DevOps Classroom Series – 14/May/2020

Usage of Jenkins Node in Enterprise

• In Enterprise, we will have a HA Jenkins Master and lot of nodes.
• Every Node will have a Label. Label can be
  • Project Name
  • Technology (Ansible/Git/Maven etc)
  • Environment (DEV/TEST/UAT/PROD)
• When we create a Job, we ensure to select right labels to get the job executed.
• Generally no jobs apart from Jenkins administrative Jobs run on master.

Add a Windows Node to Jenkins Master

• Refer Here

Jenkins Plugins

• Plugins are means of enhancing the functionality of Jenkins. Mostly UI Functionality
• Installing Plugin necessarily might not mean software installation.
• Installing Plugins
• Plugins can be installed from files. Plugin extensions are
  • hpi (hudson plugin interface)
  • jpi ( jenkins plugin interface)
• Installing Plugins
  • Thinbackup => Jenkins Backup

Jenkins CLI

• Jenkins Jobs Can be managed from Jenkins-CLI as well
• Refer Here
• Navigate to Manage Jenkins => Jenkins CLI
• This CLI works but there is a better way to use Jenkins other than CLI

Jenkins Rest API

• In the footer section of the Jenkins Web Page, Jenkins Rest API Docs is available
• Use Jenkins Rest API over CLI
• For example Refer Over Here