Jenkins, From Zero To Hero: Become a DevOps Jenkins Master

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Resources for this course

Lecture 1: Where can I get the samples used in this course?

Chapter 2: Introduction & Installation

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course

Lecture 2: Note: About the Lab

Lecture 3: Start building your Lab – Create a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox

Lecture 4: Start building your Lab – Install CentOs

Lecture 5: Start building your Lab – Configure Putty

Lecture 6: Install Docker

Lecture 7: Install Docker Compose

Lecture 8: Download the Jenkins Docker Image

Lecture 9: Create a Docker Compose file for Jenkins

Lecture 10: Create a Docker Container for Jenkins

Lecture 11: Troubleshooting: Jenkins not coming up?

Lecture 12: Create a local DNS for your Jenkins server

Lecture 13: Note: You should keep using putty

Lecture 14: Learn how to work with Docker and Jenkins

Lecture 15: Bonus

Chapter 3: Getting Started with Jenkins

Lecture 1: Introduction to Jenkins UI

Lecture 2: Hands On! Create your first Jenkins Job

Lecture 3: Keep playing with your first Job

Lecture 4: Redirect your first Job's output

Lecture 5: Learn how to execute a bash script from Jenkins

Lecture 6: Add parameters to your Job

Lecture 7: Learn how to create a Jenkins list parameter with your script

Lecture 8: Add basic logic and boolean parameters

Chapter 4: Jenkins & Docker

Lecture 1: Docker + Jenkins + SSH – I

Lecture 2: Troubleshooting: remote-host image not building correctly?

Lecture 3: Docker + Jenkins + SSH – II

Lecture 4: Docker + Jenkins + SSH – III

Lecture 5: Learn how to install Jenkins Plugins (SSH Plugin)

Lecture 6: Integrate your Docker SSH server with Jenkins

Lecture 7: Run your a Jenkins job on your Docker remote host through SSH

Chapter 5: Jenkins & AWS

Lecture 1: Introduction: MySQL + AWS + Shell Scripting + Jenkins

Lecture 2: Create a MySQL server on Docker

Lecture 3: Install MySQL Client and AWS CLI

Lecture 4: Create a MySQL Database

Lecture 5: Create a S3 Bucket on AWS

Lecture 6: Create a user (IAM) for AWS authentication

Lecture 7: Learn how to take a backup and upload it manually to S3

Lecture 8: Automate the backup and upload process with a shell script

Lecture 9: Integrate your script with AWS CLI

Lecture 10: Learn how to manage sensitive information in Jenkins (Keys, Passwords)

Lecture 11: Create a Jenkins job to upload your DB to AWS

Lecture 12: Execute your Job and be happy!

Lecture 13: Persist the script on the remote host

Lecture 14: Reuse your Job to upload different DB's to different buckets

Chapter 6: Jenkins & Ansible

Lecture 1: Introduction: Jenkins + Ansible

Lecture 2: Install Ansible: Docker + Jenkins

Lecture 3: Make the ssh keys permanent on the Jenkins container

Lecture 4: Create a simple Ansible Inventory

Lecture 5: Create your first Ansible Playbook

Lecture 6: Integrate Ansible and Jenkins (Ansible Plugin)

Lecture 7: Learn how to execute Playbooks from a Jenkins Job

Lecture 8: Power up! Add parameters to Ansible and Jenkins

Lecture 9: Missing the colors? Colorize your playbooks' output

Lecture 10: Challenge: Jenkins + Ansible + MySQL + PHP + NGINX + Shell Scripting

Lecture 11: Create the DB that will hold all the users

Lecture 12: Create a Bash Script to feed your DB – I

Lecture 13: Create a Bash Script to feed your DB – II

Lecture 14: Test your Script inserting the data to the DB

Lecture 15: Start building a Docker Nginx Web Server + PHP – I

Lecture 16: Start building a Docker Nginx Web Server + PHP – II

Lecture 17: Build a table using HTML, CSS and PHP to display users

Lecture 18: Integrate your Docker Web Server to the Ansible Inventory

Lecture 19: Create a Playbook in Ansible to update your web table

Lecture 20: Test your playbook and see the magic!

Lecture 21: Ready? Let's create a Jenkins Job to build everything with a click!

Chapter 7: Jenkins & Security

Lecture 1: Intro – Learn how to Enable/Disable Login in Jenkins

Lecture 2: Allow users to sign up

Lecture 3: Install a powerful security plugin

Lecture 4: Create users manually in the Jenkins DB

Lecture 5: Ever heard about roles? Let's create a Read Only role!

Lecture 6: Assign the role that you created to a particular user

Lecture 7: Create a role to execute jobs, and assign that role to your user

Lecture 8: Learn how to restrict Jobs to users using Project Roles.

Chapter 8: Jenkins Tips & Tricks

Lecture 1: Global environment variables in Jenkins

Lecture 2: Create your own custom global environment variables

Lecture 3: Modify the Jenkins URL

Lecture 4: Meet the Jenkins' cron: Learn how to execute Jobs automatically

Lecture 5: Learn how to trigger Jobs from external sources: Create a generic user

Lecture 6: Troubleshooting: Githooks throwing 403 forbidden errors?

Lecture 7: Trigger your Jobs from Bash Scripts (No parameters)

Lecture 8: Trigger your Jobs from Bash Scripts (With Parameters)

Chapter 9: Jenkins & Email

Lecture 1: Introduction: Jenkins & Email

Lecture 2: Install a Mail Plugin

Lecture 3: Integrate Jenkins and AWS Simple Email Service

Lecture 4: Integrate Jenkins and Gmail

Lecture 5: Add notifications to your jobs

Chapter 10: Jenkins & Maven

Lecture 1: Introduction: Jenkins & Maven

Lecture 2: Install the Maven Plugin

Lecture 3: Install the GIT Plugin