This course discusses various usability and administrative aspects of Jenkins. Upon course completion, you will have a solid understanding of containerized installation, distributed builds in Kubernetes clusters, advanced security features, multi-branch pipelines, and GitOps with Jenkins concepts.
Training Course
Jenkins Essentials (LFS267)
Who Is It For
This course is designed for DevOps engineers, Quality Assurance personnel, SREs as well as software developers and architects who want to gain expertise with Jenkins CI/CD. Before enrolling, students should have a basic knowledge of Jenkins and be familiar with Kubernetes and Docker.
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What You’ll Learn
In this course, you will learn how to set up Jenkins in a Kubernetes cluster, automate Jenkins installation using IaC concepts, set up a highly available Jenkins server, scale Jenkins infrastructure by leveraging static and dynamic build agents, automate various routine Jenkins tasks using CLI and RestAPI, organize Jenkins jobs and implement fine-grained security controls, set up effective CI/CD feedback loops, set up complex multi-branch pipelines simulating real-life scenarios, and automate pull request workflow using GitOps principles.
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What It Prepares You For
After completing this course, you will be able to scale a Jenkins CI/CD server using containerized and cloud-based solutions, use Jenkins multi-branch pipelines to enable pipeline creation at the repository level, and use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps principles with Jenkins. These skills will prepare you for SRE, DevOps, and release engineer roles.
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Chapter 1. Course Introduction
Chapter 2. Running Jenkins on Kubernetes
Chapter 3. Jenkins High Availability on Traditional Platforms
Chapter 4. Scaling Jenkins Infrastructure with Dynamic Build Agents
Chapter 5. Jenkins CLI and Rest API
Chapter 6. Implementing Feedback Loops
Chapter 7. Securing Jenkins Projects
Chapter 8. Jenkins Pipelines
Chapter 9. Managing Artifacts
Chapter 10. Taking It Further
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Jenkins – We recommend the Introduction to Jenkins (LFS167) edX course
- Basic knowledge of Kubernetes (pods, namespaces, volumes, Role Based Access Control (RBAC)) – We recommend Introduction to Kubernetes (LFS158) edX course
- Basic knowledge of concepts of building and using Docker images
Lab Info
Mar 2023
It's a great course.
Nov 2022
In-depth and thorough assignments, and walk-alongs.
Nov 2022
The hands-on labs with preconfigured VMs. Thank you, Linux Foundation.
Oct 2022
It includes all the concepts related to Jenkins.
Jul 2022
I liked the detailed step-by-step instructions.
$299
Online, Self Paced
20-25 Hours of Course Material
Hands-on Labs & Assignments 1
12 Months of Access to Online Course
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