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Setting up Continuous Integration with Jenkins

Target Audience

• Developers
• QA engineers
• DevOps engineers
• Automation engineers

Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of Linux.
• Understanding of the software development process.
• Bring your own computer where you installed and where you have the rights to install new software.

Objectives

• Understand the role of Continuous Integration in the life-cycle of software projects.
• Create simple Jenkins jobs with and without pipelines

Course Format

• 8 academic hours. (Two half-days or a full day)

Language

• The course is given in Hebrew with slides and materials in English.

Syllabus

1. Install Jenkins master
   • Install Jenkins on a local Linux system or on a cloud based VPS.
   • Install the default plugins
   • Install additional plugins
   • Configuration of Jenkins
   • Backup of Jenkins
   • User administration in Jenkins
2. Create a simple Jenkins Job
   • Create a Jenkins job that runs a shell script on Unix
   • Schedule a job based on polling.
   • Schedule a job based on timer.
   • Schedule a job based on trigger.
3. Create a Pipeline job
   • Create a job using Pipelines manually
   • Add several stages to the pipeline
   • Use plugins to enhance the pipeline
   • Sequencial and parallel steps in a Jenkins pipeline
   • Post stages of pipelines
   • The pipeline editor
   • Blue Ocean
4. Install Jenkins agent
   • Install Jenkins agent
   • Configure jobs to run on the agent
   • Limit the number of processes on the agent
5. Introduction to Groovy
   • Basic Groovy commands that can be used in Jenkins pipelines
6. Jenkins and Git
   • Connecting Git and Jenkins
   • Running Jenkins from Git

Contact

Contact: Gabor Szabo gabor@hostlocal.com
Phone: +972-54-4624648