Index

A

• A/B testing
  • about / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
• Active Directory
  • URL / Quality gates and approvals
• Ansible
  • Jenkins, integrating / Integrating Jenkins with Ansible – Linux and Windows
  • URL / Integrating Jenkins with Ansible – Linux and Windows
• Apache reverse proxy
  • Jenkins, executing / Running Jenkins behind an Apache reverse proxy
• Apache web server
  • URL / Running Jenkins behind an Apache reverse proxy
• Archiva
  • URL / Implementing a Definitive Media Library
• artifactory
  • URL / Implementing a Definitive Media Library
• Artifactory
  • Jenkins, integrating / Jenkins and Artifactory
• Artifactory plugin
  • URL / Jenkins and Artifactory
• artifacts
  • retrieving / Retrieving build artifacts and packages
  • fetching, archive artifacts used / Fetching artifacts via archive artifacts
  • fetching, from artifactory / Fetching artifacts from Artifactory
  • fetching, via Maven / Fetching artifacts via Maven
• automated tests
  • implementing / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • unit tests / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • smoke / BVT (Build Verification) tests / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • functional tests / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • regression tests / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • capacity tests / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • black box tests / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • white box tests / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • A/B testing / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • product code, connecting / Connecting product codes to tests
  • quality, implementing / Baking quality into the product
  • architecture / Efficient automated test architecture
  • in Jenkins / Automated testing in Jenkins
  • executing, via MSTest / Running automated tests via MSTest

B

• Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
  • about / Automated testing in Jenkins
• black box tests
  • about / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
• branching by abstraction
  • about / Branch by abstraction
• build history panel
  • about / The Build History panel
• build notification programs
  • reference link / RSS feeds
• build pipelines
  • value proposition / The value proposition of build pipelines
  • architecting / Architecting a build pipeline
  • first segment / The first segment of the build pipeline
  • additional segments / Additional pipeline segments
  • release management / The complete pipeline
  • release pipeline segments / Visualizing the final pipeline, Alterations for shrink-wrapped and embedded projects
  • production pipeline segments / Visualizing the final pipeline, Alterations for shrink-wrapped and embedded projects
  • downstream jobs, triggering / Upstream jobs – triggered
  • upstream jobs, triggering / Upstream jobs – triggered
  • other projects, building / Downstream jobs – via post build actions
  • parameterized trigger plugin / The Parameterized Trigger plugin
  • Promoted build plugin / The Promoted build plugin
  • Post Build Tasks plugin / The Post-Build Tasks plugin
  • Delivery Pipeline plugin / The Delivery Pipeline plugin
  • Jenkins instances, connecting / Connecting two Jenkins instances – development and production
• build pipelines, Continuous Delivery (CD)
  • workflow / Build pipeline workflow and visualization
  • visualization / Build pipeline workflow and visualization
  • URL / Build pipeline workflow and visualization
• build process
  • about / Standardizing build outputs
  • flow / Standardizing build outputs
  • standardizing / Standardizing build outputs
  • packaging scheme, architecting / Architecting a packaging scheme
• build queue panel
  • about / The Jenkins build queue and executor status panel

C

• Call remote job plugin
  • URL / Connecting two Jenkins instances – development and production
• capacity tests
  • about / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
• Categorized View plugin
  • about / Organizing test jobs
  • URL / Organizing test jobs
• CIFS
  • about / Slave agents on Windows via WMI and DCOM
  • errors, troubleshooting / Troubleshooting Windows DCOM and CIFS errors
• code based branching techniques
  • about / Code-based branching techniques
  • branching by abstraction / Branch by abstraction
• command line options
  • used, for launching Java Web Start (JavaWS) framework / JavaWS via the command line
  • used, for launching headless slave agents / Headless slave agents via the command line
• configuration panel
  • about / The configuration panel, The Configuration panel
  • options / The Configuration panel
• console output
  • about / The Console Output
• Continuous Delivery (CD)
  • about / Continuous Delivery
  • characteristics / Continuous Delivery
  • implementing / Continuous Delivery
  • principles / The principles of Continuous Delivery
  • in Jenkins / Continuous Delivery in Jenkins
  • rapid feedback loops / Rapid feedback loops
  • quality gates / Quality gates and approvals
  • approvals / Quality gates and approvals
  • build pipelines / Build pipeline workflow and visualization
• Continuous Deployment
  • about / Continuous Deployment
  • in Jenkins / Continuous Deployment in Jenkins
• Continuous Integration (CI)
  • about / Continuous Integration
  • misconception / What Continuous Integration is not
  • implementing / What Continuous Integration is not
  • and branches / What Continuous Integration is not
  • code based branching techniques / Code-based branching techniques
  • feature toggles / Feature toggles
  • failures, fixing / Fail fast and recover even faster
  • Distributed Version Control (DVCS) / Distributed Version Control
  • in Jenkins / Continuous Integration in Jenkins
  • SCM polling / SCM polling
  • Jenkins job, executing via SVN post-commit hooks / Running a Jenkins job via the SVN post-commit hooks
  • Jenkins job, triggering via GitHub push / Triggering a Jenkins job via GitHub push
• CRON-based polling
  • about / SCM polling
• CruiseControl
  • about / What Continuous Integration is not

