Running Jenkins on AWS

Course details

Learn how to create and move a master instance of Jenkins to the cloud-based servers of AWS (Amazon Web Services). In this course, instructor Michael Jenkins covers steps for setting up Jenkins, creating a build environment, connecting with webhooks, using a deployment service, and shutting down AWS resources. First, Michael shows you how to create a master instance of Jenkins, including how to configure a security group, a NGINX reverse proxy, and your Jenkins master instance. Next, he steps through creating a build environment and connect the Jenkins master server to the build server. Michael explains what a webhook is and how you can create and test one. He goes over how to deploy using Elastic Beanstalk. Finally, Michael discusses how to stop or remove AWS resources.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Running Jenkins on AWS
02 - What you should know
03 - What's new in this update

1. Set Up Jenkins

04 - Create a security group
05 - Create a key pair
06 - Create the Jenkins EC2 instance
07 - Install Java, Jenkins, NGINX
08 - Configure NGINX
09 - Configure Jenkins
10 - Challenge - Set up a Jenkins master server
11 - Solution - Set up a Jenkins master server

2. Create a Build Environment

12 - Plan the build environment
13 - Create an IAM role for the build server
14 - Create a security group and key pair for the build server
15 - Create the build server
16 - Connect the Jenkins master to the build server
17 - Challenge - Set up a build server
18 - Solution - Set up a build server

3. Connect Jenkins with Webhooks

19 - Plan the CI CD pipeline
20 - What's a webhook
21 - Create and test a webhook
22 - Challenge - Connect Jenkins to GitHub
23 - Solution - Connect Jenkins to GitHub

4. Deployment to Elastic Beanstalk

24 - Create an Elastic Beanstalk application
25 - Download the application code
26 - Create a GitHub repository for the application code
27 - Create a freestyle job to deploy code from GitHub, part 1
28 - Create a freestyle job to deploy code from GitHub, part 2
29 - Deploy to Elastic Beanstalk from GitHub
30 - Challenge - Deploy to Elastic Beanstalk from GitHub
31 - Solution - Deploy to Elastic Beanstalk from GitHub

5. Shutting Down AWS Resources

32 - Stop or remove AWS resources
33 - Challenge - Decommission your Jenkins servers
34 - Solution - Decommission your Jenkins servers

Conclusion

35 - Next steps