install Jenkins on Windows, let's have a look at the prerequisites.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following things ready:

  • We need a machine with at least 4 GB of RAM and a Multi-core processor.
  • Depending on how you manage the infrastructure in your team, the machine could be an instance on a cloud platform (such as AWS, DigitalOcean, or any other cloud platform), a bare metal machine, or it could be a VM (on VMware vSphere or any other server virtualization software).
  • The machine should have any one of the latest Windows OS (Windows 7/8/10, Windows Server 2012/2012 R2...

Installing a standalone Jenkins server on Ubuntu

Installing a Jenkins server on Ubuntu is quite easy. Before performing the steps to install Jenkins on Ubuntu, let's have a look at the prerequisites.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following things ready:

  • We need a machine with at least 4 GB of RAM and a Multi-core processor.
  • Depending on how you manage the infrastructure in your team, the machine could be an instance on a cloud platform (such as AWS, DigitalOcean, or any other cloud platform), a bare metal machine, or it could be a VM (on VMware vSphere or any other server virtualization software).
  • The machine should have Ubuntu 16.04 installed on it. Choose a LTS release version.
  • Check for admin...

Installing a standalone Jenkins server on Red Hat Linux

In this section, we will learn to install Jenkins on Red Hat Linux. The installation process discussed here are also applies to Fedora.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following things ready:

  • We need a machine with at least 4 GB of RAM and a Multi-core processor.
  • Depending on how you manage the infrastructure in your team, the machine could be an instance on a cloud platform (such as AWS, DigitalOcean, or any other cloud platform), a bare metal machine, or it could be a VM (on VMware vSphere or any other server virtualization software).
  • The machine should have RHEL 7.3 installed on it.
  • Check for admin privileges; the installation might ask for an...

Running Jenkins behind a reverse proxy

In this example, we will learn how to position an Nginx server (running on a standalone machine) front of a Jenkins server (running on another standalone machine).

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following things ready:

  • We need two machines with at least 4 GB of RAM and a Multi-core processor. One will run Nginx and the other will run Jenkins.
  • Depending on how you manage the infrastructure in your team, the machine could be an instance on a cloud platform (such as AWS, DigitalOcean, or any other cloud platform), a bare metal machine, or it could be a VM (on VMware vSphere or any other server virtualization software).
  • The machine should have Ubuntu 16.04 or greater...

Running Jenkins on Docker

The true advantage of having Jenkins on Docker is when you have to quickly create multiple development and staging instances of your production Jenkins server. It's also very useful in redirecting the traffic to a secondary Jenkins server while you perform maintenance activities on the primary Jenkins server. While we will see these use cases later, let's first try to run Jenkins on Docker.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following things ready:

  • We need a machine with at least 4 GB of RAM (the more the better) and a Multi-core processor.
  • Depending on how you manage the infrastructure in your team, the machine could be an instance on a cloud platform (such as AWS, DigitalOcean...

Running Jenkins inside a servlet container

Jenkins is available on the following servlet containers:

  • Apache Geronimo 3.0
  • GlassFish
  • IBM WebSphere
  • JBoss
  • Jetty
  • Jonas
  • Liberty profile
  • Tomcat
  • WebLogic

In this section, you will learn how to install Jenkins on an Apache Tomcat server. Installing Jenkins as a service on Apache Tomcat is quite simple. Either you can choose to run Jenkins along with the other services already present on the Apache Tomcat server, or you can use the Apache Tomcat server solely for running Jenkins.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following things ready:

  • You need a system with at least 4 GB of memory and a Multi-core processor.
  • Depending on how you manage the infrastructure in your team, the machine could be an instance on a cloud platform (such as AWS, DigitalOcean, or any other cloud platform), a bare metal machine, or it could be a VM (on VMware vSphere or any other server virtualization software).
  • The machine should have Ubuntu 16.04 installed on it. Choose...

Installing a standalone Jenkins server on Windows

Installing Jenkins on Windows is quite simple. Before performing the steps to install Jenkins on Windows, let's have a look at the prerequisites.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following things ready:

  • We need a machine with at least 4 GB of RAM and a Multi-core processor.
  • Depending on how you manage the infrastructure in your team, the machine could be an instance on a cloud platform (such as AWS, DigitalOcean, or any other cloud platform), a bare metal machine, or it could be a VM (on VMware vSphere or any other server virtualization software).
  • The machine should have any one of the latest Windows OS (Windows 7/8/10, Windows Server 2012/2012 R2/2016) installed on it.
  • Check for admin privileges; the installation might ask for admin username and password.
  • Make sure port 8080 is open.