D

• DCOM
  • about / Slave agents on Windows via WMI and DCOM
  • errors, troubleshooting / Troubleshooting Windows DCOM and CIFS errors
• DCOM Windows Service
  • slave node, launching / Slave agents on Windows via WMI and DCOM
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  • about / The value proposition of build pipelines
• Delivery Pipeline plugin
  • configuring / The Delivery Pipeline plugin
  • URL / The Delivery Pipeline plugin
• deployment automation
  • about / Automated deployments
  • build artifacts, retrieving / Retrieving build artifacts and packages
  • packages, retrieving / Retrieving build artifacts and packages
  • executing / Executing deployment automation
  • Jenkins slave nodes, leveraging for deployment / Leveraging Jenkins slave nodes for deployment
• describables
  • implementing / Working with describables and descriptors
• descriptors
  • implementing / Working with describables and descriptors
• disaster recovery
  • about / Disaster recovery in Jenkins
  • snapshot backups / Jenkins snapshot backups
  • Jenkins mirror, setting up / Setting up a Jenkins mirror – rsync
• distributed builds-related Jenkins plugins
  • about / Jenkins plugins that support distributed builds
• distributed testing solutions
  • about / Distributed testing solutions
  • Selenium grid / The Selenium Grid
  • parallel down stream jobs / Parallel down-stream jobs
• Distributed Version Control (DVCS)
  • about / Distributed Version Control
• DML
  • about / Implementing a Definitive Media Library
  • Jenkins artifacts, archiving / Jenkins' archive the artifacts post-build action
  • artifactory, publishing to / Publishing to Artifactory
  • Jenkins Artifactory plugin / Publishing to Artifactory
  • Maven, publishing via / Publishing via Maven
  • Docker container, pushing / Pushing a Docker container
• Docker
  • Jenkins, integrating / Jenkins and Docker – Linux guide
  • URL / Running Jenkins inside a Docker container – Linux
  • used, for implementing dynamic Jenkins slave nodes / Dynamic Jenkins slave nodes using Docker
• Docker container
  • Jenkins, running / Running Jenkins inside a Docker container – Linux
  • URL / Running Jenkins inside a Docker container – Linux
• downstream jobs
  • other projects, building / Downstream jobs – via post build actions
• dynamic Jenkins slave nodes
  • implementing, Docker used / Dynamic Jenkins slave nodes using Docker
  • prerequisites / Dynamic Jenkins slave nodes using Docker
  • implementation tutorial / Implementation tutorial

E

• Email-Ext plugin
  • about / Rapid feedback loops
  • URL / Rapid feedback loops
• evarga/jenkins-slave
  • URL / Implementation tutorial
• executor status panel
  • about / The Jenkins build queue and executor status panel
• extension points, Jenkins plugins
  • about / The architecture of Jenkins plugins
  • URL / The architecture of Jenkins plugins
• Extreme Programming (XP)
  • about / Continuous Integration

F

• failed jobs
  • disabling / The Console Output
• feature toggles
  • about / Feature toggles
  • reference link / Feature toggles
  • in Java / Feature toggles
  • in Python / Feature toggles
  • in .NET / Feature toggles
  • in C# / Feature toggles
  • in Ruby / Feature toggles
  • in Ruby on Rails / Feature toggles
  • in Embedded / C / C++ / Feature toggles
• freestyle project
  • about / Freestyle projects in Jenkins
  • creating / Freestyle projects in Jenkins
  • options / Project options
  • build parameters, defining / Defining build parameters
  • Advanced project options / Advanced project options
  • source code management / Source code management
  • build triggers / Build triggers
  • build steps / Build steps
  • post-build actions / Post-build actions
• functional tests
  • about / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology

