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Jenkins is an open source automation server written in Java. The project was forked from Hudson after a dispute with Oracle.

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for dev-util/jenkins-bin The leading open source automation server

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Emerge

root #emerge --ask dev-util/jenkins-bin

Configuration

First configuration

Open http://localhost:8080 with a web browser and follow the first configuration steps.

General configuration

The main configuration dashboard is at http://localhost:8080/manage.

Security

The security configuration page is accessible on the configuration dashboard, or directly on http://localhost:8080/configureSecurity/.

Allow remote CLI

To allow anybody to connect with CLI, you need to activate two options. The first is "Allow anonymous read access" in "Authorisations" section. The second is "Enable CLI over Remoting" in the "CLI" section.

Usage

Service

systemd

For a oneshot start:

root #systemctl start jenkins

To enable the service at each startup:

root #systemctl enable jenkins

Access from the command-line

You must have remote CLI option activated.

Download http://localhost:8080/jnlpJars/jenkins-cli.jar.

To obtain the list of possible commands, open a console or a terminal and enter:

user $java -jar jenkins-cli.jar -s http://localhost:8080/ help