Jenkins Fundamentals

Module 1: Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment
– DevOps Culture
– DevOps Tools overview
– Continuous Integration
– Continuous Delivery
– Continuous Deployment
– Delivery vs. Deployment


Module 2: Introduction to Jenkins
– What is Jenkins?
– Why Jenkins?
– Key aspects of Jenkins


Module 3: Jenkins architecture
– Jenkins architecture
– Jenkins Terminology


Module 4: Installing Jenkins
– Prerequisites
– Installation steps
Hands-on Lab: Installing Jenkins on the assigned machines


Module 5: Overview of the Jenkins UI
– Main menu explained
– New item menu
– People menu
– Build history menu
– Manage Jenkins menu
– My Views menu
– Job Status and job store
Demo:
– Walkthrough the different menus and UI elements of Jenkins
– Learn what different icons mean and where you should go when searching for various information


Module 6: Jenkins server configuration
– Manage Plugins
– Configure Credentials
– Configure System
– System Information
– Global Tool Configuration
Demo:
– Installing new plugins and checking what plugins are already installed on the server
– Learn where you can find the various configuration options for those plugins


Module 7: Creating your first Job
– Jenkins job Terminology
– Your first Jenkins job walkthrough
– Post-build actions
– Build other projects
Hands-on Lab:
– Creating Jobs in Jenkins
– Use Jenkins to create a set of simple tasks that the server should be able to execute
– Learn how different jobs can trigger the execution of other jobs and what kind of information does Jenkins expose for each task that has been executed


Module 8: Environmental variables
– What is an environment variable?
– Environment variable types
– Access the value of a variable
– Local vs. Global


Module 9: Parameterized jobs
– What are Parameterized jobs?
– Create simple Parameter
– POST Method
– Trigger other build with parameters
Hands-on Lab:
– Parameterized Jobs
– Learn how to use parameters for your Jenkins jobs and also make use of the available environment variables
– Customize the type of the parameters and create dynamic ones by making use of available plugins and scripting
– Pass parameters to other Jenkins jobs programmatically


Module 10: Email integration for notification
– E-mail Service Configuration
– E-mail Notifier
– E-mail extension Plugin
Demo:
– Integrate Jenkins with Gmail services
– Short introduction to the types of configurations needed to configure an email server with your Jenkins server. These steps can be used to integrate any emailing service
– Customize the contents of the email and the targeted recipients


Module 11: GitHub integration as Version Control tool
– Version Control System
– GitHub
– VCS Workflow
– Key benefits of VCS
– Jenkins with GitHub
– Pre-requirements for GitHub Integration
Hands-on Lab:
– Given a git repository that has webhooks registered (GitHub will be used because these are preconfigured)
– Learn how Jenkins can clone the contents of that repository in a workspace and use the files located there to complete one of its tasks
– Jenkins can also execute certain actions, such as auto building a job on a git push, based on the webhooks that are configured on the repository


Module 12: Generating jobs using scripts
– What is a seed job?
– Create and configure seed jobs
– GitHub and seed jobs
Hands-on Lab:
– Make use of DSL scripts (part of a Jenkins plugin) to programmatically generate Jenkins jobs
– Run the scripts from a remote location by using a service such as Git
– Understand how this functionality can allow you to create and administrate a very large number of jobs at the same time through the power of scripts


Module 13: Parallel Builds using pipelines
– What is a Pipeline Job?
– How to write a Pipeline Script
Hands-on Lab:
– Creating pipelines in Jenkins
– Isolate build steps of a more complex task that you want to execute. Use the built in Pipeline Syntax tool to generate a pipeline script
– Dispatch and execute only parts of your pipeline on other nodes or in parallel to further optimize the time spent executing the job
– Learn how the logs exposed by Jenkins in pipelines can improve the way you debug the failure of a task


Module 14: Using Maven as a build tool
– What is Maven?
– How Maven works
– Prerequisites for Maven Integration
– Creating a Maven Project
– Creating a pipeline that includes Maven


Module 15: Define building and testing steps
Demo: Creating a simple pipeline that takes a Maven project and creates and tests a build


Module 16: Create a complete pipeline that tests a build and stores if for deployment
Hands-on Lab:
– Creating a pipeline that creates and archives a build of an application
– Maven will be used as a build tool and the project is located on a remote Git repository
– Combine all the accumulated knowledge into one complex task


Module 17: Adding slave nodes
– What is a Slave node and why use it?
– How to create a Slave node
Hands-on Lab:
– Expand the Jenkins architecture by adding new nodes
– Create a connection between the Jenkins master server and the newly created node
– Learn how different machines communicate with each other and what are the prerequisites when thinking of creating a new machine