Jenkins User Management
- Authentication Methods
- Delegate to Servlet container
- Jenkins own user database
- LDAP
- Unix user/group database
- Creating users inside jenkins
- Configuring authorization
- Logged in users can do anything
- Matrix Security
- Project Based Security
- Role based Security (Plugin needs to be installed)
Global Tool Configuration
- Jenkins offers Global tool configurations and also provides some installers for JDK, maven, gradle etc
- Best Practice:
- Install the tools manually and configure them in Global tools rather than using automated installers
Build Executors and Queues
Distributed Builds
