Jenkins

Install Jenkins

1. Download the latest Jenkins war file here.

Run and Configure Jenkins

1. Run Jenkins with the command java -jar jenkins.war. To change the default port of the web interface of Jenkins, use the argument --httpPort=$port.
   

   For example, java -jar jenkins.war --httpPort=12345

2. Open url http://server:port in browser to configure Jenkins. In the last example, it is http://localhost:12345.

3. Download and install plugins following the steps below.

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   3. Switch to the available tag and search for the plugin. In this example, the Github Project plugin is installed to integrate Jenkins with projects on github.

      

      Click on the install button

      

   4. After the installation is finished, you can configure jobs to use existing Github projects.

Create Jobs

In this simple example, a job is created to compile a c program and run it.

1. Create a Job at

2. Choose free-style project and name it.

   

3. The following setting page should show. Ignore most of them for now and go to the build section.

   

4. Choose execute shell.

   

5. Enter simple shell commands that compile and run a hello world c program.

   

6. Click save and the job should appear in the dashboard.

   

7. Click on the job and go to the configuration page.

   Click and the project will be built with the preconfigured build-steps.

   A new successfully built record should appear in the project's build history.

   

References

Jenkins Website

Install Jenkins

Start and Configure Jenkins