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Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins

You're reading from   Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins A beginner's guide to implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using Jenkins 2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788479356
Length 362 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Nikhil Pathania Nikhil Pathania
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Preface 1. Concepts of Continuous Integration 2. Installing Jenkins FREE CHAPTER 3. The New Jenkins 4. Configuring Jenkins 5. Distributed Builds 6. Installing SonarQube and Artifactory 7. Continuous Integration Using Jenkins 8. Continuous Delivery Using Jenkins 9. Continuous Deployment Using Jenkins 10. Supporting Tools and Installation Guide

The Jenkins Plugin Manager


Jenkins derives most of its power from plugins. Jenkins plugins are pieces of software that upon installation enhance the Jenkins functionality. A plugin that is installed inside Jenkins manifests itself as a parameter or a configurable item inside a Jenkins job or inside the Jenkins system configuration, or event as a step under the Snippet Generator (in case it's compatible with the Declarative Pipeline syntax).

The following screenshot shows the Jenkins system configuration. It's a setting to configure the SonarQube tool (a static code analysis tool). The respective configuration is available only after installing the Jenkins plugin for SonarQube:

SonarQube settings inside Jenkins system configuration

There is a special section inside Jenkins to manage plugins. In this section, we will learn how to manage plugins using the Jenkins Plugin Manager:

  1. From the Jenkins dashboard click on Manage Jenkins.
  2. Once on the Manage Jenkins page, click on Manage Plugins. You can...
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