Installing Java

Follow these steps to install Java:

  1. Download the latest version of Java JRE (x86 or x64 based on your OS) from https://java.com/en...
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Key benefits

  • • Take advantage of a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery solution to speed up productivity and achieve faster software delivery
  • • See all the new features introduced in Jenkins 2.x, such as Pipeline as code, Multibranch pipeline, Docker Plugin, and more
  • • Learn to implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery by orchestrating multiple DevOps tools using Jenkins

Description

In past few years, agile software development has seen tremendous growth. There is a huge demand for software delivery solutions that are fast yet flexible to numerous amendments. As a result, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) methodologies are gaining popularity. This book starts off by explaining the concepts of CI and its significance in the Agile. Next, you'll learn how to configure and set up Jenkins in many different ways. The book exploits the concept of "pipeline as code" and various other features introduced in the Jenkins 2.x release to their full potential. We also talk in detail about the new Jenkins Blue Ocean interface and the features that help to quickly and easily create a CI pipeline. Then we dive into the various features offered by Jenkins one by one, exploiting them for CI and CD. Jenkins' core functionality and flexibility allows it to fit in a variety of environments and can help streamline the development process for all stakeholders. Next, you'll be introduced to CD and will learn how to achieve it using Jenkins. Through this book's wealth of best practices and real-world tips, you'll discover how easy it is to implement CI and CD using Jenkins.

Who is this book for?

The book is for those with little or no previous experience with Agile or CI and CD. It’s a good starting point for anyone new to this field who wants to leverage the benefits of CI and CD to increase productivity and reduce delivery time. It’s ideal for Build and Release engineers, DevOps engineers, SCM (Software Configuration Management) engineers, developers, testers, and project managers. If you’re already using Jenkins for CI, you can take your project to the next level—CD.

What you will learn

  • • Get to know some of the most popular ways to set up Jenkins
  • • See all the new features introduced in the latest Jenkins, such as pipeline as code, Multibranch pipeline, and more
  • • Manage users, projects, and permissions in Jenkins to ensure better security
  • • Leverage the power of plugins in Jenkins
  • • Learn how to create a CI pipeline using Jenkins Blue Ocean
  • • Create a distributed build farm using Docker and use it with Jenkins
  • • Implement CI and CD using Jenkins
  • • See the difference between CD and Continuous Deployment
  • • Understand the concepts of CI

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Table of Contents

10 Chapters
Concepts of Continuous Integration Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Concepts of Continuous Integration
Software Development Life Cycle
Waterfall model of software development
Agile to the rescue
The Scrum framework
Continuous Integration
Elements of CI
Benefits of using CI
Summary
Installing Jenkins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installing Jenkins
Running Jenkins inside a servlet container
Installing a standalone Jenkins server on Windows
Installing a standalone Jenkins server on Ubuntu
Installing a standalone Jenkins server on Red Hat Linux
Running Jenkins behind a reverse proxy
Running Jenkins on Docker
Creating development and staging instances of Jenkins
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The New Jenkins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The New Jenkins
The Jenkins setup wizard
The new Jenkins pipeline job
Declarative Pipeline syntax
Jenkins pipeline syntax utility
Multibranch pipeline
Jenkins Blue Ocean
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Configuring Jenkins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Configuring Jenkins
The Jenkins Plugin Manager
Jenkins backup and restore
Upgrading Jenkins
User administration
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Distributed Builds Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Distributed Builds
Distributed build and test
The Jenkins Manage Nodes page
Adding Jenkins slaves – standalone Linux machine/VMs
More about the active Jenkins slave
Adding Jenkins slaves – standalone Windows machine/VMs
Adding Jenkins slaves – Docker containers
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Installing SonarQube and Artifactory Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installing SonarQube and Artifactory
Installing and configuring SonarQube
Installing and configuring Artifactory
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Continuous Integration Using Jenkins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Continuous Integration Using Jenkins
Jenkins CI design  
Creating the CI pipeline
Continuous Integration in action
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Continuous Delivery Using Jenkins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Continuous Delivery Using Jenkins
Jenkins CD design
Creating a Docker image – performance testing
Creating a performance test using JMeter
The CD pipeline
CD in action
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Continuous Deployment Using Jenkins
What is Continuous Deployment?
Creating a production server
Installing a Jenkins slave on a production server
Creating a Jenkins Continuous Deployment pipeline
Continuous Delivery in action
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Supporting Tools and Installation Guide
Exposing your localhost server to the internet
Installing Git on Windows/Linux 

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