What
is Jenkins?
Jenkins is an leading open source
continuous integration server built with Java developed by Hudson lab. It is
cross-platform and can be used on Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Solaris
environments.
Specifically for a test only project, it is
used to schedule jobs for regression testing without manual intervention and
hence monitor infrastructural and functional health of a application. It can be
used like a scheduler for integration testing and also can be used to validate
new deployments/environments on a single click on a Build now button .
Advantages
:
·
Jenkins is an open source tool
with much support from its community.
·
Installation is easier.
·
It has more than 1000 plug-in
to make the work easier.
·
It is easy to create new
Jenkins plugin if one is not available.
·
It is a tool which is written
in Java. Hence it can be portable to almost all major platforms.
Installation:
1.
Download Jenkins.war file from
this link
2.
Copy the downloaded file and
paste it in C Drive
3.
Open the command prompt and
change directory to where the “Jenkins.war” copied using cd..
4.
In my case I kept my .war in C
drive hence after opening the command prompt I am tying cd.. for 2 times to
navigate to C drive where .war was copied
5.
Type java –jar Jenkins.war and hit enter button
1.
Below message will display :
1.
Once Jenkins is up and running
then in the browser open this URL : http://localhost:8080
2.
When we open above URL it will
ask password by specifying a location , goto that location and the get the
security key and update it in password and click on next button
3.
Below screen will display after
successful login :
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