What this book covers

Chapter 1, Concepts of Continuous Integration, has an account of how some of the most popular and widely used software development methodologies gave rise to Continuous Integration. It is followed by an in-depth explanation of the various requirements and best practices of Continuous Integration.

Chapter 2, Setting up Jenkins, is a step-by-step guide that is all about installing Jenkins across various platforms and particularly on the Apache Tomcat server.

Chapter 3, Configuring Jenkins, is an overview of how Jenkins looks and feels with an in-depth explanation of its important constituents. It is followed by a step-by-step guide to accomplishing some of the basic Jenkins administration tasks.

Chapter 4, Continuous Integration Using Jenkins – Part I, is a step-by-step guide that takes you through a Continuous Integration Design and the means to achieve it using Jenkins, in collaboration with some other DevOps tools.

Chapter 5, Continuous Integration Using Jenkins – Part II, is a continuation of the previous chapter.

Chapter 6, Continuous Delivery Using Jenkins, is a step-by-step guide that takes you through a Continuous Delivery Design and the means to achieve it using Jenkins, in collaboration with some other DevOps tools.

Chapter 7, Continuous Deployment Using Jenkins, explains the difference between Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment. It is followed by a step-by-step guide that takes you through a Continuous Deployment Design and the means to achieve it using Jenkins, in collaboration with some other DevOps tools.

Chapter 8, Jenkins Best Practices, is a step-by-step guide to accomplishing distributed builds using the Jenkins master-slave architecture. It is followed by some practical examples that depict some of the Jenkins best practices.