G

• Git
  • for source control / Source control via Git–requires the Git plugin
  • options / Source control via Git–requires the Git plugin
  • additional behaviors buttons / Additional behaviors
• GitHub
  • URL / GitHub configurations:
• GitHub push
  • Jenkins job, triggering / Triggering a Jenkins job via GitHub push
  • Jenkins configurations / Jenkins configurations
  • URL / Jenkins configurations
  • GitHub configurations / GitHub configurations:
• Green Balls plugin
  • about / The job table
• groups
  • about / Labels, groups, and load balancing
  • creating, for slave node / Attaching a slave to many groups

H

• headless slave agents
  • launching, via command line / Headless slave agents via the command line
• HPI plugin
  • installing / Compiling and installing an HPI plugin
  • compiling / Compiling and installing an HPI plugin

I

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • about / Integrating Jenkins with Ansible – Linux and Windows
• IntelliJ IDEA
  • setting up / Setting up the development environment
  • Maven-generated plugin, importing / Importing a Maven-generated skeleton into IntelliJ

J

• Java Development Kit (JDK)
  • about / Setting up the development environment
• Java documentation
  • URL / Executing deployment automation
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
  • about / Jenkins on Microsoft Windows
• Java Web Start (JavaWS) framework
  • slave node, launching / Slave agent via Java Web Start
  • prerequisites / Prerequisites
  • URL / Prerequisites
  • launch page / The Jenkins Java Web Start launch page
  • launching, via web browser / JavaWS via a web browser
  • launching, via command line / JavaWS via the command line
  • headless slave agents, launching via command line / Headless slave agents via the command line
• Jelly files
  • about / Jelly tags and files
• Jelly tags
  • about / Jelly tags and files
  • URL / Jelly tags and files
  • example / Jelly tags and files
• Jenkins
  • architecture / The Jenkins platform architecture and configuration techniques
  • configuration techniques / The Jenkins platform architecture and configuration techniques
  • executing, behind NGinX reverse proxy / Running Jenkins behind an NGINX reverse proxy
  • URL / Running Jenkins behind an NGINX reverse proxy
  • executing, behind Apache reverse proxy / Running Jenkins behind an Apache reverse proxy
  • automated tests / Automated testing in Jenkins
  • MSTest results, reporting / Running MSTests and reporting the results in Jenkins
  • MSTest results, publishing / Publishing test results in Jenkins
  • integrating, with Docker / Jenkins and Docker – Linux guide
  • running, inside Docker container / Running Jenkins inside a Docker container – Linux
  • integrating, with Ansible / Integrating Jenkins with Ansible – Linux and Windows
  • integrating, with Artifactory / Jenkins and Artifactory
  • integrating, with Selenium Grid / Jenkins and Selenium Grid
  • Selenium Grid, integrating / Writing tests and integrating them into Jenkins
  • integrating, with Jira / Jenkins and Jira
• Jenkins, on Linux and Unix
  • installation / Jenkins on Linux and UNIX
  • Java JVM, configuring / Configuring the JVM
• Jenkins, on Mac OS X
  • installation / Jenkins on Mac OS X
  • Jenkins LTS release, using / The Jenkins LTS release line
  • XML configuration files / Jenkins XML configuration files
• Jenkins, on Microsoft Windows
  • installation / Jenkins on Microsoft Windows
  • JVM, configuring / Configuring the JVM and Java arguments–port, JRE, and memory
  • Java arguments, configuring / Configuring the JVM and Java arguments–port, JRE, and memory
• Jenkins Ansible plugin
  • URL / Integrating Jenkins with Ansible – Linux and Windows
• Jenkins Artifactory plugin / Publishing to Artifactory
• Jenkins community
  • URL / Pushing a Docker container
• Jenkins Docker plugin
  • URL / Pre-requisite requirements, Implementation tutorial
• Jenkins fingerprints / Jenkins fingerprints
• Jenkins instances
  • connecting / Connecting two Jenkins instances – development and production
• Jenkins JClouds plugin
  • URL / Pre-requisite requirements
• Jenkins job
  • running, via SVN post-commit hooks / Running a Jenkins job via the SVN post-commit hooks
  • triggering, via GitHub push / Triggering a Jenkins job via GitHub push
• Jenkins LTS release
  • installing / The Jenkins LTS release line
  • URL / The Jenkins LTS release line
• Jenkins mirror
  • setting up, with rsync / Setting up a Jenkins mirror – rsync
• Jenkins plugins
  • URL / Jenkins snapshot backups, Automated testing in Jenkins
  • reference link / Setting up the development environment
  • skeleton, creating / Creating a Jenkins plugin skeleton
  • folder structure / The plugin skeleton
  • architecture / The architecture of Jenkins plugins
  • extension points / The architecture of Jenkins plugins
  • job lifecycle / Understanding the Jenkins job lifecycle
  • overrides, using / Using overrides
  • describables, implementing / Working with describables and descriptors
  • descriptors, implementing / Working with describables and descriptors
• Jenkins slave nodes
  • leveraging, for deployment / Leveraging Jenkins slave nodes for deployment
• JetBrains ItelliJ IDEA
  • URL / Setting up the development environment
• Jira
  • URL / Jenkins and Jira
  • Jenkins, integrating / Jenkins and Jira
  • reference link / Jenkins and Jira
• job
  • project page, navigating / Navigating a job's project page
• job execution
  • about / Job execution
• job execution configuration panel
  • about / The Job Execution Configuration panel
• jobs
  • organizing / The job table
  • about / Jobs in Jenkins
  • freestyle project / Jobs in Jenkins, Freestyle projects in Jenkins
  • Maven project / Jobs in Jenkins, Maven projects
  • multiconfiguration project / Jobs in Jenkins
  • existing job, copying / Jobs in Jenkins
  • external job / Jobs in Jenkins
  • external jobs, monitoring / Monitoring external jobs
  • multiconfiguration jobs / Multiconfiguration jobs in Jenkins – matrix jobs
  • filtering, by regular expression / Filtering jobs by regular expression
• job table
  • about / The job table
• JUnit Plugin
  • URL / Writing tests and integrating them into Jenkins

