Jenkins 2.x Continuous Integration Cookbook - Third Edition: Over 90 recipes to produce great results using pro-level practices, techniques, and solutions

Get a problem-solution approach enriched with code examples for practical and easy comprehensionAbout This BookExplore the use of more than 40 best-of-breed plug-ins for improving efficiencySecure and maintain Jenkins 2.x by integrating it with LDAP and CAS, which is a Single Sign-on solutionEfficiently build advanced pipelines with pipeline as code, thus increasing your team's productivityWho This Book Is ForIf you are a Java developer, a software architect, a technical project manager, a build manager, or a development or QA engineer, then this book is ideal for you. A basic understanding of the software development life cycle and Java development is needed, as well as a rudimentary understanding of Jenkins.What You Will LearnInstall and Configure Jenkins 2.x on AWS and AzureExplore effective ways to manage and monitor Jenkins 2.xSecure Jenkins 2.x using Matrix-based SecurityDeploying a WAR file from Jenkins 2.x to Azure App Services and AWS BeanstalkAutomate deployment of application on AWS and Azure PaaSContinuous Testing – Unit Test Execution, Functional Testing and Load TestingIn DetailJenkins 2.x is one of the most popular Continuous Integration servers in the market today. It was designed to maintain, secure, communicate, test, build, and improve the software development process.This book will begin by guiding you through steps for installing and configuring Jenkins 2.x on AWS and Azure. This is followed by steps that enable you to manage and monitor Jenkins 2.x. You will also explore the ways to enhance the overall security of Jenkins 2.x. You will then explore the steps involved in improving the code quality using SonarQube. Then, you will learn the ways to improve quality, followed by how to run performance and functional tests against a web application and web services.Finally, you will see what the available plugins are, concluding with best practices to improve quality.Style and approachThis book provides a problem-solution approach to some common tasks and some uncommon tasks using Jenkins 2.x and is well-illustrated with practical code examples. Read more