Jenkins: The Definitive Guide: Continuous Integration for the Masses

This book teaches you how to automate your build, integration, release and deployment process with Jenkins, the popular Java-based open source tool that has revolutionized the way teams think about continuous integration (CI). This concise guide shows you how to seamlessly include Jenkins in the development process and demonstrates how CI can save you time, money, and many headaches.

Whether you're a developer, software architect, or project manager, this provides a tutorial on continuous integration (CI) as well as a comprehensive reference for using Jenkins. You get a wealth of best practices and real-world tips to help you get the most out of this tool. And you'll quickly discover how Jenkins' intuitive user interface and powerful features make setting up a CI service a real breeze.

Learn how to install, configure, and secure your Jenkins serverOrganize and monitor general-purpose build jobsIntegrate automated tests to verify builds, and set up code quality reportingEstablish effective team notification strategies and techniquesConfigure build pipelines, parameterized jobs, matrix builds, and other advanced jobsManage a farm of Jenkins servers to run distributed buildsImplement automated deployment and continuous delivery

Jenkins: The Definitive Guide is an open source book, and is freely available online and in PDF form.