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👋 Warm Welcome 🤗 to my dear DevOps DevSecOps /SRE engineers here in this post we will exploring about Jenkins configured to run a full fledged CI/CD flow. Preparation for CI/CD The full length end-to-end automation can be done with the Jenkins Jobs. We need to identify how the dependencies forms the Job chain, what job become upstream and what all jobs can be downstream to which job also you need to plan as per your project needs. Here I'm taking the scenario where Java based web application package and deployment to different environments such as QA, Staging and for Production with approval to run the Build. The sequence of steps involved in this process are: Install Tomcat server  Using Jenkins CICD job deploy  Install Tomcat Server on a VM/Cloud instance Here the VM/Cloud instance assuming as Ubuntu Linux machine. d Step 1: Install JRE/Java To install Tomcat on any Platform there should be JRE available. To have JRE we do install JDK which is suitable to the Tomca...

 Git integration with Jenkins the main objective here is how GitHub connects with Jenkins, once build tool maven works and then Java artifacts generated ready for deploy the application (.war file). This post is 2 mins read. Jenkins integration with GitHub Code repo build with maven Prerequisites: You should have been Signup either on GitHub or Bitbucket GitHub repo url: https://github.com/BhavaniShekhar/my-app Global Tool configuration To configure the following we have installed on the Jenkins Master here I've used CentOS box. And while configuring these we need to provide the installed location for each. Java - defined name as LocalJDK8 or JDK8 /JDK11/JDK18 Maven - defined name can be as LocalMaven or maven3 Git - name defined as LocalGit or default  How to configure JDK as Global tool in Jenkins? You need to navigate in the Jenkins Dashboard select Manage Jenkins and from the options select Configure Global tools. In the Configure Global tool  page goto the JDK s...

Hello Everyone! Here I will give some real use cases where the Jenkins integration with Sidebar Links requirement for a Jenkins Project.  Case 1: Your project might have a complete build strategy defined and it is shared on a Confluence page or common documentation platform. This document need to be linked to the Jenkins Job. Case 2 : Your QA team want to have all the jobs which they want to access on a single page. Even though you have placed all the QA-related jobs into a View. The solution is using Sidebar Link to the View from the Job. Case 3: A QA team working on two different Product testings where you have the two separate Jobs, but in the Organization the jobs are grown where a listing of all jobs will make difficult to search for the second job. instead of searching for the second job if we have the second job on the first job page then QA team life will be easy.  How to use Sidebar Links in a Jenkins Job? Sidebar link can be used for linking following: Documentation...

Hello, Dear DevOps Automation enthusiast! This post is intended targeted to those who have just started the journey in the Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment on the Cloud Platforms or On-premises environments. Pre-requisites Latest Stable version of Jenkins installed   Jenkins Master is in  running state  on your machine/VM/Cloud instance Able to login to the Jenkins Console In the left pane, you can click on 'New Item' or Click on the 'Start Using Jenkins' link. The welcome screen shows a link to create a new job! Jenkins First Job Project creation You need to enter the value for  Name for the build project Type of project Freestyle Project Pipeline Multi-configuration Project Folder GitHub Organization Multibranch Pipeline Enter the name of the project, Select the ' Freestyle project ' for the first time and click on the 'OK' button. New page loads with 6 sections/tabs for build project inputs. Job Configuration Sections In ...

Hello Guys, Jenkins CI/CD enthusiast, In this post, I would like to discuss the implementation of Jenkins Continuous Integration automatic build triggers. Where Jenkins master will be stay connected with the GitHub server with an API token based authentication. To connect with GitHub server we need a personal access token. Webhook for GitHub and Jenkins integration Create token credentials GitHub server configuration Webhook is a wonderful solution that will keep track of changes that made to the GitHub repo and notify the Jenkins Master. If we create the item or freestyle project will be triggered automatically. Create token credentials  Login into the Jenkins console, Click on the left pane - "Manage jenkins" link. Select the "System Configure" navigates to the new page where you need scroll down till you found the GitHub section. First we will create the token, look for the "Advanced" button on the rightside. Additional actions: 'C...