K

• Kaizen (Continuous Improvement)
  • about / Kaizen – Continuous Improvement
  • implementing / Kaizen – Continuous Improvement
  • Kanban / Kanban
• Kanban
  • about / Kanban

L

• labels
  • about / Labels, groups, and load balancing
  • creating, for slave node / Attaching a slave to a group by creating a label
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • about / Quality gates and approvals
  • URL / Quality gates and approvals
• load balancing
  • about / Labels, groups, and load balancing
• Long-Term Support (LTS)
  • about / The Jenkins LTS release line

M

• main header
  • about / The main header
• master/slave architecture
  • about / Understanding the master and slave architecture
  • slave, creating on master / Creating slave nodes in the UI
  • distributed builds-related Jenkins plugins / Jenkins plugins that support distributed builds
• Maven
  • URL / Publishing via Maven
• Maven-generated plugin
  • importing, into IntelliJ IDEA / Importing a Maven-generated skeleton into IntelliJ
• Maven 3
  • URL / Setting up the development environment
• Maven project, jobs
  • about / Maven projects
  • build triggers / Build triggers
  • build step / Build step
  • advanced options / Advanced options
  • post-build steps / Post-build steps
• Maven Project plugin
  • URL / Post-build steps
• memory allocation
  • about / Configuring the JVM
• MSTest
  • used, for performing unit tests / Unit tests in Jenkins through MSTest
  • agents, setting up / How to set up MSTest agents
  • agents, URL / How to set up MSTest agents
  • automated tests, executing / Running automated tests via MSTest
  • example / A example MSTest execution
  • executing / Running MSTests and reporting the results in Jenkins
  • results, reporting in Jenkins / Running MSTests and reporting the results in Jenkins
  • results, publishing in Jenkins / Publishing test results in Jenkins
  • test jobs, organizing / Organizing test jobs
• multiconfiguration jobs
  • about / Multiconfiguration jobs in Jenkins – matrix jobs
  • configuration matrix / Configuration matrix
  • slave option / Slaves
  • label expression axis / Label expression
  • user-defined axis / User-defined axes

N

• Nexus
  • URL / Implementing a Definitive Media Library
• NGinX reverse proxy
  • Jenkins, executing / Running Jenkins behind an NGINX reverse proxy
• node administration dashboard
  • about / The node administration dashboard

O

• Oracle
  • URL / Slave agents on Windows via WMI and DCOM
• Oracle Java JDK 1.7
  • URL / Setting up the development environment
• Origin
  • URL / Implementing a Definitive Media Library
• overrides
  • using / Using overrides

P

• package integrity, verifying
  • Jenkins fingerprints / Jenkins fingerprints
• packages
  • retrieving / Retrieving build artifacts and packages
  • integrity, verifying / Verifying package integrity
• parallel down stream jobs
  • using / Parallel down-stream jobs
• parameterized trigger plugin
  • about / The Parameterized Trigger plugin
  • URL / The Parameterized Trigger plugin
  • configuring / The Parameterized Trigger plugin
• Post Build Tasks plugin
  • configuring / The Post-Build Tasks plugin
  • URL / The Post-Build Tasks plugin
• product code
  • connecting, to automated tests / Connecting product codes to tests
• project overview (central panel)
  • about / The project overview – central panel
• project page, job
  • navigating / Navigating a job's project page
  • configuration panel / The Configuration panel
  • build history panel / The Build History panel
  • project overview (central panel) / The project overview – central panel
• Promoted build plugin
  • configuring / The Promoted build plugin
• pull request builder plugin
  • URL / Source control via Git–requires the Git plugin

