Setting up Jenkins 1 on Linux
The instructions below are for a Red Hat/CentOS server but can be easily adapted for other Linux distributions.
Installing Jenkins
Follow the instructions from https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Installing+Jenkins+on+Red+Hat+distributions
sudo wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins.repo
sudo rpm --import http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins-ci.org.key
sudo yum install jenkins
sudo service jenkins start
A jenkins
user has been created, its home directory is /var/lib/jenkins
Configuring Jenkins
Installing JDK 8
Through Jenkins administration, add a JDK 8 automatic installer.
Installing Maven
Through Jenkins administration, add a Maven automatic installer from Apache’s site.
Installing NodeJS
You could install NodeJS globally but it’s very likely that you may want to have different versions of NodeJS for different projects.
We suggest 2 alternatives below, choose the one you prefer.
Jenkins NodeJS plugin
Install Jenkins NodeJS plugin.
Through Jenkins administration, add a NodeJS installation:
- Automatic installer from nodejs.org, use the latest LTS (Long Term Support) 64-bit version
- Global npm packages to install: bower gulp
Local NodeJS installation
Install NodeJS locally using the script below and then update the Jenkins PATH to use it.
# specify which version we want
export NODE_VERSION=4.3.1
# download
cd /tmp
wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v4.3.1.tar.gz
tar xvfz node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.gz
# build it and install it only locally
cd node-v$NODE_VERSION
./configure --prefix=/var/lib/jenkins/node-v$NODE_VERSION && make && make install
# Check versions of node and npm
export PATH=/var/lib/jenkins/node-v$NODE_VERSION/bin:$PATH
node --version
# v4.3.1
npm --version
# 3.7.5
# install tools
npm install -g bower gulp
bower --version
# 1.7.7
gulp --version
# 3.9.1
Make sure you update the Jenkins PATH.