Installing Plug-ins and Configuring Jenkins

Updated on 2025-01-17 GMT+08:00

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Before using GitLab to interconnect with Jenkins to automatically build and deploy components on CAE, install the Jenkins plug-ins and configure Jenkins global parameters.

Install the Jenkins plug-ins to interconnect with Git and use scripts during build.
Configure the Jenkins global tool for the Jenkins pipeline packaging script to interconnect with Git to pull and package code.

Installing Jenkins Plug-ins

Enter http://{IP address of the Linux VM where Jenkins is installed}:8080 in the address box of the browser to log in to Jenkins.
Choose Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins.

Click Available, search for plug-ins in Table 1, and install them.

**Table 1** Plug-in installation description
Plug-in	Mandatory	Description
Generic Webhook Trigger Plugin	Yes	Used to interconnect to the webhook of GitLab.
GitLab Plugin	Yes	Allows GitLab to trigger Jenkins build.
Pipeline: Basic Steps	Yes	Supports pipeline script syntax.
Pipeline: Build Step	Yes	Supports pipeline script syntax.
Pipeline: Stage Step	Yes	Supports pipeline script syntax.

Configuring the Jenkins Global Tool

Choose Manage Jenkins > Global Tool Configuration.
Configure Maven.

Replace /root/app/maven/apache-maven-3.8.6 in the example with the actual Maven installation directory.
Figure 1 Maven configuration

Figure 2 Installing Maven
Configure JDK.

Replace /root/app/jdk11/jdk-11.0.8 in the example with the actual JDK installation directory.
Figure 3 Installing JDK
Configure Git.

Replace /usr/bin/git in the example with the actual Git installation directory.
Figure 4 Installing Git