Jenkins Tool is a software that allows continuous integration. Jenkins tool will be installed on a server where the central build will take place. The following flowchart demonstrates a very simple workflow of how Jenkins works.
Along with Jenkins tool, sometimes, one might also see the association of Hudson. Hudson is a very popular open-source Java-based continuous integration tool developed by Sun Microsystems which was later acquired by Oracle. After the acquisition of Sun by Oracle, a fork was created from the Hudson source code, which brought about the introduction of Jenkins.
What is Continuous Integration?
Continuous Integration is a development practice that requires developers to integrate code into a shared repository at regular intervals. This concept was meant to remove the problem of finding later occurrence of issues in the build lifecycle. Continuous integration requires the developers to have frequent builds. The common practice is that whenever a code commit occurs, a build should be triggered.
Install Jenkins Tool
Download only the war file and copy the war file to your TOMCAT/webapp folder. It will automatically get installed. Now your Jenkins is available to you at localhost:8080/jenkin
Install the recommended pluggins
Create First Admin User in Jenkins Tool
Now Configure Jenkins tool using the Manage Jenkins menu
Once Jenkins is up and running, one can access Jenkins from the link − http://localhost:8080
This link will bring up the Jenkins dashboard.
Check Installed Pluggins
Jenkins and Tomcat Setup
Copy the Jenkis.war file which was downloaded from the previous section and copy it to the webapps folder in the tomcat folder.
Now open the command prompt. From the command prompt, browse to the directory where the tomcat7 folder is location. Browse to the bin directory in this folder and run the start.bat file
E:Appstomcat7bin>startup.bat
Once the processing is complete without major errors, the following line will come in the output of the command prompt.
INFO: Server startup in 1302 ms
Open the browser and go to the link − http://localhost:8080/jenkins. Jenkins will be up and running on tomcat.