Jenkins 2: Building CI/CD Pipelines

• A general understanding of the software development cycle.
• Experience with Jenkins.

Audience

• Software developers
• DevOps engineers
• Build engineers
• Test engineers

Jenkins 2 is an automation server with new features for building end-to-end CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery) pipelines. It extends Jenkins beyond just continuous integration (CI). Jenkins 2 brings forth the capability to do continuous delivery (CD).

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers who wish to use Jenkins 2 to build pipelines that automate the process of moving an application from development to production.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Jenkins 2.
• Adopt a declarative script approach to defining every step of the software build and deployment process.
• Automatically generate application builds when software is checked into a version control system.
• Automatically kick off the compiling, testing, and packaging of a software application.
• Quickly respond to notifications and reports when things go wrong.
• Install additional plugins to extend Jenkins.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction

• Jenkins vs Jenkins 2

Setting up Jenkins 2

• Installing Jenkins
• Running Jenkins
• Running Jenkins in Docker
• Setting up the project folder structure

Overview of Jenkins 2 Features and Architecture

• Project, view, queue, executor
• Pipeline as code using new DSL (Domain Specific Language)
• The Jenkins 2 Plugin Ecosystem

Navigating the Jenkins Interface

• Visualize an artifact across an entire pipeline

Creating a Build, Test and Deploy Pipeline

• Modeling the software delivery pipeline
• Version controlling DSL code

Building and Application

• Creating a Project
• Creating, enabling, disabling jobs, and deleting jobs
• Installing the build tool plug-in
• Building, inspecting, and scheduling builds

Testing the Application

• Installing the test tool plug-in
• Running a unit test
• Reviewing the results

Deploying the Application

• Configuring a repository plug-in
• Publishing the application
• Reviewing the results

Collaborating with Team Members

• Sharing Pipelines
• Defining different pipelines for different features

Securing Jenkins

• Enabling/disabling security
• Overview of roles
• Adding users

Scaling Jenkins

• Running Jenkins as a distributed application

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion