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Jenkins 2.x Continuous Integration Cookbook

You're reading from Jenkins 2.x Continuous Integration Cookbook Over 90 recipes to produce great results using pro-level practices, techniques, and solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788297943

Length 438 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Jenkins

Concepts

Continuous Integration

Authors (2):

Mitesh Soni

Berg

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

Foreword

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Dedication

Preface

1. Getting Started with Jenkins FREE CHAPTER

2. Management and Monitoring of Jenkins

3. Managing Security

4. Improving Code Quality

5. Building Applications in Jenkins

6. Continuous Delivery

7. Continuous Testing

8. Orchestration

9. Jenkins UI Customization

10. Processes that Improve Quality

Understanding JENKINS_HOME directory

In this recipe, we will discuss the directories in the JENKINS_HOME directory.

Getting ready

Locate the JENKINS_HOME directory from the Environment Variables, or go to the default locations where JENKINS_HOME is available in different operating systems.

How to do it...

You have many files and directories in the JENKINS_HOME directory. We will give brief information on some important files and directories:

The following are some important files and directories in the JENKINS_HOME directory:

`config.xml`	Jenkins root configuration file
fingerprints	It stores fingerprint records, if any
plugins	It is a root directory for all Jenkins plugins
jobs	It is a root directory for all Jenkins jobs
logs	It stores all log files
secrets	It is a root directory for the secret + key for credential decryption
users	It stores all user-related details in Jenkins
war	It stores all details related to the `JENKINS_WAR` file
workspace	It stores all the and artifacts related to different build jobs, and it moves content to jobs directory when archiving elements.

See also

In the JENKINS_HOME directory, open config.xml in any of the text editors and review the options available in the file.

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Authors (2)

Mitesh Soni

Mitesh Soni

Mitesh Soni has 8 years of experience in managing software for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems in production environment. He started working as a professional with DevOps from 2013 and has worked on several live projects related to DevOps. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessiogarofalo

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Berg

Berg

Alan Mark Berg, BSc, MSc, PGCE, has been the lead developer at Central Computer Services at the University of Amsterdam since 1998. He is currently working in an Innovation Work Group that accelerates the creation of new and exciting services. In his famously scarce spare time, he writes. Alan has a bachelor's degree, two master's degrees, a teaching qualification, and quality assurance certifications. He has also coauthored two Packt Publishing books about Sakai , a highly successful open source learning management platform used by millions of students around the world. He has won a couple of awards, including the Sakai Fellowship and Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA). Alan enjoys working with talent; this forces him to improve his own competencies. This motivation is why Alan enjoys working in energetic, open source communities of interest. At the time of writing, he is on the board of directors of the Apereo Foundation and is the community officer for its Learning Analytics Initiative.In previous incarnations, Alan was a QA director, a technical writer, an Internet/Linux course writer, a product line development officer, and a teacher. He likes to get his hands dirty with building, gluing systems, exploring data, and turning it into actionable information. He remains agile by ruining various development and acceptance environments and generally rampaging through the green fields of technological opportunity.

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