CloudBees University: Jenkins Administration

About this course

Learn the fundamentals of Jenkins Administration. The course consists of lectures with follow-along labs plus lab exercises that allow you to practice what you have learned.

Scope of the course

How to efficiently administer Jenkins
Best practices
Where to find additional information
This course covers open source features available in Jenkins

Audience

Beginner and intermediate Pipeline Developers
QA Engineers
Build and Release Engineers
Technical Project Managers
Architects

Prerequisites

Students should have some familiarity with ancillary technologies that are used in this course:
- Docker
- Git
- Java
- Apache Maven, Gradle, Apache Ant or npm
- Apache Groovy

Duration

This training will take approximately 8 - 12 hours to complete.

Curriculum8 Hours

Getting Started
Course Structure
Install Lab Environment
Installation
Requirements and Planning
Install Jenkins
Jenkins Upgrades
Using the Manage Jenkins Screens
Manage Jenkins
Lab: Configuring Global Tools
Manage Plugins
Plugins
Lab: Installing Necessary Plugins
Build Notifications
Configure Notifications
Masters, Nodes, and Agents
Distributed Build Architecture
Labs: Distributed Jenkins Builds
Security
Security Overview
Authentication
Authorization
Accounting
Global Security Settings
Managing Credentials
Security Best Practices
Lab: Enable and Configure Jenkins Security
Folders
Organize Builds
Labs: Organize your jobs with Folders and Views
Monitoring
Monitor Jenkins
Backups
Backup and Restore
Automate Tasks with CLI and API
Automate Jenkins
Lab: Jenkins Command Line Interface
Other
Your Certificate of Completion

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