Jenkins Essential Training

Course details

If you want to build, deploy, and implement continuous delivery as code, you’ve likely heard about Jenkins, the popular DevOps suite known for its open-source extensibility and ease of use. Jenkins also lets you automate your entire enterprise as a software delivery pipeline. In this course, instructor Michael Jenkins shows you the fundamentals of navigating the platform so you can start automating builds and testing and securing deployments.

Learn about the core functions of Jenkins, progressing from intermediate to more advanced use cases and highlighting best practices and customization tips. Find out how to create a pipeline, integrate Jenkins with version control systems, distribute agents like Docker containers, run and publish tests, produce artifacts for review, and secure your DevOps loop by configuring users and permissions. Try out your new skills along the way in the challenges at the end of each section.

Concepts

Introduction

From code to production with Jenkins
What you should know

Jenkins and DevOps

Jenkins and the DevOps lifecycle
Challenge - Deploy a Jenkins server
Solution - Deploy a Jenkins server

The Jenkins Pipeline

Create a pipeline project
Create a declarative pipeline
Use the pipeline Snippet Generator
Use variables in a pipeline
Parameterize a pipeline
Use conditional expressions and manual approvals
Challenge - Develop a parameterized pipeline
Solution - Develop a parameterized pipeline

Integrate Jenkins with Version Control Systems

Pipeline as code with Jenkinsfile
Connect Jenkins to GitHub
Run scripts from the pipeline
Add a status badge to Markdown files
Challenge - Connect Jenkins to GitHub
Solution - Connect Jenkins to GitHub

Agents and Distributed Builds

Distribute builds with agents
Add an SSH agent to Jenkins
Add Docker agents to Jenkins
Challenge - Improve a Docker agent pipeline
Solution - Improve a Docker agent pipeline

Artifacts and Testing

Artifacts and fingerprinting
Publish test results and code coverage reports
Use test results to stop a build
Challenge - Create artifacts and reports
Solution - Create artifacts and reports

Securing Jenkins

Secure Jenkins with user accounts
Configure project-based permissions
Use secrets and credentials
Challenge - Configure users and permissions
Solution - Configure users and permissions

Conclusion

Next steps