Lessons Learned in Jenkins Configuration Management
Summary: Managing the configuration of Jenkins—the popular open source, continuous integration and continuous delivery application—is not trivial. Even a small change can make the platform less stable or result in problems. Vishal Sahasrabuddhe talks about his experiences using Jenkins and offers tips to take advantage of its many powerful features to automate deployment and increase productivity and product quality. (Originally published on cmcrossroads.com ) Configuration management requires that you automate application build, package, and deployment. There are many tools used to accomplish these tasks, but Jenkins is one of the most popular open source frameworks employed by teams today. Jenkins is widely used by developers to automate not only application procedures, but also continuous integration and continuous delivery. It comes with many powerful built-in features, and there are also hundreds of plugins that help it integrate with other tools and perfo