Q

• quality assurance
  • initiatives / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology

R

• rapid feedback loops
  • about / Rapid feedback loops
• regression tests
  • about / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
• regular expression
  • jobs, filtering / Filtering jobs by regular expression
• rspec gem
  • about / Writing tests and integrating them into Jenkins
  • URL / Writing tests and integrating them into Jenkins
• RSpec JUnit formatter
  • about / Writing tests and integrating them into Jenkins
  • URL / Writing tests and integrating them into Jenkins
• RSS feeds
  • about / RSS feeds
• rsync
  • used, for setting up Jenkins mirror / Setting up a Jenkins mirror – rsync

S

• SCM polling
  • about / SCM polling
  • configuring / SCM polling
• Selenium
  • URL / Spinning up a Selenium Grid
• Selenium Grid
  • Jenkins, integrating / Jenkins and Selenium Grid
  • spinning up / Spinning up a Selenium Grid
  • tests, writing / Writing tests and integrating them into Jenkins
  • integrating, into Jenkins / Writing tests and integrating them into Jenkins
• Selenium grid
  • about / The Selenium Grid
  • URL / The Selenium Grid
• Selenium WebDriver gem
  • URL / Writing tests and integrating them into Jenkins
• Single Point of Failure (SPOF)
  • about / Disaster recovery in Jenkins
• slave
  • configuration options / Creating slave nodes in the UI
• slave.jar file
  • URL / Headless slave agents via the command line
• slave node
  • launching / Choosing a launch method
  • launching, via Java Web Start (JavaWS) framework / Slave agent via Java Web Start
  • launching, via DCOM Windows Service / Slave agents on Windows via WMI and DCOM
  • launching, via SSH tunneling / Slave agents via SSH tunneling
  • load balancing / Labels, groups, and load balancing
  • grouping / Labels, groups, and load balancing, Attaching a slave to many groups
  • labeling / Labels, groups, and load balancing, Attaching a slave to a group by creating a label
  • usage, restricting / Restricting slave execution to global or tied jobs
• slaves
  • administering / Administering Jenkins slaves
  • node administration dashboard / The node administration dashboard
  • preventative monitoring / Preventative monitoring
  • individual slave node, managing / Managing individual slave nodes
• smoke / BVT (Build Verification) tests
  • about / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
• snapshot backups
  • about / Jenkins snapshot backups
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
  • about / The Software Development Lifecycle
• source code management, freestyle project
  • about / Source code management
  • via SVN / Source control via SVN
  • via Git / Source control via Git–requires the Git plugin
• SSH tunneling
  • slave node, launching / Slave agents via SSH tunneling
• SVN
  • for source control / Source control via SVN
  • URL, for repository / Source control via SVN
  • advanced options / Advanced SVN options
• SVN post-commit hooks
  • Jenkins job, running / Running a Jenkins job via the SVN post-commit hooks
  • URL / Running a Jenkins job via the SVN post-commit hooks

T

• TeamCity
  • about / What Continuous Integration is not
• Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • about / Connecting product codes to tests
• troubleshooting, DCOM errors
  • access denied / Error – access denied, Workaround 1, Workaround 2
  • reference link / Workaround 1, Workaround
  • no more data available / Error – no more data available, Workaround

U

• Ubuntu
  • URL / Integrating Jenkins with Ansible – Linux and Windows
• unit tests
  • about / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
  • performing, through MSTest / Unit tests in Jenkins through MSTest
• upstream jobs
  • triggering / Upstream jobs – triggered
• user interface
  • about / The Jenkins user interface
  • main header / The main header
  • configuration panel / The configuration panel
  • job table / The job table
  • RSS feeds / RSS feeds
  • build queue panel / The Jenkins build queue and executor status panel
  • executor status panel / The Jenkins build queue and executor status panel

V

• views
  • creating / Creating views
  • jobs, filtering by regular expression / Filtering jobs by regular expression
  • managing / Managing Views in Jenkins
  • default view, altering / Altering the default "View"
  • basic content, customizing / Customizing the basic content of a View
  • advanced customization, of content / Advanced customization of a "Views" content

W

• white box tests
  • about / Quality assurance initiatives and test automation terminology
• WMI
  • about / Slave agents on Windows via WMI and DCOM