Module 11 - Jenkins

Lab 1: Create a Freestyle Job

• How do you create a Freestyle Job named hello-job?

• How do you add a build step that runs a shell script printing “Hello from Jenkins!”?

• How do you save and build the job?

• How do you view the console output?

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Lab 2: Jenkins Pipeline Basics

• How do you create a Jenkins pipeline with build, test, and deploy stages?

• How do you echo messages inside each stage?

• How do you run the pipeline either from the Jenkins UI or using a Jenkinsfile in Git?

• What declarative pipeline syntax is needed?

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Lab 3: Git Integration

• How do you create a Jenkins pipeline that pulls code from GitHub?

• How do you configure Jenkins to automatically trigger the job when a new commit is pushed?

• How do you configure and verify GitHub webhook delivery?

• Which plugins are required?

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Lab 4: Parameterized Build

• How do you create a parameterized job with:

  • a String parameter named ENVIRONMENT

  • a Boolean parameter named DEBUG_MODE?

• How do you use these parameters inside a shell script?

• How do you print the selected values in the build output?

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Lab 5: Build a Java or Python Project

• How do you create a Jenkins pipeline that pulls a Java or Python project from GitHub?

• How do you install dependencies inside the pipeline?

• How do you run automated tests using Jenkins?

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Lab 6: Jenkins + Docker Integration

• How do you install Docker on the Jenkins server?

• How do you create a pipeline that builds a Docker image?

• How do you tag the Docker image?

• How do you push the image to DockerHub?

• How do you use Jenkins credentials for DockerHub authentication?

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Lab 7: Jenkins Pipeline With Email Notification

• How do you configure SMTP settings in Jenkins?

• How do you create a pipeline that intentionally fails to test email notifications?

• How do you configure the pipeline to send email notifications on:

  • build SUCCESS

  • build FAILURE?

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Lab 8: Configure Jenkins Agent (Node)

• How do you create a new Jenkins agent node using a Linux VM or Docker container?

• How do you install Java on the agent?

• How do you connect the Jenkins agent using SSH or JNLP?

• How do you configure a job to run specifically on that agent?

• How do you verify the workspace location on the agent?

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Lab 9: Webhook for Multibranch Pipeline

• How do you create a Multibranch Pipeline in Jenkins?

• How do you connect it to a GitHub repository with multiple branches?

• How do you configure GitHub webhooks for the multibranch setup?

• How do you verify that:

  • a commit to main triggers its pipeline

  • a commit to a feature branch triggers its own pipeline?

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Lab 10: Scheduled (Cron) Builds

• How do you configure a job to run daily at 2 PM using cron syntax?

• How do you add a pipeline step that cleans old files or temporary build data?

• How do you verify the scheduled runs using Build History?