Advanced Jenkins

Prerequisites for the Jenkins Advanced course:

• Understanding of Jenkins basic features and capabilities (recommended training: Jenkins Fundamentals)
• Basic knowledge of distributed version control systems (Git Fundamentals)

Nice to have:

• Required skills include running Unix commands, navigating the file system, and creating and editing text files
• Prior experience in developing web applications

Jenkins Advanced course covers advanced topics related to working with Jenkins CI.

This course is designed to prepare for the exam certification in order to become a certified Professional Release Engineer.

Module 1: Git/github recap

Module 2: Integrate your Docker SSH server with Jenkins
– Run your Jenkins job on your Docker remote host through SSH
– Introduction: Jenkins + Ansible
– Install Ansible: Docker + Jenkins
– Integrate Ansible and Jenkins (Ansible Plugin)
– Learn how to execute Playbooks from a Jenkins Job
– Add parameters to Ansible and Jenkins

Module 3: Pipelines
– Create a Jar for your Maven App using Docker
– Create a Dockerfile and build an image with your Jar
– Create a Docker Compose file to automate the Image build process
– Learn how to test your code using Maven and Docker
– Create a bash script to automate the test process

Module 4: Jenkins CI beyond the basics

Module 5: Jenkins REST API overview
– XML API
– JSON API
– Creating jobs with Jenkins API–python sdk

Module 6: Using groovy with Jenkins
– Groovy script console
– Groovy jobs

Module 7: Groovy with dynamic parameters
– Post build groovy plugin

Module 8: Using Shared Libraries in Jenkins
– Scripted Pipeline
– Using a Jenkinsfile
– Multibranch Pipelines
– Introduction to Shared Libraries – Restart from a Stage

Module 9: Jenkins Security
– Authentication
– Authorization
– Accounting
– Global Security Settings
– Managing Credentials
– Security Best Practices

Module 10: Debugging Jenkins with system logs

Module 11: Monitoring Jenkins