Installing Jenkins 2 on Azure

Microsoft is one of the most popular cloud providers in recent times. Let's try to install Jenkins on Azure.

Getting ready

You need to have a Microsoft Azure subscription for Jenkins installation on Azure. A free trial for one month is also available:

1. Go to https://jenkins.io.</span>
2. Click on Download.

How to do it...

Let's see how to install Jenkins on Azure:

1. Click on the Deploy to Azure link on the Jenkins download page:

2. It will you to Marketplace.
3. Verify the Pricing plans and categories involved in it on the same page.
4. Click on GET IT NOW. These steps are demonstrated in the following screenshot:

5. In the Create this app in tab, on Continue:

6. If you already have the subscription, then with the username and password.
7. Deployment model is already selected.
8. Click on Create:

9. Provide Password, Jenkins type, and Subscription details, as in this next screenshot:

10. Select Create new and Resource group name.
11. Select the Location as per preference.
12. Click on OK:

13. Select the Size on the requirement.
14. Provide a Domain namelabel.
15. Click OK:

16. Review the selection.
17. Automated will be executed on your selection.
18. Click on OK:

19. Review the Template link available before clicking on the Purchase button:

20. Once ready, click on Purchase:

21. In the portal, click on the Resource groups you have created. Review the resources that are being created one by one. Review the in the Overview section.

22. Click the JenkinsIP and visit the name associated with it:

23. Download PuTTY or any other ssh client so we can connect to the URL mentioned in the Jenkins page.
24. Go to the location where putty.exe is available.
25. Execute the command given on the Jenkins page in command prompt.

26. Select Yes in PuTTY Security Alert:

27. Open the and navigate to the URL, http://localhost:8080.
28. It will for the Administrator password:

29. In the PuTTY window, execute the cat command to get details of the file mentioned for the Administrator password.
30. Replace that in the Administrator password and click on Continue:

31. Click on Install suggested plugins:

32. Once all are installed successfully, Create First Admin User. Click Save and Finish, as in this next screenshot:

33. Now, the setup completed. Click on Start using Jenkins:

34. Finally, we are at the dashboard screen:

How it works...

Behind the scene, the template all the resources that are required to host Jenkins, including virtual network, network security group, virtual machine, and so on, based on the best practices; and then is installed and configured in a secured environment in Microsoft Azure.