Jenkins

Tested Versions:

• Fedora: 17 x86_64
• Jenkins: 1.470

Official documentation:
https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Installing+Jenkins

 

A. Install:

1. Add the Jenkins repository:

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wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins.repo
rpm --import http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins-ci.org.key

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2. Install the packages:

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yum -y install \

jenkins \

xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

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3. Start and check the server:

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/etc/init.d/jenkins start

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Check at the url below:
http://localhost:8080/

B. Make it run permanently as a stand-alone daemon:

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chkconfig --level 345 jenkins on

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4. Network problems:

In case your network does not work properly try adding the following line to your Jenkins setup file [/etc/sysconfig/jenkins]:

JENKINS_JAVA_OPTIONS="${JENKINS_JAVA_OPTIONS} -D-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"

5. Important files:

Configuration:
/etc/sysconfig/jenkins
Logs:
/var/log/jenkins/jenkins.log

C. Running on an existing Tomcat instance:

1. Stop any running stand-alone Jenkins instance

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/etc/init.d/jenkins stop

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2. Do not let Jenkins start automatically as a daemon:

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chkconfig --level 345 jenkins off

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3. Deploy Jenkins application:

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cp /usr/lib/jenkins/jenkins.war /var/lib/tomcat/webapps/

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4. Restart and enable Tomcat as service:

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systemctl restart tomcat.service

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systemctl enable tomcat.service

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5. Check if it is running:

http://localhost:8080/jenkins/

6. Log files:

/var/log/tomcat/catalina.out
/var/log/tomcat/*

7. Network problems:

In case your network does not work properly try adding the following line to your TomCat setup file [/etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf]:

JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"