What is Jenkins ?

• Jenkins is an open-source automation tool
• it is an continues integration tool.
• It lets you execute a series of actions to achieve the continuous integration process.
• Jenkins can integrate every Devops tools such as Jira, git,Sonarqube etc.
• it can perform automatically the build and test and gives immediate feedback
•  making it easier for users to obtain a fresh build.
• it can also schedule and gives feedback.
• Jenkins releases are, Jenkins, enterprise Jenkins, Jenkinsx, and blueocean.
• Jenkins is the community version and free.
• it is developed in java.
• platform independent.
• powered by very strong community.
• in Jenkins everything is optional
• it is extremely easy to install and use
• powered by 1000+ plugins(100+ features)

Most Popular Plugins in Jenkins

• Kubernetes.
• Swarm.
• Amazon Elastic Container Service.
• Azure Container Service.
• Dashboard View.
• View Job Filters.
• Folders.
• Jira.
• Performance
• Performance Publisher
• Build Pipeline
• Mailer
• Monitor