Configuring Linux Nodes to Jenkins Master

Adding Ubuntu Node to Jenkins Master

• Jenkins Master is up and running
• Create one more ubuntu VM in the same network
• Login into the ubuntu vm and create a user jenkins, enable password authentication.
• Install JDK and maven
• Login into Jenkins master as Jenkins user and try to ssh into newly added node
• Add the node to the Jenkins master. Select Manage Jenkins => Manage Nodes => New Node
• Configure the new node using known host strategy (bcoz we already have known hosts) and add a Label MAVEN.
• Add the credential username with password.
• Now lets try to build a java application on this NOde
• Create new Jenkins Freestyle project and restrict where this project is built in General Section
• Configure the other sections to have build steps and click on build now

Exercise-1

• Add a Centos node to Jenkins master

Adding Downstream Jobs to Jenkins Job

• Downstream job is job which gets executed after completion of other job (eg: job A completion triggers Job B, B is Downstream to A and A is upstream to B)
• Navigate to post build sections and select as shown below
• Enter the project name that has to be executed