Jenkins Installation and Management

References

Installation

wget -q -O - http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/debian/jenkins-ci.org.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/debian-stable binary/ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jenkins.list'
sudo apt update
sudo apt install jenkins

Starting Jenkins

sudo systemctl start jenkins
sudo systemctl status jenkins   # to see status

Opening the Firewall

(install ssh)

sudo ufw allow OpenSSH
sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw allow 8080
sudo ufw status

Setting Up Jenkins

  1. Open your browser and navigate to http://your_server_ip_or_domain:8080.

  2. To get the initial admin password, run the following command:

    sudo cat /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword
  3. Follow the instructions in the DigitalOcean blog for security (SSL).

Status, Start, Stop, Restart

sudo systemctl status jenkins.service
sudo systemctl start jenkins.service
sudo systemctl stop jenkins.service
sudo systemctl restart jenkins.service

Auto start at boot time

sudo systemctl disable jenkins.service
sudo systemctl enable jenkins.service   # by default it is enabled