Yum Install Jenkins (is the new Hudson)

Jenkins is a continuous integration tool with integrated easy-to-use dashboard for management and configuration. At the time of writing, the tool is more popularly known as Hudson. A new name was given by the developer community of Hudson on almost nearly a unanimous vote as they moved out from java.net infrastructure because some Hudson (or Jenkins now) developer community controversy with Oracle.

Here's how to install Jenkins from their new infrastructure.

Step 1: Install the repository details into your machine.

sudo wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins.repo

Or,
# vi  /etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo
Then paste the following and save (ESC+w+q)
[jenkins]
name=Jenkins
baseurl=http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/
gpgcheck=1

Step 2: Add the GPG Key

sudo rpm --import http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins-ci.org.key

Step 3: Install via Yum RPM updater

yum install jenkins

Step 4: Check your installation if it's working

Visit: http://yourhost:8080/jenkins

If you need help on continuous integration, drop in a comment and let's talk.

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