DevOps Classroom Series – 14/Jul/2021

The Jenkins Plugin Manager

• Jenkins derives most of its power from plugins. A plugin is a piece of software that upon installation will enhance the Jenkins functionality.

• Jenkins Plugin Manager

• Updating existing plugins

• Installing plugins

• Lets assume your organization is using subversion as version control system

• Manually installing a Jenkins Plugin:

  • In Some cases we need to install the Jenkins Plugin
  • Jenkins plugins file extension will be of type .jpi (jenkins plugin interface) or .hpi (hudson plugin interface)

• Jenkins plugin index Refer Here

Jenkins Backup and restore

• All of the Jenkins data is stored in the Jenkins home directory
  • /var/lib/jenkins
• Most easiest way of taking backup is create a sync of jenkins home directory in some other system
• Sample Highly Available Jenkins setup
• Periodic Backups of Jenkins using Plugins
• Configuring periodic backup
  • Manage Jenkins => Periodic Backup Manager
  • Now click configure and ensure we have a folder for backups and provide the information as discussed in the class.